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Notwithstanding section 154C.3, the board shall issue a license as a bachelor social worker,
master social worker, or independent social worker to an applicant applying for a license
prior to July 1, 1998, who meets the following requirements in addition to paying all fees
required by the board:
1.Bachelor social worker. An applicant for a license as a bachelor social worker shall
present evidence satisfactory to the board of either of the following:
a.That the applicant possesses a bachelor’s degree in social work from an accredited
college or university approved by the board.
b.That the applicant possesses an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or
university and has four thousand hours of employment experience in the practice of social
work.
2.Mastersocialworker. Anapplic
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Notwithstanding section 154C.3, the board shall issue a license as a bachelor social worker,
master social worker, or independent social worker to an applicant applying for a license
prior to July 1, 1998, who meets the following requirements in addition to paying all fees
required by the board:
1. Bachelor social worker. An applicant for a license as a bachelor social worker shall
present evidence satisfactory to the board of either of the following:
a. That the applicant possesses a bachelor’s degree in social work from an accredited
college or university approved by the board.
b. That the applicant possesses an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or
university and has four thousand hours of employment experience in the practice of social
work.
2. Mastersocialworker. Anapplicantforalicenseasamastersocialworkershallpresent
evidence satisfactory to the board of any of the following:
a. That the applicant possesses a master’s degree in social work from an accredited
college or university approved by the board.
b. Thattheapplicantpossessesagraduatedegreefromanaccreditedcollegeoruniversity
and has four thousand hours of employment experience in the practice of social work.
c. That the applicant is employed performing master level social work duties as defined in
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section 154C.1, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, as of July 1, 1996, and has four thousand hours
of employment experience in the practice of social work as of July 1, 1998.
3. Independentsocialworker. An applicant for a license as an independent social worker
shall present evidence satisfactory to the board of either of the following:
a. That the applicant possesses a valid license to practice social work pursuant to this
chapter issued prior to July 1, 1996.
b. That the applicant possesses a master’s or doctoral degree in social work from an
accredited college or university approved by the board and has two years or four thousand
hours of postgraduate degree employment experience in the practice of social work.