§ 7704 — Requirements for a license

§ 7704. Requirements for a license. 1. To qualify for a license as a\n"licensed master social worker" an applicant shall fulfill the following\nrequirements:\n (a) Application: file an application with the department;\n (b) Education: have received an education, including a master's of\nsocial work degree from a program registered by the department, or\ndetermined by the department to be the substantial equivalent, in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (c) Experience: meet no requirement as to experience;\n (d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n (g) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department\nfor an initial license, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for\neach triennial registration period. An additional surcharge in the\namount of five dollars shall be paid with each triennial registration\nfee and shall be used for the marketing and evaluation of the regents\nlicensed social worker loan forgiveness program established by section\nsix hundred five of this chapter.\n 2. To qualify for a license as a "licensed clinical social worker", an\napplicant shall fulfill the following requirements:\n (a) Application: file an application with the department;\n (b) Education: have received an education, including a master's of\nsocial work degree from a program registered by the department, or\ndetermined by the department to be the substantial equivalent, that\nincludes completion of a core curriculum which includes at least twelve\ncredit hours of clinical courses, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations; a person who has received a master's, or equivalent degree\nin social work, during which they did not complete a core curriculum\nwhich includes clinical courses, may satisfy this requirement by\ncompleting equivalent post-graduate clinical coursework, in accordance\nwith the commissioner's regulations;\n (c) Experience: have at least three years full-time supervised\npost-graduate clinical social work experience in diagnosis,\npsychotherapy, and assessment-based treatment plans, or its part-time\nequivalent, obtained over a continuous period not to exceed six years,\nunder the supervision, satisfactory to the department, of a\npsychiatrist, a licensed psychologist, or a licensed clinical social\nworker in a facility setting or other supervised settings approved by\nthe department. Satisfactory experience obtained in an entity operating\nunder a waiver issued by the department pursuant to section sixty-five\nhundred three-a of this title may be accepted by the department,\nnotwithstanding that such experience may have been obtained prior to the\neffective date of such section sixty-five hundred three-a and/or prior\nto the entity having obtained a waiver. The department may, for good\ncause shown, accept satisfactory experience that was obtained in a\nsetting that would have been eligible for a waiver but which has not\nobtained a waiver from the department or experience that was obtained in\ngood faith by the applicant under the belief that appropriate\nauthorization had been obtained for the experience, provided that such\nexperience meets all other requirements for acceptable experience;\n (d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n (g) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department\nfor an initial license and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for\neach triennial registration period.\n