§ 7707. Special provisions.
1.Any person who is licensed as a\ncertified social worker on the effective date of this article shall be\nlicensed as a licensed master social worker without meeting any\nadditional requirements.\n 2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work degree on the\neffective date of this section, who has five years of post-graduate\nsocial work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant\nto this article, except for examination, and who files with the\ndepartment within one year of the effective date of this section shall\nbe licensed as a licensed master social worker.\n 3. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on the\neffective date of this section and who has been authorized pursuant to\nsection three thousand two hun
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§ 7707. Special provisions. 1. Any person who is licensed as a\ncertified social worker on the effective date of this article shall be\nlicensed as a licensed master social worker without meeting any\nadditional requirements.\n 2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work degree on the\neffective date of this section, who has five years of post-graduate\nsocial work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant\nto this article, except for examination, and who files with the\ndepartment within one year of the effective date of this section shall\nbe licensed as a licensed master social worker.\n 3. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on the\neffective date of this section and who has been authorized pursuant to\nsection three thousand two hundred twenty-one or section four thousand\nthree hundred three of the insurance law shall be licensed as a licensed\nclinical social worker without meeting any additional requirements.\n 4. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on the\neffective date of this section, but who has not received authorization\npursuant to section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or four\nthousand three hundred three of the insurance law, who files with the\ndepartment within one year of the effective date of this section an\napplication pursuant to subdivision two of section seventy-seven hundred\nfour of this article, who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the\ndepartment that they meet the experience requirements for authorization\npursuant to section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or four\nthousand three hundred three of the insurance law, shall be licensed as\na licensed clinical social worker without meeting any further\nrequirements.\n 5. Licensed master social workers and licensed clinical social workers\nmay use accepted classifications of signs, symptoms, dysfunctions and\ndisorders, including, but not limited to, classifications used in the\npractice setting for the purpose of providing mental health services.\n