§2712. Licensure, certification, or registration by reciprocity or endorsement of credentials
The board may issue licenses, certificates, or registrations under the following special conditions:
(1) The board may issue a license as a licensed clinical social worker or issue a license as a licensed master's social worker without examination, on payment of the prescribed fee, to an applicant for licensure who is the equivalent of a licensed clinical social worker or a licensed master's social worker, respectively, licensed under another state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia when:
(a) The requirements for licensure are at the date of licensure substantially equal to the requirements then or subsequently in force in this state.
(b) The state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia from which the applicant for a license comes, accords similar privilege or licensure without examination to holders of licenses under this Chapter.
(c) The state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia from which the applicant for a license comes, requires successful completion of an examination as a condition of such licensure.
(2) The board may certify or register as a certified social worker or a registered social worker, respectively, an applicant for certification or for registration who is the equivalent of a certified social worker or a registered social worker, respectively, certified or registered under another state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia when the requirements for certification or registration are at the date of certification or registration substantially equal to the requirements then or subsequently in force in this state and when the state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia from which the applicant for certification or registration comes, accords similar privilege or certification or registration to holders of certificates or registration under this Chapter.
Acts 1972, No. 706, §1; Acts 1983, No. 484, §1; Acts 1990, No. 458, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94, §1, eff. May 10, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 1309, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 880, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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