(1) The board shall issue a license as “licensed social worker” to an applicant who meets the following requirements:
(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age; (b) Is a person of good moral character;
(c) 1. Has received a baccalaureate degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; or
2. Has received a baccalaureate degree and has completed courses equivalent to a social work or social welfare program as determined by the board;
(d) Has paid to the board an examination fee established by the board by promulgation of an administrative regulation;
(e) Has passed an examination prepared by the board;
(f) Has not within the preceding three (3) months failed to pass an examination given by the board; and
(g) Has paid an initial license fee established by the board by promulgation of an administrative regulation.
(2) The license shall be displayed in the licensee’s principal place of practice, and shall entitle the licensee to hold himself forth to the public as providing services as authorized by KRS § 335.010 to KRS § 335.160 and 335.990.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 26, effective June 24, 2015. — Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 2, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch.
369, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 28, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 3. — Created 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 279, sec. 9.