Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2706 – A. No individual shall be eligible for registration by the board as a registered social worker unless the individual:
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2706
- Agency: means an organization or facility that delivers social work services and employs social workers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
- Case management: means a method to plan, provide, evaluate, and monitor services from a variety of resources on behalf of and in collaboration with a client. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
- Social work practice: means the professional application of social work values, theories, and interventions to one or more of the following: enhancing the development, problem-solving, and coping capacities of people; promoting the effective and humane operations of systems that provide resources and services to people; linking people with systems that provide them with resources, services, and opportunities; developing and improving social policy; and engaging in research related to the professional activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
- Social worker: means a person who holds a degree in social work, having successfully completed an undergraduate or graduate level academic social work program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
- Supervision: means the professional relationship between a supervisor and a supervisee that provides guidance and evaluation of the services provided by the supervisee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2703
A. No individual shall be eligible for registration by the board as a registered social worker unless the individual:
(1) Is of good moral character and whose screening for criminal history pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 37:2710 contains no disqualifying information.
(2) Holds either a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree from an accredited social work program.
B. An individual registered as a registered social worker may engage in generalist social work practice based on the application of social work theory, knowledge, ethics, and utilizing problem-solving methods to restore or enhance social functioning of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities through assessment, prevention, and intervention and evaluation, case management, information and referral, supportive counseling, advocacy, research, supervision, community organization, education, and the implementation and administration of policies, programs, and activities. A social worker at this level shall work as an employee in an agency and shall not engage in advanced practice or in clinical social work.
C, D. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 880, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 706, §1. Acts 1983, No. 484, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1309, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 595, §1; Acts 2004, No. 375, §1; Acts 2010, No. 880, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2021, No. 215, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.