Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 83 > Subchapter 3 - Registration

• accredited educational institution: is a n institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or its successor or other organization approved by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• certified social worker - independent practice: is a person who was licensed as a certified social worker and permitted to engage in the independent practice of social work pursuant to section 7052, before January 1, 1985. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• clinical setting: is a setting where mental disorders are evaluated, prevented, diagnosed and treated using psychosocial evaluation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• licensed clinical social worker: is a person who has received a license as a clinical social worker from the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• licensed master social worker: is a person who has received a license as a master social worker from the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• licensed social worker: includes a person who has received a conditional license as a licensed social worker. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Psychosocial evaluation: includes the determination and examination by social workers of the psychosocial situation of an individual or group related to interpersonal and intrapersonal stress, family background, family interaction, living arrangements and socioeconomic problems and treatment, evaluation, plans and goals, including the diagnosis of mental illness and emotional disorders for the purpose of treatment and therapeutic intervention, but excluding the treatment of any illness by organic therapy, to the extent permitted by the licensure provision of this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• Social work: means engaging in psychosocial evaluation and intervention, including therapy, to the extent permitted by the licensure provisions of this chapter, to effect a change in the feelings, attitudes and behavior of a client, whether an individual, group or community. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7001-A
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72