Title 54, PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

54-3205. DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS -- EXPENSES -- REFUND. All fees received under the provisions of this act shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund, and all costs and expenses incurred by the board under the provisions of this act s…

54-3206. LICENSING -- QUALIFICATIONS. The board shall issue licenses to qualified applicants who have passed an examination conducted or approved by the board, have not been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or a suspended sentence in this state or in any o…

54-3207. PRIVATE OR INDEPENDENT PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK. (1) The private practice of social work is defined as that independent practice in which an individual is responsible for the contractual conditions of payment with clients, agencies and institutions. (2) The independent pr…

54-3208. ENDORSEMENT. An applicant for endorsement shall hold a current unrestricted license in another state or territory and shall meet those requirements as provided by board rule.

54-3209. FEES -- LICENSING -- DURATION OF LICENSES. Each person submitting an application for licensure to practice social work shall pay an application fee, as determined by the rules of the board, which shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) and which shall include the o…

54-3210. CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. The board shall prepare and adopt a code of professional conduct and may revise and amend such code from time to time. Preparation, revision, amendment and distribution of said code of professional conduct shall be pursuant to the provisions…

54-3211. REFUSAL TO ISSUE, REFUSAL TO RENEW, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE -- UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. The board may refuse to issue, refuse to renew, may suspend, or may revoke any license issued under this chapter, or take other disciplinary action, upon proof, after a hea…

54-3212. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSES -- HEARINGS -- TAKING TESTIMONY -- APPEAL. (1) The board shall have the power to refuse to issue, refuse to renew, revoke or suspend any license if the same was obtained through error or fraud, or if the holder thereof is shown to be …

54-3213. PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS. No person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall disclose any information he may have acquired from persons consulting him in his professional capacity that was necessary to enable him to render services in his professional capacit…

54-3214. LICENSE REQUIRED -- REPRESENTATION TO PUBLIC. (1) No person may engage in the practice of social work unless that person is licensed under this chapter or is a student under the supervision of a person who is licensed under this chapter. (2) No person shall be represente…

54-3215. EXEMPTIONS. Students enrolled in a recognized program leading to a degree in social work may practice only under the direct supervision of a social worker of the licensure status necessary to provide the appropriate level of supervision as provided by board rule. This ch…

54-3217. VIOLATIONS OF ACT A MISDEMEANOR. Any person who shall engage in the profession of social work as herein defined without a license as provided for by this act, or the rules or regulations of the board herein provided for, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.