License, licensed clinical social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance

(1) The board shall issue a license as "licensed clinical social worker" to an applicant who meets the following requirements: (a) Has received a master's degree or doctoral degree in social work from an educational institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; (b) Has had a minimum of two (2) years of post-master's degree experience acceptable to the board in the use of specialty methods and measures to be employed in clinical social work practice, the experience having been acquired under appropriate supervision as established by the board by promulgation of an administrative regulation; (c) Has paid to the board an examination fee established by the board by promulgation of an administrative regulation; (d) Has passed an examination approved by the board for this purpose; and (e) 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, in the case of virtual or remote practice, shall be made accessible to clients through electronic means or other appropriate forms of notification, and shall entitle the licensee to hold himself or herself forth to the public as providing services as authorized by KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990. (3) A licensed clinical social worker may contract with a certified social worker in the practice of clinical social work as provided in KRS 335.080(3). The licensed clinical social worker shall assume responsibility for and supervise the certified social worker's practice as directed by the board by promulgation of administrative regulations.