Title 73, Professions and Vocations

(1) Upon passing the examination and meeting the requirements prescribed for licensure and upon paying the initial licensure fee, an applicant shall be issued the appropriate license by the board. Except as provided in Section 33-1-39, licenses shall be renewed biennially after i…

(1) Individuals licensed by the board shall conduct their activities, services and practice in accordance with the laws governing their professional practice and any rules promulgated by the board. Licensees and applicants may be subject to the exercise of the sanctions enumerate…

All complaints concerning a licensee’s business or professional practice shall be received by the board. Each complaint received shall be logged, recording at a minimum the following information: (a) licensee’s name; (b) name of the complaining party; (c) date of complaint; (d) b…

(1) Any person whose application for a license is denied shall be entitled to a hearing before the board if he or she submits a written request for a hearing to the board. The board shall fix a time and place for the hearing and shall cause a written copy of the reason for denial…

(1) The board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds that a licensee or applicant has committed any offense listed in Section 73-53-17:(a) Revocation of the license;(b) Suspension of the license, for any period of time;(c) Censure the l…

Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board shall have the right to appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the county of the residence of the aggrieved party or to the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County in the manner provided by law for appeals fro…

(1) The board has the power to take testimony either orally or by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as is prescribed by law for judicial proceedings in civil cases. Any member of the board or its designee has the power to administer oaths …

(a) No licensee under this article or an employee of a licensee may disclose any information which was acquired from clients or persons consulting with the licensee and which was provided in order to allow the licensee to render professional services, except:(a) With the written …

(a) As used in this article:(a) “Board” means the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists created under Section 73-53-8.(b) “Social work practice” means the professional activity directed at enhancing, protecting or restoring people’s capacity for…

Whenever any law, regulation or policy of the State of Mississippi or any agency, department, institution or political subdivision of the state authorizes or allows a licensed marriage and family therapist as defined in Section 73-54-5 to perform services that are within the lawf…

(1) No provision in this article shall be construed to prevent individuals licensed or certified by this state, whose activities overlap with the practice of social work, from carrying out the functions covered by their respective licenses or certificates, or to prevent ministers…

(1) A person, corporation, association or business entity shall not use, cause to be used or advertise in connection with that person’s or party’s name or the name or activity of the business the words, “social worker,” “licensed social worker,” “licensed master’s social worker,”…

(1) There is created the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists to license and regulate social workers and marriage and family therapists. The board shall be composed of ten (10) members, six (6) of which shall be social workers and four (4) of w…

(1) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers by improving public access to competent social work services. The compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system o…

(a) As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Active military member” means any individual with full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the United States including members of the National Guard and Reserve.(b…

(1) To be eligible to participate in the compact, a potential member state must currently meet all the following criteria:(a) License and regulate the practice of social work at either the clinical, master’s, or bachelor’s category;(b) Require applicants for licensure to graduate…

(1) To be eligible for a multistate license under the terms and provisions of the compact, an applicant, regardless of category must:(a) Hold or be eligible for an active, unencumbered license in the home state;(b) Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the multist…

(1) Upon receipt of an application for multistate license, the home state licensing authority shall determine the applicant’s eligibility for a multistate license in accordance with Section 73-53-57. (2) If such applicant is eligible pursuant to Section 73-53-57, the home state l…

(1) Nothing in this compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be construed to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a member state to enact and enforce laws, regulations, or other rules related to the practice of social work in that state, where those laws, re…

(1) A licensee can hold a multistate license, issued by their home state, in only one member state at any given time. (2) If a licensee changes their home state by moving between two member states:(a) The licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of their multistate lic…

An active military member or their spouse shall designate a home state where the individual has a multistate license. The individual may retain their home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty.

(1) (a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to take adverse action against a regulated social worker’s multistate authorization to practice only within that member stat…

(1) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the social work licensure compact commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states actin…

(1) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system. (2) The commission shall assign each applicant for a multistate license a unique identifier, as determined by the rules of the commission. (3) Notwithstandi…

(1) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule is i…

(1) Oversight.(a) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this compact, venue is proper and judicial proceed…

(1) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state.(a) On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven (7) member states (“…

(1) This compact and the commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be …

(1) A licensee providing services in a remote state under a multistate authorization to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including laws, regulations, and applicable standards, of the remote state where the client is located at the time care is rendered. (2) Noth…