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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 853

WORK EDUCATION AND HAS TWO YEARS OF SOCIAL WORK
EXPERIENCE, UNDER SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED SOCIAL
WORKER, BUT IF SUPERVISION IS UNAVAILABLE THIS PROVISION
MAY BE WAIVED UPON REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT; OR

(2)    HAS A DOCTORATE IN SOCIAL WORK INCLUDING
COMPLETION OF A GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM ACCREDITED
BY THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION; AND

(3)    HAS PASSED AN EXAMINATION APPROVED BY
THE BOARD FOR THIS PURPOSE.

(D)         FOR ANY ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT OF SUBSECTIONS

(A) (1), (B) (1), OR (C)(1) ABOVE, THE BOARD SHALL BY

REGULATION PROVIDE GENERAL STANDARDS OF ACCEPTABLE
EQUIVALENTS, INCLUDING COMPLETION OF RELATED ACADEMIC

CURRICULA SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING, AND

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN RELATED FIELDS OF WORK PROPERLY

SUPERVISED AND DOCUMENTED.

846.

A SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATE OR A GRADUATE SOCIAL WORKER
MAY ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK ONLY
UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED SOCIAL
WORKER.

847.

(A)    FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBTITLE UNTIL
JULY 1, 1977, A LICENSE AS A SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATE MAY BE
ISSUED WITHOUT EXAMINATION TO AN APPLICANT WHO SATISFIES
THE BOARD THAT HE IS AND ACTUALLY HAS BEEN ENGAGED, FOR
AT LEAST TWO YEARS IN THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK AND HAS
A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY.

(B)    FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBTITLE UNTIL
JULY 1, 1977, A LICENSE AS A GRADUATE SOCIAL WORKER MAY
BE ISSUED WITHOUT EXAMINATION TO AN APPLICANT WHO
SATISFIES THE BOARD THAT HE MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SUBTITLE, AND HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM AN
ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING COMPLETION OF
A GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY THE COUNCIL
ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION.

(C)    FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBTITLE UNTIL
JULY 1, 1977, A LICENSE AS A CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKER MAY
BE ISSUED WITHOUT EXAMINATION TO AN APPLICANT WHO HAS A
MASTER'S DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT INCLUDING COMPLETION OF A
GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM AND SATISFIES THE BOARD THAT
HE IS AND ACTUALLY HAS BEEN ENGAGED, FOR AT LEAST TWO
YEARS IN THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK OR HAS A DOCTORATE
IN SOCIAL WORK INCLUDING COMPLETION OF A GRADUATE SOCIAL