MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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WORK PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK
EDUCATION.

848.

AN APPLICANT LICENSED OR REGISTERED UNDER THE LAWS
OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION IS EXEMPTED FROM THE REQUIREMENT
FOR ANY EXAMINATION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IF:

(A)    HE SATISFIES THE BOARD THAT HE IS LICENSED OR
REGISTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF A STATE OR TERRITORY OF THE
UNITED STATES THAT IMPOSES SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME
REQUIREMENTS AS THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(B)    PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THAT STATE OR
TERRITORY, HE HAS TAKEN AND PASSED AN EXAMINATION SIMILAR
TO THAT FOR WHICH EXEMPTION IS SOUGHT.

849.

(A)    APPROPRIATE WRITTEN, ORAL OR PRACTICAL
EXAMINATIONS FREE OF CULTURAL BIAS SHALL BE CREATED FOR
EACH LEVEL, AND THE BOARD SHALL OFFER THESE EXAMINATIONS
AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THE
SUBJECT AND SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATIONS AND SHALL HAVE
FINAL REVIEW PRIOR TO ADMINISTRATION OF THE EXAMINATION.
[[WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED BY ORAL
EXAMINATION AS THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE.]] APPLICANTS
WHO FAIL THEIR EXAMINATIONS MAY BE RE-EXAMINED AT A
SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION UPON PAYMENT OF ANOTHER
EXAMINATION FEE.

(B)    THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE UPON PAYMENT
OF THE FEES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBTITLE TO ANY
APPLICANT WHO HAS SATISFACTORILY MET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS SUBTITLE. LICENSES SHALL SHOW THE FULL NAME OF THE
LICENSEE, SHALL HAVE A SERIAL NUMBER, AND SHALL BE SIGNED
BY THE CHAIRMAN AND THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD UNDER SEAL
OF THE BOARD.

(C)    THE ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE BY THE BOARD IS
PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE LICENSEE IS ENTITLED TO ALL
THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE
WHILE THE LICENSE REMAINS UNREVOKED OR UNEXPIRED.

[[(D) LICENSES EXPIRE ONE YEAR FROM ISSUANCE OR
RENEWAL, AND SHALL BE INVALID AFTER THAT DATE UNLESS
RENEWED. THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD SHALL NOTIFY BY
REGULAR MAIL EVERY PERSON LICENSED HEREUNDER OF THE DATE
OF EXPIRATION OF HIS LICENSE AND THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE
REQUIRED FOR ITS RENEWAL. NOTICE SHALL BE MAILED TO THE
LICENSEE AT HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS AT LEAST ONE MONTH IN
ADVANCE OF THE DATE OF EXPIRATION OF THE LICENSE.
RENEWAL MAY BE EFFECTED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE