WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 612

(b) (1) A licensed social work associate may not make a clinical diagnosis of
mental and emotional disorders or engage in the practice of psychotherapy.

(2) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, A LICENSED
CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKER, A LICENSED GRADUATE SOCIAL WORKER, OR A
LICENSED SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATE MAY NOT PRACTICE CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK.

(3) A LICENSED CERTIFIED SOCIAL WORKER MAY ENCAGE IN THE
PRACTICE OF CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK ONLY;

(I) IF DIRECTLY SUPERVISED BY A LICENSED CERTIFIED SOCIAL
WORKER CLINICAL; AND

(II) AS PROVIDED BY THE BOARD IN ITS REGULATIONS.

(c) (1) (i) Except as authorized by the Board, a licensed social work associate
may engage in the private practice of social work only under the direct supervision of a
licensed certified social worker or a licensed certified social worker clinical.

(ii) The Board may not authorize a licensed social work associate with
less than 2 years experience to engage in the private practice of social work without the
direct supervision of a licensed certified social worker or a licensed CERTIFIED social
worker clinical.

(2) Except as authorized by the Board through regulation, a licensed

graduate social worker may engage in the practice of social work only under the

supervision of a licensed certified social worker or a licensed certified social
worker clinical.

19-401.

Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not practice, attempt to
practice, or offer to practice social work OR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK in this State unless
licensed TO PRACTICE SOCIAL WORK OR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK by the Board.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 612
(House Bill 895)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Special Obligation Debt

MC 419-94

FOR the purpose of authorizing Montgomery County to issue special obligation bonds
and other obligations for certain purposes; specifying that principal, interest, and

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