Arizona Laws 32-3293. Licensed clinical social worker; licensure; qualifications
A person who wishes to be licensed by the board to engage in the practice of social work as a licensed clinical social worker shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-3293
- Board: means the board of behavioral health examiners. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
- Client: means a patient who receives behavioral health services from a person licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
- Direct client contact: means the performance of therapeutic or clinical functions related to the applicant's professional practice level of psychotherapy that includes diagnosis, assessment and treatment and that may include psychoeducation for mental, emotional and behavioral disorders based primarily on verbal or nonverbal communications and intervention with, and in the presence of, one or more clients, including through the use of telehealth pursuant to Title 36, Chapter 36, Article 1. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
- Equivalent: means comparable in content and quality but not identical. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Practice of social work: means the professional application of social work theories, principles, methods and techniques to:
(a) Treat mental, behavioral and emotional disorders. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
- Psychoeducation: means the education of a client as part of a treatment process that provides the client with information regarding mental health, emotional disorders or behavioral health. See Arizona Laws 32-3251
1. Furnish documentation as prescribed by the board by rule that the person has:
(a) Earned a master’s or higher degree in social work from a regionally accredited college or university in a program accredited by the council on social work education or a degree from a foreign school based on a program of study that the board determines is substantially equivalent.
(b) Received at least twenty-four months of post-master’s degree experience in the practice of clinical social work under supervision that includes at least one thousand six hundred hours of direct client contact that meets the requirements prescribed by the board by rule. For clinical supervision, at least one hundred hours of experience must be as prescribed by the board by rule. For direct client contact hours, not more than four hundred hours may be in psychoeducation.
2. Provide documentation on a board-approved form completed by the person’s supervisor attesting that the person both:
(a) Was observed during supervised hours to have demonstrated satisfactory competency in clinical documentation, consultation, collaboration and coordination of care related to clients to whom the person provided direct care.
(b) Has a rating of at least satisfactory in overall performance.
3. Pass an examination approved by the board.