Sec. A-5. 32 MRSA §7002, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c. 736, §3, is amended to read:

Notwithstanding Title 17-A, section 4-A, any person who makes a representation to the public or uses the title of social worker, unless licensed by the board, as a licensed clinical social worker, licensed master social worker, certified social worker or a licensed social worker, shall be or who makes a representation to the public or uses the title of licensed human service provider, unless licensed by the board is subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500. Any person performing the functions of a social worker or licensed human service provider as a part of a profession or occupation or in a voluntary capacity is not subject to this section.

Sec. A-6. 32 MRSA §7004, as amended by PL 1979, c. 96, §6, is further amended to read:

§7004. Services to minors for drug abuse

Any person certified under this chapter who renders social work or human service provider services to a minor for problems associated with the abuse of drugs or alcohol is under no obligation to obtain the consent of that minor's parent or guardian or to inform that parent or guardian of the treatment. Nothing in this section shall may be construed so as to prohibit the licensed person rendering this treatment from informing that parent or guardian. For purposes of this section, "abuse of drugs" means the use of drugs solely for their stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous system and not as a therapeutic agent recommended by a practitioner in the course of medical treatment.

Sec. A-7. 32 MRSA §7005, as amended by PL 2001, c. 345, §9, is further amended to read:

§7005. Communication between social workers or licensed human

service providers and clients

Except at the request of, or with the consent of, the client, no a person licensed under this chapter may not be required to testify in any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity respecting any information which he that the person may have acquired in providing social work or human service provider services to the client in a professional and contractual capacity if that information was necessary to enable him to furnish professional social work services to the