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(3)__Letters of professional recommendation. |
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| | | 3-C.__Consultation requirements for licensed social workers | | and conditionally licensed social workers.__A licensed social | | worker or conditionally licensed social worker must complete the | | following requirements for consultation. |
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| | | A.__A licensed social worker must complete a minimum of 96 | | hours of consultation as determined by the board.__This | | consultation must be concurrent with the first 3,200 hours | | of social work employment occurring in a period of not less | | than 2 years but not more than 4 years. |
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| | | B.__A person who receives a conditional license as a | | licensed social worker on or after January 1, 2004 must | | complete the following requirements for consultation. |
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| | | (1)__A person who is not an employee of the Department | | of Human Services must complete a minimum of 96 hours | | of consultation as determined by the board.__This | | consultation must be concurrent with the first 3,200 | | hours of social work employment occurring in a period | | of not less than 2 years but not more than 4 years. |
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| | | (2)__A person who is an employee of the Department of | | Human Services must complete a minimum of 96 hours of | | consultation with a licensed social worker who has been | | licensed for at least 4 years or a licensed master | | social worker.__This consultation must be concurrent | | with the first 3,200 hours of social work employment | | occurring in a period of not less than 2 years but not | | more than 4 years. |
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| | | 3-D.__Contact hours for conditionally licensed social workers.__ | | A person who receives a conditional license as a licensed social | | worker on or after January 1, 2004 must complete, within the | | first 2 years of licensure, contact hours, as that term is | | defined by the board, in an amount set by the board.__Of these | | contact hours required by the board, 6 hours must be on the | | subject of social work ethics and 6 hours must be on the subject | | of psychosocial assessment. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 32 MRSA §7053-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 316, §4, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Licensed social worker. A licensed social worker may: |
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| | | A. Engage in psychosocial evaluation, excluding the | | diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, and conduct basic |
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