Texas Register, Volume 30, Number 43, Pages 6973-7094, October 28, 2005 Page: 6,995
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of professional social work practice will not be counted as experience
in this subsection. Required written documentation includes:
(A) - (E) (No change.)
(2) - (5) (No change.)
(d) (No change.)
(e) Jurisprudence examination. Applicants for a license must
complete the board's jurisprudence examination and submit proof of
completion at the time of application. The jurisprudence examination
must have been completed no more than six months prior to the date
of application.
781.310. Provisional Licenses.
(a) The board may grant a provisional license as a social
worker [LMSW S-, or SWA] to a person who holds, at the time
of application, a license or certificate as a social worker [er seeial
work assoeeiate] issued by another state, the District of Columbia, or
a territory of the United States that is acceptable to the board. An
applicant for a provisional license must:
(1) (No change.)
(2) be licensed in good standing as a social worker [or so-
cial work assoeeiate] in another state, the District of Columbia, or terri-
tory of the United States that has licensing requirements that are sub-
stantially equivalent to the regular licensing requirements of the Act;
(3) - (4) (No change.)
(b) - (h) (No change.)
781.311. Temporary License.
(a) Prior to examination, an applicant for licensure may obtain
a temporary license as a social worker [LMSW, LS er SWA] as long
as the applicant meets all the requirements, with the exception of the
examination, for the level of license sought.
(1) - (5) (No change.)
(b) - (e) (No change.)
781.318. Issuance of Licenses to Certain Out-of-State Applicants.
(a) Notwithstanding any other licensing requirement of this
chapter or the Act:
(1) the board may not require an applicant who is licensed
in good standing in another state to pass a licensing examination con-
ducted by the board under the Act if an applicant with substantially
equivalent experience who resides in this state would not be required
to take the licensing examination; and
(2) the board may issue a license to an applicant who is
currently licensed in another state to independently practice social
work if:applicant:
tence;(A) after an assessment, the board determines that the
(i) demonstrates sufficient experience and compe-(ii) has passed the jurisprudence examination con-
ducted by the board under Occupations Code, 505.3545; and
(iii) at the time of the application, is in good stand-
ing with the regulatory agency of the state in which the applicant is
licensed; and
(B) the applicant presents to the board credentials that
the applicant obtained from a national accreditation organization andthe board determines that the requirements to obtain the credentials are
sufficient to minimize any risk to public safety.
(b) When assessing the experience and competence of an ap-
plicant for the purposes of this section, the board may take into con-
sideration any supervision received by the applicant in another state or
jurisdiction if the board determines that the supervision would be taken
into consideration for the purpose of licensing or certification in the
state or jurisdiction in which the applicant received the supervision.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel anndfound to be within the agency's legal author-
ity to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 17,
2005.
TRD-200504642
Charles Horton
Executive Director
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
Earliest possible date of adoption: November 27, 2005
For further information, please call: (512) 458-7236
SUBCHAPTER E. LICENSE RENEWAL AND
CONTINUING EDUCATION
22 TAC 781.503, 781.508, 781.509, 781.514
The proposed amendments are authorized by Occupations
Code, 505.201, which authorizes the board to adopt rules
necessary to perform the board's duties, and to establish stan-
dards of conduct and ethics for license holders; by Occupations
Code, 505.203, which authorizes the board to set fees; and
by Occupations Code, 505.404, which requires the board to
establish mandatory continuing education requirements for
license holders.
The proposed amendme nts affect Occupations Code, Chapter
505.
781.503. License Renewal.
(a) - (j) (No change.)
(k) The board may refuse to renew the license of a person
who fails to pay an administrative penalty imposed in accordance with
the Act unless the enforcement of the penalty is stayed or a court has
ordered that the administrative penalty is not owed.
(1) Effective January 1, 2007, a licensee must complete the
jurisprudence examination each renewal period in order to renew the
license. Completion of the jurisprudence examination shall count as
part of the continuing education requirement for professional ethics
and social work values, as referenced in 781.508(c) of this title relat-
ing to (Hour Requirements for Continuing Education).
781.508. Hour Requirements for Continuing Education.
(a) A licensee must complete a total of 30 clock-hours of con-
tinuing education biennially obtained from board approved continuing
education providers.[-]
[(1-) 30loeckhourseofeentinuingeduatinbienniallyfrom
[(2) a minimum of three hours of entinuing education bi-
ennially in professional ethics and social work values each year as partPROPOSED RULES October 28, 2005 30 TexReg 6995
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