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of the required 3) eloek hours. A licensee may earn credit for ethics
hours as a presenter or participant.]
(b) As part of the required 30 clock-hours, a licensee must
complete a minimum of three clock-hours of continuing education in
professional ethics and social work values each year of the biennial
renewal period.
(c) Effective January 1, 2007, as part of the required 30 clock-
hours, a licensee must complete a minimum of three hours of con-
tinuing education in professional ethics and social work values and
successful completion of the jurisprudence examination during the bi-
ennial renewal period.
(d) A clock-hour is defined as 60 minutes of standard time.
(e) A licensee may earn credit for ethics as a presenter or a
participant.
(f) [(b)] On petition by a licensee, the executive director may
waive part, but not all, of the continuing education renewal require-
ments for good and just cause or may permit the licensee an addi-
tional period of time in which to complete all continuing education
requirements. In all cases, the decision of the executive director may
be appealed to the Professional Development Committee of the board.
Should the committee overturn the decision of the executive director,
the committee may elect to waive the late fees accrued or determine
that the late fees should be paid by the licensee. Should the decision of
the executive director be upheld by the committee and the licensee be
denied in the appeal, all late fees accrued will apply.
781.509. Types of Acceptable Continuing Education.
Continuing education undertaken by a licensee shall be acceptable to
the board as credit hours if the education falls in one or more of the
following categories:
(1) - (3) (No change.)
(4) providing professional guidance as a field instructor for
social work interns in connection with a college or university accredited
by or in candidacy status with CSWE; [er]
(5) providing supervision to a social worker participating
in the program in accordance with 781.313 of this title (relating to the
Alternative Method of Examining Competency (AMEC) Program); or
[.]
(6) completion of the board's jurisprudence examination
no more than once per renewal period, unless the board directs other-
wise.
781.514. Credit Hours Granted.
The board will grant the following credit hours toward the continuing
education requirements for license renewal.
(1) - (7) (No change.)
(8) Effective January 1, 2007, completion of the jurispru-
dence examination shall count as part of the continuing education re-
quirement in professional ethics and social work values, as referenced
in 781.508(c) of this title (relating to Hour Requirements for Contin-
uing Education).
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found 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-200504643
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) 458-7236SUBCHAPTER F. COMPLAINTS AND
VIOLATIONS
22 TAC 781.602, 781.607, 781.608
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 amendments affect Occupations Code, Chapter
505.
781.602. Disciplinary Action and Notices.
(a) - (f) (No change.)
g If it appears to the board that a person who is not licensed
under this chapter is violating this chapter, a rule adopted under this
chapter, or another state statute or rule relating to the practice of social
work, the board after notice and opportunity for a hearing, as described
in this section, may issue a cease and desist order prohibiting the per-
son from engaging in the activity. A violation of an order under this
subsection constitutes grounds for the imposition of an administrative
penalty by the board.
781.607. Suspension, Revocation, or Non-renewal.
(a) - (c) (No change.)
(d) 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.
781.608. Informal Disposition.
(a) - (f) (No change.)
(g The board may order a license holder to pay a refund to
a consumer as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal
settlement conference instead of or in addition to imposing an admin-
istrative penalty. The amount of a refund ordered as provided in an
agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference may not
exceed the amount the consumer paid to the license holder for a ser-
vice regulated by the Act and this title. The board may not require
payment of other damages or estimate harm in a refund order.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found 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-20050464430 TexReg 6996 October 28, 2005 Texas Register
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