"Minnesota Board of Social Work Practice Act", recodifying statutes and rules relating to social work

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL; CITATION; DEFINITIONS

Providing for the promotion and protection of public health, safety and welfare through the licensure and regulation of persons practicing social work; defining certain terms and the scope of practice; creating the board of social work, specifying membership requirements and duties, authorizing board adoption and enforcement of rules; requiring and providing for the licensing and regulation of social workers, graduate social workers, independent social workers and independent clinical social workers by the board, specifying certain examination requirements; providing for licensure by reciprocity and by endorsement; specifying certain criminal background check requirements; authorizing and providing for board issuance of temporary licenses under certain conditions; specifying certain exemptions from the licensure requirements; providing for license renewals; specifying certain requirements for qualification for inactive status, providing for reactivation; regulating voluntary license terminations and name and address changes; requiring and providing for board issuance of license wall certificates and license cards; specifying certain supervised practice and documentation requirements and certain requirements of supervisors; specifying certain continuing education and education providers approval requirements, authorizing certain variances to the continuing education requirements; prescribing certain license and continuing education provider fees; specifying certain standards of practice and certain grounds for disciplinary action, primary professional responsibility to be to the client, prohibiting sexual conduct, requiring treatment and intervention services to be based on assessments or diagnoses; specifying certain recordkeeping requirements, providing for confidentiality; regulating the charging of fees and billing practices; specifying certain reporting requirements; granting the board certain investigative authority and regulating the types of actions allowed to be taken by the board, authorizing the issuance of cease and desist orders and providing for injunctive relief in the district court; providing for certain voluntary actions; specifying certain requirements of nonlicensees, regulating the use of titles and specifying certain reporting requirements; imposing a penalty for certain violations; appropriating money to the board; repealing certain existing provisions and rules regulating the practice of social work

ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Making conforming amendments to certain statutory provisions relating to government data practices, access to health records, home care provider license and practicing medicine without a license exemptions, mental health practice, services covered by medical assistance (MA), the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) and professional health services
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