Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF2100

1E "Minnesota Board of Social Work Practice Act", recodifying statutes relating
to 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; requiring certain clock hours; 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,
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 regulating the practice of social work
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