2002 Minnesota Statutes

     148B.27 Prohibition against unlicensed practice or use 
  of titles; penalty. 

    Subdivision 1.    Practice.  No individual shall engage 
 in social work practice unless that individual holds a valid 
 temporary permit or a license as a licensed social worker, 
 licensed graduate social worker, licensed independent social 
 worker, or licensed independent clinical social worker.  

    Subd. 2.    Use of titles.  No individual shall be 
 presented to the public by any title incorporating the words 
 "social work" or "social worker" unless that individual holds a 
 valid temporary permit or a license issued under sections 
 148B.18 to 148B.289.  City, county, and state agency social 
 workers who are not licensed under sections 148B.18 to 148B.289 
 may use only the title city agency social worker or county 
 agency social worker or state agency social worker.  

    Subd. 2a.    Jurisdiction.  Nothing in sections 148B.60 
 to 148B.71 shall prohibit the board from taking disciplinary or 
 other action that the board is authorized to take against either 
 a licensee who is found to be practicing outside the scope of 
 the license or a person who is found to be engaging in the 
 unauthorized practice of social work. 

    Subd. 2b.    Use of hospital social worker title.  
 Individuals employed as social workers on June 30, 1996, by a 
 hospital licensed under chapter 144 who do not qualify for 
 licensure under section 148B.21, may use the title "hospital 
 social worker" for as long as they continue to be employed by a 
 hospital licensed under chapter 144. 

    Subd. 3.    Penalty.  A person who violates sections 
 148B.21 to 148B.289 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  

    HIST: 1987 c 347 art 2 s 10; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 41; 1993 c 240 
 s 14; 1994 c 465 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 63 s 4,5; 1997 c 193 s 
 33,34,47; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 53