2005 Minnesota Statutes

     148D.105 Licensed graduate social workers; supervised 
  practice. 

    Subdivision 1.    Supervision required after licensure.  
 After receiving a license from the board as a licensed graduate 
 social worker, a licensed graduate social worker must obtain at 
 least 75 hours of supervision in accordance with the 
 requirements of this section. 

    Subd. 2.    Practice requirements.  The supervision 
 required by subdivision 1 must be obtained during the first 
 4,000 hours of postgraduate social work practice authorized by 
 law.  At least three hours of supervision must be obtained 
 during every 160 hours of practice. 

    Subd. 3.    Types of supervision.  (a) Thirty-seven and 
 one-half hours of the supervision required by subdivision 1 must 
 consist of one-on-one in-person supervision. 

    (b) Thirty-seven and one-half hours must consist of one or 
 more of the following types of supervision, subject to the 
 limitation in clause (3): 

    (1) one-on-one in-person supervision; 

    (2) in-person group supervision; or 

    (3) electronic supervision such as by telephone or video 
 conferencing, provided that electronic supervision must not 
 exceed 25 hours. 

    (c) To qualify as in-person group supervision, the group 
 must not exceed seven members including the supervisor. 

    Subd. 4.    Supervisor requirements.  The supervision 
 required by subdivision 1 must be provided by a supervisor who 
 meets the requirements specified in section 148D.120.  The 
 supervision must be provided: 

    (1) if the supervisee is not engaged in clinical practice, 
 by a (i) licensed independent social worker, (ii) licensed 
 graduate social worker who has completed the supervised practice 
 requirements, or (iii) licensed independent clinical social 
 worker; 

    (2) if the supervisee is engaged in clinical practice, by a 
 licensed independent clinical social worker; or 

    (3) by a supervisor who meets the requirements specified in 
 section 148D.120, subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 5.    Supervisee requirements.  The supervisee 
 must: 

    (1) to the satisfaction of the supervisor, practice 
 competently and ethically in accordance with professional social 
 work knowledge, skills, and values; 

    (2) receive supervision in the following content areas:  

    (i) development of professional values and 
 responsibilities; 

    (ii) practice skills; 

    (iii) authorized scope of practice; 

    (iv) ensuring continuing competence; and 

    (v) ethical standards of practice; 

    (3) submit a supervision plan in accordance with section 
 148D.125, subdivision 1; and 

    (4) verify supervised practice in accordance with section 
 148D.125, subdivision 3, if: 

    (i) the board audits the supervisee's supervised practice; 
 or 

    (ii) a licensed graduate social worker applies for a 
 licensed independent social worker or licensed independent 
 clinical social worker license. 

    Subd. 6.    Licensed graduate social workers who practice 
 clinical social work.  (a) A licensed graduate social worker 
 must not engage in clinical social work practice except under 
 supervision by a licensed independent clinical social worker or 
 an alternate supervisor designated pursuant to section 148D.120, 
 subdivision 2. 

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a licensed 
 graduate social worker must not engage in clinical social work 
 practice under supervision for more than 8,000 hours.  In order 
 to practice clinical social work for more than 8,000 hours, a 
 licensed graduate social worker must obtain a licensed 
 independent clinical social worker license. 

    (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (b), the 
 board may grant a licensed graduate social worker permission to 
 engage in clinical social work practice for more than 8,000 
 hours if the licensed graduate social worker petitions the board 
 and demonstrates to the board's satisfaction that for reasons of 
 personal hardship the licensed graduate social worker should be 
 granted an extension to continue practicing clinical social work 
 under supervision for up to an additional 2,000 hours. 

    (d) Upon completion of 4,000 hours of clinical social work 
 practice and 75 hours of supervision in accordance with the 
 requirements of this section, a licensed graduate social worker 
 is eligible to apply for a licensed independent clinical social 
 worker license pursuant to section 148D.115, subdivision 1. 

    Subd. 7.    Licensed graduate social workers who do not 
 practice clinical social work.  A licensed graduate social 
 worker who fulfills the supervision requirements specified in 
 subdivisions 1 to 5, and who does not practice clinical social 
 work, is not required to be supervised after completion of the 
 supervision requirements. 

    Subd. 8.    Attestation.  A social worker and the social 
 worker's supervisor must attest that the supervisee has met or 
 has made progress on meeting the applicable supervision 
 requirements in accordance with section 148D.125, subdivision 2. 

    HIST: 2005 c 147 art 1 s 26