1. (a)

   1. (1) The Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board may approve licensure through endorsement with other states, districts, territories, or Canadian provinces whose standards are substantially equivalent to those required by Arkansas Code § 17-103-306.

   2. (2) The board-approved examination may be waived if an applicant meets the following requirements:

      1. (A) The applicant is currently licensed to practice social work in another state, territory, district, or Canadian province;
      2. (B) The applicant has passed a social work examination approved by the licensing entity in the state, territory, district, or Canadian province the applicant is currently licensed in;
      3. (C) The applicant has a social work degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or the Canadian Association for Social Work Education; and
      4. (D)

2. (i) An applicant for LCSW must provide documentation of twenty-four (24) months of supervision and four thousand (4,000) hours working in a master’s-level social work position while under the supervision of an LCSW.

   1. (ii) The board may waive the supervision requirement if the applicant has:
3. (a) (a) Practiced social work at the independent clinical level for the last three (3) years; and
4. (b) (b) Met the requirements to be licensed independently at the clinical level in the state they are currently licensed in.
5. (b) The board may issue a master’s-level provisional license, as described in 17 CAR § 100-103, to an LCSW applicant who has met the requirements of endorsement except for passage of a social work examination.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “(Ark. Code Ann. §17-103-302)” "LCSW" means licensed certified social worker.