As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (1) Approved school means any university or other institution of higher education offering a full-time undergraduate course of study in social work approved by the Council on Social Work Education or its predecessor organization.
2. (2) Board means the state board of social work examiners, created in section 12-245-402.
3. (3) Clinical social work practice shall have the same meaning as social work practice as defined in section 12-245-403.
4. (4) Graduate school of social work means any university or other institution of higher education offering a full-time graduate course of study in social work approved by the Council on Social Work Education or its predecessor organization.
5. (5) Independent practice means practicing independent of supervision.
6. (6) Independent private practice means a practice charging a fee in a setting other than under the auspices of a public or private nonprofit agency exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
7. (7) Licensed clinical social worker means any person licensed under the provisions of this part 4 as a clinical social worker.
8. (8) Licensed social worker means a person licensed under this part 4 as a licensed social worker.
9. (9) Social worker means a person who has completed an earned master's or bachelor's degree in social work from a social work education program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or a doctoral degree in social work from a doctoral program within a social work education program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, and who is practicing within the scope of section 12-245-403.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1266, § 1, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43-401 as it existed prior to 2019.