7004.1 Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an applicant shall receive a passing score on the required level of the examination sponsored by the Association of Social Work Boards (the 'national examination') or on another examination determined by the Board to be equivalent.7004.2 Beginning January 1, 2013, an applicant seeking to take the Advanced (Independent clinical social worker) level of the national examination clinical examination shall have completed twelve (12) academic credits of clinical course work from an accredited program with a minimum of six (6) of the twelve (12) academic credits having been obtained in a Master's of Social Work program.7004.3 The passing score on the Associate (social work associate) level of the national examination shall be seventy-five (75).7004.4 The passing score on the Basic (graduate social worker) level of the national examination shall be seventy-five (75).7004.5 The passing score on the Intermediate (Independent social worker) level of the national examination shall be seventy-five (75).7004.6 The passing score on the Advanced (Independent clinical social worker) level of the national examination shall be seventy-five (75).7004.7 An applicant shall submit the applicant's examination results, which have been certified or validated by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), to the Board with the completed application.7004.8 The Board may require an applicant who fails to pass the examination after two (2) consecutive attempts to complete a review course approved by the Board or any remediation as determined by the Board to be appropriate, prior to retaking the examination.7004.9 The Board may require an applicant who fails to pass the examination after four (4) consecutive attempts to complete a Board approved review course prior to being approved to retake the examination.7004.10 The Board may require an applicant who fails to pass the examination after six (6) consecutive attempts to complete an additional one (1) year of supervised practice under the supervision of a licensed independent social worker or licensed independent clinical social worker, as appropriate, prior to being approved to retake the examination.7004.11 The Board shall not accept any review courses or supervised practice hours completed prior to the date of the last failed examination in

satisfaction of the requirements set forth in § 7004.9 and 7004.10.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1059, 1062 (February 19, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 2747, 2754 (May 4, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 10686 (December 9, 2005); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 4209, 4210 (May 4, 2012).