Ind. Admin. Code tit. 839, r. 1-3-2 – Licensure by examination for social workers and clinical social workers

Affected: IC 25-22.5; IC 25-23.6-5-1; IC 25-23.6-5-3.5; IC 25-33

Sec. 2. (a) An applicant for licensure as a social worker or clinical social worker shall pass an examination required by the board.

(b) As used in IC 25-23.6-5-1 and IC 25-23.6-5-3.5, "experience" means full-time paid experience of at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours per year. Part-time experience will be considered if the applicant can verify a total of four thousand five hundred (4,500) hours, three thousand (3,000) hours of which must take place after receiving the graduate degree.

(c) As used in IC 25-23.6-5-1 and IC 25-23.6-5-3.5, supervision must be face-to-face contact between the supervisor and supervisee for the purpose of assisting the supervisee in the process of learning the skills of social work or clinical social work practice for a minimum of four (4) hours per month.

(d) Experience, as that term is used in IC 25-23.6-5-1 and IC 25-23.6-5-3.5, shall be earned as an employee in one (1) of the following settings:

(1) Social service agencies.
(2) Schools.
(3) Institutions of higher education.
(4) Hospitals.
(5) Private practice.
(6) Mental health centers.
(7) Correctional institutions.
(8) Home health agencies.
(9) Long term health care facilities.
(10) Employee assistance programs.
(11) Occupational social services.
(12) Military facilities.

(Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board; 839 IAC 1-3-2; filed Jul 1, 1992, 12:00 p.m.: 15 IR 2457; filed Nov 4, 1992, 5:00 p.m: 16 IR 871; filed Dec 29, 1998, 10:57 a.m.: 22 IR 1505, eff Jul 1, 1999; filed Oct 1, 2003, 9:28 a.m.: 27 IR 517; readopted filed Dec 1, 2009, 9:12 a.m.: 20091223-IR-839090777RFA; readopted filed Dec 1, 2014, 8:32 a.m.: 20141231-IR- 839140389RFA; readopted filed Nov 30, 2020, 11:49 a.m.: 20201230-IR-839200292RFA; readopted filed Jun 24, 2024, 3:49 p.m.: 20240724-IR-839230815RFA)