PURPOSE: This rule outlines the require - ments for provisional licensed clinical social workers. (1) Application for provisional clinical social work licensure shall be made on the forms provided by the committee. Application forms shall be obtained from the State Committee for Social Workers, PO Box 1335, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

1. (A) No other classes of license are eligible for provisional license under sections 337.600–337.689, RSMo.
2. (2) An application for licensure as a provisional licensed clinical social worker is not considered officially filed with the committee until it has been determined by the committee staff to be complete and the application is submitted on the form(s) provided by the committee. The application must be typewritten or printed legibly in black ink, signed, notarized, and accompanied by the application fee as set forth in the rules promulgated by the committee.

3. (3) The following documents must be on file for an application for provisional social work licensure to be considered complete and officially filed:

   1. (A) Completed application;
   2. (B) Official transcript(s) sent directly from the educational institution(s);
   3. (C) Completed Registration of Supervision form provided by the committee;

   4. (D) Verification of a passing score on the examination administered by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB). Verification of score(s) must be sent directly to the committee office by the ASWB.

      1. 1. The examination for a provisional

licensed clinical social worker is the clinical examination; and

1. (E) An applicant for provisional social work licensure who answers “yes” to any question in the application which relates to possible grounds for denial of licensure under section 337.630, RSMo, shall submit a sworn affidavit setting forth in detail the facts that explain the answer and shall submit copies of documents related to that answer, as requested by the committee, which shall include but is not limited to the following:

   1. 1. Certified copies of final orders/judg-

ments;

1. 2. If no final order—A certified copy of

clerk’s docket sheet and copy of complaint; and

1. 3. If criminal conviction—A certified

copy of final order and sentence or commutation of sentence.

1. (4) Following the committee’s review process, the applicant will be informed by letter of licensure approval or denial. The denial letter will identify the reasons for denial and the appeal process.
2. (5) The term of a provisional social worker license shall be no more than forty-eight (48) consecutive calendar months except under extenuating circumstances as determined by the committee. The provisional social work license shall be valid only while the licensee is under active supervision as defined by rule. The provisional social work license will terminate with the issuance of a social work license.
3. (6) The applicant for provisional social work licensure shall provide social work as defined in section 337.600(17), RSMo, under the order, control, oversight, guidance, and full professional responsibility of the approved registered supervisor at the setting(s) approved by the committee.
4. (7) A provisional social worker may be employed in the supervisor’s private practice setting or in the private practice of another. In those instances, the supervisor may bill clients for services rendered by the provisional social worker but under no circumstances shall the provisional social worker bill the clients directly for services rendered. The only exception to this section shall be when reimbursement for services is provided under Title XIX (Medicaid) through the Missouri Department of Social Services Medicaid Services Division. A provisional social worker may accept a Medicaid reimbursement number and services may be billed through that number, provided such reimbursement is administered through the professional setting employing the provisional social worker and not directly paid to the provisional social worker. The professional setting shall not include private practice in which the provisional social worker operates, manages, or has an ownership interest in the private practice.
5. (8) Provisional social workers shall report any change of supervisor, setting, or both in writing on a change of status form provided by the committee. There is no fee for updating a change of supervision and/or setting. The committee shall notify both the provisional social worker and registered supervisor, in writing, of the committee’s approval or refusal of the registration of supervision.
6. (9) Effective August 28, 2010, all provisional licensed clinical social workers will be subject to the same rules and requirements as those of licensed master social workers and will be issued a licensed master social worker license by the committee with no fee. Those provisional licensed clinical social workers that are issued a licensed master social worker license by the committee are exempt from continuing education requirements through the first renewal of their licensed master social worker license but are not exempt thereafter. Effective August 28, 2010, the committee will issue no further provisional licensed clinical social worker licenses.

AUTHORITY: sections 337.600, 337.612, 337.615, 337.627, and 337.630, RSMo Supp. 2010.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 263-2.045. Original rule filed Dec. 30, 1998, effective July 30, 1999. Amended: Filed Oct. 30, 2002, effective June 30, 2003. Amended: Filed March 15, 2004, effective Sept. 30, 2004. Amended: Filed March 28, 2005, effective Sept. 30, 2005. Moved to 20 CSR 2263- 2.045, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2009, effective April 30, 2010. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 18, 2010, effective Aug. 28, 2010, expired Feb. 24, 2011. Amended: Filed Aug. 18, 2010, effective Feb. 28, 2011.

*Original authority: 337.600, RSMo 1989, amended 1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; 337.612, RSMo 1989, amended 1997, 2001, 2007; 337.615, RSMo 1989, amended 1995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010; 337.627, RSMo 1989, amended 1993, 1995, 1997, 2007; and 337.630, RSMo 1989, amended 1997, 2007.