PURPOSE: This rule outlines the requirements for provisional licensed baccalaureate social workers.

1. (1) Application for provisional baccalaureate 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.
2. (2) An application for licensure as a provisional baccalaureate social worker is not considered officially filed with the committee until it has been determined by the committee or division 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, and notarized.

3. (3) The following documents must be on file for an application for provisional baccalaureate 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, as determined by the committee, on the basic or higher 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; and

   5. (E) If an applicant for provisional baccalaureate social work licensure answers “yes” to any question in the application which relates to possible grounds for denial of licensure under section 337.680, RSMo, he/she shall submit a sworn affidavit setting forth in detail the facts that explain the answer and shall submit copies of appropriate documents related to that answer, if 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 shall be informed by letter of licensure approval or denial. The denial letter shall identify the reasons for denial and shall explain the appeal process.
2. (5) The term of a provisional baccalaureate social work license shall be no more than forty-eight (48) consecutive calendar months except under extenuating circumstances as determined by the committee. The provisional baccalaureate social work license shall be valid only while the licensee is under active supervision as defined by rule. The provisional baccalaureate social work license will terminate with the issuance of a baccalaureate social work license.
3. (6) The applicant for provisional baccalaureate social work licensure shall provide baccalaureate social work as defined in section 337.653.1, 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 licensed baccalaureate 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 licensed baccalaureate social worker but under no circumstances shall the provisional licensed baccalaureate social worker bill the clients directly for services rendered. The professional setting shall not include private practice in which the provisional licensed baccalaureate social worker operates, manages or has an ownership interest in the private practice.
5. (8) Provisional licensed baccalaureate 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 licensed baccalaureate social worker and registered supervisor, in writing, of the committee’s approval or refusal of the registration of supervision.

AUTHORITY: sections 337.650, 337.653, 337.665 and 337.677, RSMo Supp. 2004.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 263- 2.047. Original rule 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- 2.047, effective Aug. 28, 2006.

*Original authority: 337.650, RSMo 2001; 337.653, RSMo 2001; 337.665, RSMo 2001, amended 2004; and 337.677, RSMo 2001.