Nothing in this chapter prevents:
- (1) a person from practicing social work to whom the board has issued a temporary license as defined in Section 40-63-140;
- (2) any person licensed or registered to practice social work under the laws of another state or any territory of the United States that imposes substantially the same requirements as this chapter from practicing social work upon satisfactory presentation of evidence of the license to the board;
- (3) members of the clergy and licensed, registered, certified or qualified professionals such as physicians, teachers, nurses, psychologists, and attorneys from practicing their profession and delivering similar services within the scope of their respective practices provided they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description as being social workers as defined under this section;
- (4) employees of licensed hospitals in this State from performing services commonly within the definition of social work so long as the services are performed within the course of and scope of their employment as an employee of the hospital. No regular employee of a licensed hospital in this State is required to be licensed as a condition of employment by or performance of such services;
- (5) persons from rendering services that are the same as or similar to those within the scope of practice provided for in this chapter so long as the provider receives no remuneration from any source for the delivery of the service;
- (6) students who are enrolled in recognized programs of study leading to social work degrees from practicing social work under the supervision of any social worker licensed under this chapter.