18 Va. Admin. Code § 140-20-70

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024

Section 18VAC140-20-70 - Examination requirement

A. An applicant for licensure by the board as an LBSW, an LMSW, or clinical social worker shall pass a written examination prescribed by the board.

1. The examination prescribed for licensure as a clinical social worker shall be the licensing examination of the Association of Social Work Boards at the clinical level.

2. The examination prescribed for licensure as an LBSW shall be the licensing examination of the Association of Social Work Boards at the bachelor's level.

3. The examination prescribed for licensure as an LMSW shall be the licensing examination of the Association of Social Work Boards at the master's level.

B. An applicant approved by the board to sit for an examination shall take that examination within two years of the date of the initial board approval. If the applicant has not passed the examination by the end of the two-year period here prescribed, the applicant shall reapply according to the requirements of the regulations in effect at that time in order to be approved for another two years in which to pass the examination.

C. If an applicant for clinical social work licensure has not passed the examination within the second two-year approval period, the applicant shall be required to register for supervision and complete one additional year as a supervisee before approval for another two-year period in which to re-take the examination may be granted.

18 Va. Admin. Code § 140-20-70

Derived from VR620-01-2 §3.1, eff. July 6, 1989; amended, Virginia Register Volume 6, Issue 26, eff. October 24, 1990; Volume 9, Issue 5, eff. December 30, 1992; Volume 12, Issue 3, eff. November 29, 1995; Volume 15, Issue 5, eff. December 23, 1998; Volume 24, Issue 23, eff. September 4, 2008; Volume 26, Issue 6, eff. January 7, 2010; Volume 29, Issue 25, eff. September 26, 2013; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. 8/12/2016; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 25, eff. 9/20/2018; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 22, eff. 8/8/2019.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.