Section 25-23.6-1-6 - "Practice of clinical social work" "Practice of clinical social work" means professional services that are designed to help individuals, marriages, couples, families, groups, and communities to enhance or restore their capacity for functioning by:
(1) assisting in the obtaining or improving of tangible social and health services;(2) providing a mental health diagnosis;(3) using appraisal instruments as an aid in treatment planning that the clinical social worker is qualified to employ by virtue of the counselor's education, training, and experience; and(4) counseling and psychotherapeutic techniques, casework social work advocacy, and treatment in a variety of settings that include mental and physical health facilities, child and family service agencies, or private practice.Amended by P.L. 138-2021,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2021.As added by P.L. 186-1990, SEC.9. Amended by P.L. 147-1997, SEC.22.