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TITLE 22	EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 34	TEXAS STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKER EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 781	SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE
SUBCHAPTER B	CODE OF CONDUCT AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
RULE §781.209	Client Records and Record Keeping
ISSUE	10/05/2012
ACTION	Proposed

Preamble

Texas Admin Code Rule

Following applicable statutes, the licensee shall:

(1) - (3)(No change.)

(4)keep client records for five years for adult clients and five years beyond the age of 18 for minor clients unless the record keeping provision of §781.204(f) of this title (relating to Relationships with Clients) conflicts with the standards, requirements, or procedures for records generated in the course and scope of rendering services as a social worker, either directly or indirectly, for an educational institution, or a federal, state, or local governmental entity or political subdivision, the foregoing provision in §781.204(f) of this title does not apply;

(5) - (6)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on September 24, 2012

TRD-201205078

Timothy M. Brown, LCSW

Chair

Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners

Earliest possible date of adoption: November 4, 2012

For further information, please call: (512) 776-6972

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