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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 34TEXAS STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKER EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 781SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE
SUBCHAPTER CLICENSES AND LICENSING PROCESS
RULE §781.301Qualifications for Licensure
ISSUE 12/15/2000
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)(No change.)

(b)Only a person who is licensed and recognized by the board as a LMSW-ACP or LMSW-AP is qualified for the private, independent practice of social work. No further recognition is necessary.

  (1) - (4)(No change.)

   (5)All levels of licensed social workers (SWA, LSW, LMSW, LMSW-AP, or LMSW-ACP) may provide medical case management services as independent Medicaid providers for the THSteps Medical Case Management Program administered by the Texas Department of Health if allowed under that program's rules. Social workers licensed as SWAs, LSWs or LMSWs cannot participate in any other form of private independent practice.

(c)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 December 4, 2000

TRD-200008430

Deborah Hammond, LMSW-ACP

Chair

Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners

Earliest possible date of adoption: January 14, 2001

For further information, please call: (512) 458-7236

 

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