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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="19-302.3" title_number="19" title_name="Social Workers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may require an applicant to submit to a behavioral health or physical examination by a health care practitioner designated by the Board if the Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has reason to believe that the applicant may cause harm to the applicant or to another person;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Makes a written request for the applicant to submit to the examination;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provides the applicant with a list of three health care practitioners from which the applicant may choose a health care practitioner to conduct the examination; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Pays the cost of the examination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An applicant required to submit to an examination under subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to have:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Consented to submit to the examination; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Waived any claim or privilege as to the examination report.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The refusal of an applicant to submit to the examination required under subsection (a) of this section shall be prima facie evidence of the applicant’s inability to practice social work competently, unless the Board finds that the refusal was beyond the control of the applicant.</text>
  </level>
</section>
