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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="19-307" title_number="19" title_name="Social Workers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a license authorizes the licensee to practice social work while the license is in effect.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A licensed social worker may practice social work only within the scope of the specific category of license issued by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed bachelor social worker may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Engage in independent practice unless the licensed bachelor social worker is approved by the Board to engage in independent practice in accordance with § 19–302(f) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Make a clinical diagnosis of a behavioral health or emotional disorder;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Provide psychotherapy; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Engage in private practice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensed master social worker may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Engage in independent practice unless the licensed master social worker is approved by the Board to engage in independent practice in accordance with § 19–302(f) of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Treat behavioral health or emotional disorders or provide psychotherapy without the supervision of a licensed certified social worker–clinical;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Diagnose a behavioral health disorder without the supervision of a licensed certified social worker–clinical; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Engage in private practice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A licensed certified social worker may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Treat behavioral health or emotional disorders or provide psychotherapy without the supervision of a licensed certified social worker–clinical;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Diagnose a mental disorder without the supervision of a licensed certified social worker–clinical; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Engage in private practice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
