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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.42.01.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="42" chapter_num="01" heading="Licensure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To obtain an initial license or a license for renewal, reactivation, reinstatement, or reissuance, an applicant shall complete a criminal history records check through the central repository. In accordance with Criminal Procedure Article, §§10-201—10-228, Annotated Code of Maryland, the central repository shall provide criminal history records information to the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board shall review the criminal history records information provided for any positive results from the criminal history records check.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An applicant is not required to complete a criminal history records check provided the applicant completes a criminal history records check under the Rap Back service, which will automatically alert the Board of any future criminal charges.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Bachelor Social Worker.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Board shall issue a bachelor social worker’s license to an applicant who has met the qualifications in Health Occupations Article, §19-302(a) and (b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a bachelor social worker applies for licensure in a different category, the application shall be treated as an initial application subject to the appropriate fees.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Master Social Worker.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Board shall issue a master social worker license to an applicant who has met the applicable qualifications in Health Occupations Article, §19-302(a) and (c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If a master social worker applies for licensure in a different category, the application shall be treated as an initial application subject to the fees set forth in COMAR 10.42.05.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Certified Social Worker-Clinical.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Board shall issue a certified social worker-clinical license to an applicant who has met the requirements in Health Occupations Article, §19-302(a) and (e), Annotated Code of Maryland, with documentation of clinical course work.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An applicant for a certified social worker-clinical license shall have completed 12 academic credits of clinical course work from an accredited program with a minimum of six of the 12 academic credits obtained in a Master's of Social Work program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The applicant for a certified social worker-clinical license shall have 2 years of supervised clinical social work experience as a licensed master social worker with supervised clinical social work experience of at least 3,000 hours while licensed as a master social worker which is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In compliance with COMAR 10.42.08;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Performed in not less than 2 years and not more than 6 consecutive years; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Obtained by the candidate while performing social work activities professionally and for compensation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A candidate shall have obtained a master social worker license before applying for a certified social worker-clinical license.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A candidate shall have obtained a master social worker license before beginning to obtain the 3,000 hours of supervised social work experience.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A licensed master social worker shall formulate a diagnostic impression while under the supervision of a licensed certified social worker — clinical while obtaining the requisite 3,000 hours of supervised clinical social work experience.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Clinical social work experience for the purpose of obtaining a certified social worker-clinical license shall be in direct service to clients and may not consist solely of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Telephonic clinical assessment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Triage;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Continued stay reviews; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Discharge planning.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The supervisor and supervisee shall conform to the requirements in COMAR 10.42.08.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Half of the supervised clinical social work experience required to obtain a certified social worker-clinical license shall consist of face-to-face client contact.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>