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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 10.42.01.07" title_num="10" subtitle_num="42" chapter_num="01" heading="Approval Notification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An application packet for licensure is complete when the application packet is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submitted to the Board signed and dated; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Accompanied by the required non-refundable application fee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The application packet shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The completed application form answering all questions on the application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Official transcripts containing the date the degree was conferred by a program approved or deemed equivalent by the Council of Social Work Education;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A passing score from the required examination administered by the Association of Social Work Boards; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Criminal history records check reports.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>LCSW and LCSW-C applications shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The contractual agreement form for supervision which has been signed and dated by the supervisor, supervisee and agency administrator before supervision was initiated;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Documentation of supervised social work experience; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The information and documentation required in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Board shall notify an applicant whether the applicant has been approved to take the pertinent licensure examination within 60 days of receiving the application.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Approval shall be valid for 2 years from the date of approval.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>After 2 years, the applicant shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reapply to take the appropriate licensure examination;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submit all of the required documentation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Meet the current licensure requirements under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>An applicant shall submit any additional required documentation needed to complete the application within 1 year of the Board’s receipt of the application.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>