| | | Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §7053, sub-§3-C, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 429, §4 | | and affected by §7 and amended by c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further | | amended to read: |
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| | | B. A person who receives a conditional license as a | | licensed social worker on or after January 1, 2004 must | | complete the following requirements for consultation. |
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| | | (1) A person who is not an employee of the Department | | of Health and Human Services must complete a minimum of | | 96 hours of consultation as determined by the board. | | This consultation must be concurrent with the first | | 3,200 hours of social work employment occurring in a | | period of not less than 2 years but not more than 4 | | years. For purposes of fulfilling the requirement of | | 96 hours of__consultation during the first 3,200 hours | | of social work employment, a licensed social worker who | | practiced social work and obtained social work | | consultation hours in a long-term care setting and who | | held a valid license as of September 13, 2003 may count | | consultation hours that were obtained prior to August | | 3, 2004, whether the consultation hours were obtained | | in individual or group settings, if the consultation | | was provided by a licensed social worker, regardless of | | the group size and the eligibility requirements of the | | consulting licensed social worker. |
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| | | (2) A person who is an employee of the Department of | | Health and Human Services must complete a minimum of 96 | | hours of consultation with a licensed social worker who | | has been licensed for at least 4 years or a licensed | | master social worker. This consultation must be | | concurrent with the first 3,200 hours of social work | | employment occurring in a period of not less than 2 | | years but not more than 4 years. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §7060, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 429, §6 and | | affected by §7 and amended by c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further | | amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Not employee of Department of Health and Human Services. | | If not employed by the Department of Health and Human Services, | | provide documentation of 96 hours of consultation as determined | | by the board during the first 3,200 hours of social work | | employment in a period of not less than 2 years but not more than | | 4 years.__For purposes of fulfilling the requirement of 96 hours | | of consultation during the first 3,200 hours of social work | | employment, a licensed social worker who practiced social work | | and obtained social work consultation hours in a long-term care | | setting and who held a valid license as of September 13, 2003 may |
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