Section 337.600

Title XXII OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 337

Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 6 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  337.600.  Definitions. — As used in sections 337.600 to 337.689, the following terms mean:

  (1) "Clinical social work", the application of methods, principles, and techniques of case work, group work, client-centered advocacy, community organization, administration, planning, evaluation, consultation, research, psychotherapy and counseling methods and techniques to persons, families and groups in assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and amelioration of mental and emotional conditions;

  (2) "Department", the Missouri department of economic development;

  (3) "Director", the director of the division of professional registration in the department of economic development;

  (4) "Division", the division of professional registration;

  (5) "Licensed clinical social worker", any person who offers to render services to individuals, groups, organizations, institutions, corporations, government agencies or the general public for a fee, monetary or otherwise, implying that the person is trained, experienced, and licensed as a clinical social worker, and who holds a current, valid license to practice as a clinical social worker;

  (6) "Practice of clinical social work", rendering, offering to render, or supervising those who render to individuals, couples, groups, organizations, institutions, corporations, or the general public any service involving the application of methods, principles, and techniques of clinical social work;

  (7) "Provisional licensed clinical social worker", any person who is a graduate of an accredited school of social work and meets all requirements of a licensed clinical social worker, other than the supervised clinical social work experience prescribed by subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 337.615, and who is supervised by a person who is qualified to practice clinical social work, as defined by rule;

  (8) "Social worker", any individual that has:

  (a) Received a baccalaureate or master's degree in social work from an accredited social work program approved by the council on social work education;

  (b) Received a doctorate or Ph.D. in social work; or

  (c) A current baccalaureate or clinical social worker license as set forth in sections 337.600 to 337.689.

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(L. 1989 H.B. 738 & 720 § 1, A.L. 1995 S.B. 69, et al., A.L. 2003 H.B. 332)