Section 337.677

Title XXII OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 337

Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  337.677.  Rulemaking authority. — 1. The committee shall promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to:

  (1) The form and content of license applications required by the provisions of sections 337.650 to 337.689 and the procedures for filing an application for an initial or renewal license in this state;

  (2) Fees required by the provisions of sections 337.650 to 337.689;

  (3) The characteristics of "supervised baccalaureate experience" as that term is used in section 337.665;

  (4) The standards and methods to be used in assessing competency as a licensed baccalaureate social worker, including the requirement for annual continuing education units;

  (5) Establishment and promulgation of procedures for investigating, hearing and determining grievances and violations occurring pursuant to the provisions of sections 337.650 to 337.689;

  (6) Development of an appeal procedure for the review of decisions and rules of administrative agencies existing pursuant to the constitution or laws of this state;

  (7) Establishment of a policy and procedure for reciprocity with other states, including states which do not have baccalaureate or clinical social worker licensing laws or states whose licensing laws are not substantially the same as those of this state; and

  (8) Any other policies or procedures necessary to the fulfillment of the requirements of sections 337.650 to 337.689.

  2. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 337.650 to 337.689 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.

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(L. 2001 H.B. 567)