Highlights from the Board of Social
Work Examiners Public Hearing: September 8, 2016
* Changes in the Administrative Code
- The changes that the board made in the Alabama State Board of Social
Work Examiners Administrative Code were to be inline with the new law. We also
made a few other changes such as correcting errors, punctuation, and
duplications. All the changes were accepted by the board. The code will be
submitted for final approval, which may take over 45 days. Some of the
significant changes
*Diagnostic impression was
not removed but only enhanced with the assessments and opinions.
*All levels of social workers
may render an assessment and clinical opinion based on the new law.
*Social Work Research and
Administration remain in the administrative
code as a social work method.
*LGSW will change to LMSW
*LCSW will change to LICSW
*PIP will no longer have to be
renewed
*PIP will no longer be required
to have an additional 20 hours of CE
*Supervising a social worker for
licensure will require the supervisor maintain 3 hours of supervision CEs per
renewal
*All social workers are required
to have at least 3 hours of clinical CEs per renewal
*All social workers are required
to have at least 3 hours of ethics CEs per renewal
*CE providers will now pay
$150 every two years (universities, state, city & federal government
agencies excluded)