Full Text of HB2365 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work | 5 | | Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 9 and by | 6 | | adding Section 8.2 as follows:
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 9 | | Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to | 10 | | the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the | 11 | | following functions, powers, and duties:
| 12 | | (1) Conduct or authorize examinations or examination | 13 | | alternatives to ascertain the qualifications and fitness | 14 | | of candidates for a license to engage in the independent | 15 | | practice of clinical social work, pass upon the | 16 | | qualifications of applicants for licenses, and issue | 17 | | licenses to those who are found to be fit and qualified. | 18 | | (2) Adopt rules required for the administration and | 19 | | enforcement of this Act. | 20 | | (3) Adopt rules for determining approved undergraduate | 21 | | and graduate social work degree programs and prepare and | 22 | | maintain a list of colleges and universities offering such | 23 | | approved programs whose graduates, if they otherwise meet |
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| 1 | | the requirements of this Act, are eligible to apply for a | 2 | | license. | 3 | | (4) Prescribe forms to be issued for the | 4 | | administration and enforcement of this Act consistent with | 5 | | and reflecting the requirements of this Act and rules | 6 | | adopted pursuant to this Act. | 7 | | (5)
Conduct investigations related to possible | 8 | | violations of this Act. | 9 | | (6) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all | 10 | | persons who hold valid licenses under this Act. These | 11 | | rosters shall be available upon written request and | 12 | | payment of the required fee.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-326, eff. 1-1-22 .)
| 14 | | (225 ILCS 20/8.2 new) | 15 | | Sec. 8.2. Examination alternative. | 16 | | (a) An applicant who, on or after the effective date of | 17 | | this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or within 5 | 18 | | years before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 19 | | 103rd General Assembly, has taken but has not successfully | 20 | | completed an examination to ascertain the qualifications and | 21 | | fitness of candidates for a license to engage in the | 22 | | independent practice of clinical social work may use an | 23 | | examination alternative to allow the Department to ascertain | 24 | | the qualifications and fitness of candidates for a license to | 25 | | engage in the independent practice of clinical social work. |
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| 1 | | (b) The examination alternative shall consist of at least | 2 | | 3,000 hours of supervised professional experience that is | 3 | | obtained within the 10 calendar years immediately preceding | 4 | | the date of application and after the degree is obtained as | 5 | | established by rule. If no supervision by a licensed clinical | 6 | | social worker is available, then supervised professional | 7 | | experience may include supervision by other appropriate | 8 | | disciplines as defined by rule. | 9 | | (c) The examination alternative supervised professional | 10 | | experience shall be in addition to any other supervised | 11 | | clinical professional experience required for licensure. | 12 | | (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, an applicant acquiring the | 13 | | examination alternative supervised professional experience | 14 | | must be a licensed social worker or licensed in this State for | 15 | | the practice of school social work prior to acquiring the | 16 | | supervised professional experience.
| 17 | | (225 ILCS 20/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 6359)
| 18 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
| 19 | | Sec. 9. Qualifications for clinical social worker license. | 20 | | A person shall be qualified to be
licensed as a clinical social | 21 | | worker if that person:
| 22 | | (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form;
| 23 | | (2) is of good moral character. In determining good | 24 | | moral
character, the Department may take into | 25 | | consideration whether the applicant was
engaged in conduct |
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| 1 | | or actions that would constitute grounds for discipline
| 2 | | under this
Act;
| 3 | | (3)(a) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the | 4 | | Department
that
subsequent to securing a master's degree | 5 | | in social work from an approved
program the applicant has | 6 | | successfully completed at least 3,000 hours of
| 7 | | satisfactory, supervised clinical professional | 8 | | experience; or
| 9 | | (b) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department | 10 | | that
such
applicant has received a doctor's degree in | 11 | | social work from an approved
program and has completed at | 12 | | least 2,000 hours of satisfactory, supervised
clinical | 13 | | professional experience subsequent to the degree;
| 14 | | (4) has passed the examination for the practice of | 15 | | clinical
social work
as authorized by the Department or | 16 | | has completed the examination alternative set forth in | 17 | | Section 8.2 ; and
| 18 | | (5) has paid the required fees.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 100-414, eff. 8-25-17.)
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