Rep. Grant Wehrli
Filed: 5/9/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1888




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1888 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work 
5Practice Act is amended  by changing Section 8 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 20/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6358)



7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

8    Sec. 8. Examination. 

9    (1) The
Department shall authorize examinations of 
10applicants at such times and
places as it may determine.  Each 
11examination shall be of a character to
fairly test the 
12competence and qualifications of the applicants to practice
as 
13a licensed clinical social worker or as a licensed social 
14worker.

15    (2) Applicants for examination shall pay, either to the

16Department or to
the designated testing service, a fee covering 
 
 
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1the cost of determining the
applicant's eligibility and of 
2providing the examination.  Failure to
appear for the 
3examination on the scheduled date at the time and place

4specified after the applicant's application for examination 
5has been
received and acknowledged by the Department or the 
6designated testing
service shall result in forfeiture of the 
7examination fee.

8    (3) (Blank).

9    (4) The Department may employ consultants for the purpose 
10of
preparing and conducting examinations.

11    (5) An applicant has one year from the date of notification 
12of
successful completion of the examination to apply to the 
13Department for a
license.  If an applicant fails to apply within 
14one year, the examination
scores shall be void and the 
15applicant shall
be required to take and pass the examination 
16again unless licensed in
another jurisdiction of the United 
17States within one year of passing the
examination.
18    (6) Applicants for a license as a licensed social worker 
19enrolled in an approved program for a master's degree in social 
20work may sit for the authorized examination for licensed social 
21workers in the final semester of the program for a master's 
22degree in social work without prior approval of the Department. 
23The Department may adopt rules to administer this paragraph 
24(6). Applicants for a license as a licensed social worker must 
25still meet all requirements set forth in Section 9A. 

26(Source: P.A. 90-150, eff. 12-30-97.)

 
 
 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
21, 2020.".