99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2595
 
Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. David Koehler
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
225 ILCS 20/9  from Ch. 111, par. 6359

     Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.  Requires an applicant for a clinical social worker license to hold a license as a social worker when completing the required clinical experience.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work 
5Practice Act is amended  by changing Section 9 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 20/9)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6359)



7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)

8    Sec. 9. Qualification for clinical social worker license. A 
9person shall be qualified to be
licensed as a clinical social 
10worker and the Department shall issue a
license authorizing the 
11independent practice of clinical social work to
an applicant 
12who:

13    (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form;

14    (2) is of good moral character.  In determining good moral

15character, the Department may take into consideration whether 
16the applicant was
engaged in conduct or actions that would 
17constitute grounds for discipline
under this
Act;


18    (3) (A) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department

19    that
subsequent to securing a master's degree in social 
20    work from an approved
program the applicant has 
21    successfully completed at least 3,000 hours of

22    satisfactory, supervised clinical professional experience 
23    while holding a license as a social worker; or


 
 
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1        (B) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department 
2    that
such
applicant has received a doctor's degree in 
3    social work from an approved
program and has completed at 
4    least 2,000 hours of satisfactory, supervised
clinical 
5    professional experience while holding a license as a social 
6    worker subsequent to the degree;

7    (4) has passed the examination for the practice of clinical

8social work
as authorized by the Department; and

9    (5) has paid the required fees.

10(Source: P.A. 95-687, eff. 10-23-07.)