Sec. 08.95.030. Duties.
The board shall (1) issue licenses to qualified applicants; (2) adopt regulations (A) requiring that continuing education requirements be satisfied before a license is renewed; (B) establishing a code of professional ethics that a licensee must observe; (C) establishing standards of practice for social work performed by a licensee; and (D) establishing standards for supervisors […]
Sec. 08.95.040. Continuing education requirement.
(a) The board shall adopt continuing education requirements for persons licensed under this chapter. Continuing education requirements that must be satisfied before the first biennial renewal of a person’s license must include a minimum of 45 hours of education or training with a minimum of three hours in professional ethics, six hours in substance abuse, […]
Sec. 08.95.050. Disciplinary sanctions.
(a) The board may impose a disciplinary sanction under AS 08.01.075 if it finds that a licensee (1) secured a license through deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation; (2) engaged in deceit, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation in the course of providing professional services or in the course of professional activities; (3) advertised professional services in a […]
Sec. 08.95.100. License required.
(a) A person who practices clinical social work without obtaining a license under this chapter to practice clinical social work is guilty of a class B misdemeanor unless the person is (1) licensed under a provision of this title that is outside this chapter, is practicing within the scope of that license, and is not […]
Sec. 08.95.110. License requirements.
(a) The board shall issue a license to practice clinical social work to a person who (1) has received a master’s degree or a doctoral degree in social work from a college or university approved by the board; (2) has completed, within the 10 years before application for licensure and under the supervision of a […]
Sec. 08.95.120. Licensing by credentials.
(a) The board shall issue a license to practice clinical social work if the applicant (1) holds a current license to practice clinical social work in another jurisdiction that, at the time of original issuance of the license, had requirements for licensure equal to or more stringent than those of this state; (2) is not […]
Sec. 08.95.125. Temporary license to practice social work.
(a) On receipt of a completed application for a social worker license, a request for a temporary license, and payment of the application fee and temporary license fee determined under AS 08.01.065(c), the board, a member of the board, or an employee of the department designated by the board may issue a temporary license (1) […]
Sec. 08.95.130. Display of license.
A person licensed under this chapter shall display the license in a conspicuous place where the licensee practices.
Sec. 08.95.900. Confidentiality of communication.
(a) A licensed social worker, and the social worker’s employees or other persons who have access to the social worker’s records, may not reveal to another person a communication made to the licensee by a client about a matter concerning which the client has employed the licensee in a professional capacity. This section does not […]
Sec. 08.95.905. Immunity relating to certain reports.
A person licensed under this chapter who, in good faith and without malice, discloses to the appropriate licensing board that another licensed practitioner of the healing arts has allegedly committed an act of unprofessional or unlawful conduct in the provision of health or mental health services is immune from civil liability arising out of the […]