Section 148E.210 — Professional And Ethical Conduct.
148E.210 PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT. The board has grounds to take action under sections 148E.255 to 148E.270 when a social worker: (1) engages in unprofessional or unethical conduct, including any departure from or failure to conform to the minimum accepted ethical and other prevailing standards of professional social work practice, without actual injury to a […]
Section 148E.215 — Responsibilities To Clients.
148E.215 RESPONSIBILITIES TO CLIENTS. Subdivision 1. Responsibility to clients. A social worker’s primary professional responsibility is to the client. A social worker must respect the client’s interests, including the interest in self-determination, except when required to do otherwise by law. Subd. 2. Nondiscrimination. A social worker must not discriminate against a client, intern, student, or […]
Section 148E.220 — Relationships With Clients, Former Clients, And Others.
148E.220 RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLIENTS, FORMER CLIENTS, AND OTHERS. Subdivision 1. Social worker responsibility. (a) A social worker is responsible for acting professionally in relationships with clients or former clients. A client or a former client’s initiation of, or attempt to engage in, or request to engage in, a personal, sexual, or business relationship is not […]
Section 148E.110 — Licensed Independent Social Workers; Supervised Practice.
148E.110 LICENSED INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORKERS; SUPERVISED PRACTICE. Subdivision 1. Supervision required before licensure. Before becoming licensed as a licensed independent social worker, a person must have obtained at least 100 hours of supervision during 4,000 hours of postgraduate social work practice required by law according to the requirements of section 148E.105. At least four hours […]
Section 148E.225 — Treatment And Intervention Services.
148E.225 TREATMENT AND INTERVENTION SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Assessment or diagnosis. A social worker must base treatment and intervention services on an assessment or diagnosis. A social worker must evaluate, on an ongoing basis, the appropriateness of the assessment or diagnosis. Subd. 2. Assessment or diagnostic instruments. A social worker must not use an assessment or […]
Section 148E.115 — Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers; Supervised Practice.
148E.115 LICENSED INDEPENDENT CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS; SUPERVISED PRACTICE. Subdivision 1. Supervision before licensure; licensed independent clinical social worker. Before becoming licensed as a licensed independent clinical social worker, a person must have obtained at least 200 hours of supervision at the rate of a minimum of four and a maximum of eight hours of supervision […]
Section 148E.230 — Confidentiality And Records.
148E.230 CONFIDENTIALITY AND RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Informed consent. (a) A social worker must obtain valid, informed consent, appropriate to the circumstances, before providing services to clients. When obtaining informed consent, the social worker must determine whether the client has the capacity to provide informed consent. If the client does not have the capacity to provide […]
Section 148E.120 — Requirements Of Supervisors.
148E.120 REQUIREMENTS OF SUPERVISORS. Subdivision 1. Supervisors licensed as social workers. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, to be eligible to provide supervision under this section, a social worker must: (1) have completed 30 hours of training in supervision through coursework from an accredited college or university, or through continuing education in compliance with […]
Section 148E.235 — Fees And Billing Practices.
148E.235 FEES AND BILLING PRACTICES. Subdivision 1. Fees and payments. (a) A social worker must ensure that a client or a client’s legal representative is informed of all fees at the initial session or meeting with the client, and that payment for services is arranged with the client or the client’s legal representative at the […]
Section 148E.125 — Documentation Of Supervision.
148E.125 DOCUMENTATION OF SUPERVISION. Subdivision 1. Supervision plan. (a) A social worker must submit, on a form provided by the board, a supervision plan for meeting the supervision requirements specified in sections 148E.100 to 148E.120. (b) The supervision plan must be submitted no later than 60 days after the licensee begins a social work practice […]