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OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES
ERRATA NOTICE
The Administrator of the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances (ODAI), pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 309 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1203; D.C. Official Code § 2-559 (2012 Repl.)), hereby gives notice of a correction to Section 7004 of Chapter 70 of Title 17 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) which was amended by a Notice of Final Rulemaking published in the D.C. Register and issued by the Department of Health on May 4, 2012 at 59 DCR 4209; and amended again by a Notice of Final Rulemaking published in the D.C. Register and issued by the Department of Health on June 7, 2013 at 60 DCR 8489.
The intent of the previous rulemaking was to insert a new Section 7004.2 and to renumber the current Section 7004.2 as 7004.3, moving each section down. Instead, the new Section 7004.2 replaced the previous Section 7004.2, and it was inadvertently deleted from the section entirely. This Errata Notice corrects the error from the previous rulemaking to renumber Section 7004 as intended by the Department of Health.
Section 7004 (National Examination) of Chapter 70 (Social Work) of Title 17 (Business, Occupations and Professions) is amended as follows:
7004 NATIONAL EXAMINATION
7004.1 Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an applicant shall receive a passing
score on the required level of the examination sponsored by the Association of
Social Work Boards (the “national examination”) or on another examination
determined by the Board to be equivalent.
7004.2 Beginning January 1, 2013, an applicant seeking to take the Advanced Clinical (Independent clinical social worker) level of the national examination clinical examination shall have completed twelve (12) academic credits of clinical course work from a Council on Social Work Education accredited program with a minimum of six (6) of the twelve (12) academic credits having been obtained in a Master's of Social Work program.
7004.3 Notwithstanding Subsection 7004.2, effective from the date of publication of this regulation until January 1, 2015, an applicant that does not meet the requirements set forth in Subsection 7004.2, may apply to take the Advanced Clinical (Independent clinical social worker) level of the national examination clinical examination if the applicant:
(a) Has completed six (6) or more academic credits of clinical course work from a Council on Social Work Education accredited program;
(b) Has completed a Board-approved post-graduate clinical training program; and
(c) Has completed an additional five hundred (500) hours of supervised practice hours in a clinical setting beyond the required three thousand (3000) hours of post-master’s or postdoctoral experience. For purposes of this section only, the additional five hundred (500) hours may have been obtained over a period of more than four (4) consecutive years but shall not exceed five (5) consecutive years.
7004.4 Notwithstanding Subsection 7004.2, effective from the date of publication of this regulation until January 1, 2015, an applicant that has completed less than six (6) academic credits of clinical course work from a Council on Social Work Education accredited program, may apply to take the Advanced Clinical (Independent clinical social worker) level of the national examination clinical examination if the applicant:
(a) Has completed a Board-approved post-graduate clinical training program; and
(b) Has completed an additional one thousand (1000) hours of supervised practice hours in a clinical setting beyond the required three thousand (3000) hours of post-master’s or postdoctoral experience. For purposes of this section only, the additional one thousand (1000) hours may have been obtained over a period of more than four (4) consecutive years but shall not exceed six (6) consecutive years.
7004.5 An applicant who has passed the examination required under § 7004.1 more than
five (5) years prior to the application date, shall be required to retake the
examination unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board that
the applicant has been continuously licensed and practicing as a social worker in
the United States since the date the applicant passed the examination.
7004.6 The passing score on the Associate (social work associate) level of the national
examination shall be seventy-five (75).
7004.7 The passing score on the Basic (graduate social worker) level of the national
examination shall be seventy-five (75).
7004.8 The passing score on the Advanced Generalist (Independent social worker) level
of the national examination shall be seventy-five (75).
7004.9 The passing score on the Advanced Clinical (Independent clinical social worker)
level of the national examination shall be seventy-five (75).
7004.10 An applicant shall submit the applicant’s examination results, which have been
certified or validated by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB),
to the Board with the completed application.
7004.11 The Board may require an applicant who fails to pass the examination after two (2) consecutive attempts to complete a review course approved by the Board or any remediation as determined by the Board to be appropriate, prior to retaking the examination.
7004.12 The Board may require an applicant who fails to pass the examination after four (4) consecutive attempts to complete a Board approved review course prior to being approved to retake the examination.
7004.13 The Board may require an applicant who fails to pass the examination after six (6) consecutive attempts to complete an additional one (1) year of supervised practice under the supervision of a licensed independent social worker or licensed independent clinical social worker, as appropriate, prior to being approved to retake the examination.
7004.14 The Board shall not accept any review courses or supervised practice hours completed prior to the date of the last failed examination in satisfaction of the requirements set forth in § 7004.11 and 7004.12.
Any questions or comments regarding this notice shall be addressed by mail to Victor L. Reid, Esq., Administrator, Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances, 441 4th Street, N.W., Suite 520 South, Washington, D.C. 20001, or via telephone at (202) 727-5090.
