AB420, s. 40 3Section 40. 457.03 (1), (ae), (am) and (as) of the statutes are created to read:
AB420,15,84 457.03 (1) (ae) Upon the advice of the members of the licensure section who are
5clinical social workers, promulgate rules establishing minimum standards for
6educational programs that must be completed for licensure as clinical social workers
7under this chapter and approve educational programs in accordance with those
8standards.
AB420,15,139 (am) Upon the advice of the members of the licensure section who are clinical
10marriage and family therapists, promulgate rules establishing minimum standards
11for educational programs that must be completed for licensure as clinical marriage
12and family therapists under this chapter and approve educational programs in
13accordance with those standards.
AB420,15,1814 (as) Upon the advice of the members of the licensure section who are clinical
15professional counselors, promulgate rules establishing minimum standards for
16educational programs that must be completed for licensure as clinical professional
17counselors under this chapter and approve educational programs in accordance with
18those standards.
AB420, s. 41 19Section 41. 457.03 (1) (be), (bm) and (bs) of the statutes are created to read:
AB420,15,2220 457.03 (1) (be) Upon the advice of the members of the licensure section who are
21clinical social workers, promulgate rules establishing a code of ethics to govern the
22professional conduct of clinical social workers.
AB420,15,2523 (bm) Upon the advice of the members of the licensure section who are clinical
24marriage and family therapists, promulgate rules establishing a code of ethics to
25govern the professional conduct of clinical marriage and family therapists.
AB420,16,3
1(bs) Upon the advice of the members of the licensure section who are clinical
2professional counselors, promulgate rules establishing a code of ethics to govern the
3professional conduct of clinical professional counselors.
AB420, s. 42 4Section 42. 457.03 (1) (d) and (e) of the statutes are created to read:
AB420,16,85 457.03 (1) (d) Promulgate rules that specify the different levels of psychometric
6testing that an individual who is certified or licensed under this chapter is qualified
7to perform. A certificate holder or licensee may not engage in psychometric testing
8except as provided under the rules promulgated under this paragraph.
AB420,16,109 (e) Promulgate rules establishing the educational and practice requirements
10that are specified in ss. 457.08 (4) (c) 3., 457.10 (3) (c) and 457.12 (3) (a) 3. and (b) 3.
AB420, s. 43 11Section 43. 457.03 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB420,16,1612 457.03 (1) (f) Study the need to allow other health care professionals to practice
13psychotherapy. If the examining board determines that there is a need for such
14authority, the examining board shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the
15legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172
16(3) a report that includes any proposals for legislation.
AB420, s. 44 17Section 44. 457.03 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB420,16,20 18457.03 (2m) The examining board may not promulgate rules under sub. (1)
19that permit an individual to engage in psychotherapy unless one of the following
20applies:
AB420,16,2221 (a) The individual is licensed under this chapter as a clinical social worker,
22clinical marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor.
AB420,16,2523 (b) The individual is certified as an advanced practice or independent social
24worker and the individual engages in psychotherapy only under the supervision of
25a clinical social worker who is licensed under this chapter.
AB420, s. 45
1Section 45. 457.04 (1) to (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB420,17,52 457.04 (1) Use Designate himself or herself as a social worker or use or assume
3the title "social worker" or any other title or designation that represents or may tend
4to represent the person as a social worker
unless the person is certified as a social
5worker under this chapter.
AB420,17,11 6(2) Use Designate himself or herself as an advanced practice social worker or
7use or assume
the title "advanced practice social worker" or any other title or
8designation that represents or may tend to represent the person as an advanced
9practice social worker
unless the person is certified or licensed as an advanced
10practice social worker, independent social worker or independent clinical social
11worker under this chapter.
AB420,17,16 12(3) Use Designate himself or herself as an independent social worker or use or
13assume
the title "independent social worker" or any other title or designation that
14represents or may tend to represent the person as an independent social worker

15unless the person is certified or licensed as an independent social worker or
16independent clinical social worker under this chapter.
AB420,17,21 17(4) Use Practice clinical social work or designate himself or herself as a clinical
18social worker or use or assume
the title "independent clinical social worker" or
19"clinical social worker" or any other title or designation that represents or may tend
20to represent the person as a clinical social worker
unless the person is certified
21licensed as an independent a clinical social worker under this chapter.
AB420, s. 46 22Section 46. 457.04 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,18,323 457.04 (5) Use Practice marriage and family therapy or designate himself or
24herself as a clinical marriage and family therapist or marriage and family therapist
25or use or assume
the title "clinical marriage and family therapist", "marriage and

1family therapist", "marriage and family counselor" or any similar other title or
2designation that represents or may tend to represent the person as a clinical
3marriage and family therapist
unless any of the following applies:
AB420,18,54 (a) The person is certified licensed as a clinical marriage and family therapist
5under this chapter.
AB420,18,86 (b) The person is certified licensed as an independent a clinical social worker
7under this chapter and initially became certified as an independent clinical social
8worker under this chapter ch. 457, 1997 stats., on or before May 31, 1995.
AB420, s. 47 9Section 47. 457.04 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,18,1610 457.04 (6) Use Practice professional counseling or designate himself or herself
11as a clinical professional counselor or professional counselor or use or assume
the
12title "clinical professional counselor", "professional counselor", "professional
13rehabilitation counselor", "vocational rehabilitation counselor" or, "rehabilitation
14counselor" or any similar other title or designation that represents or may tend to
15represent the person as a clinical professional counselor
unless the person is certified
16licensed as a clinical professional counselor under this chapter.
AB420, s. 48 17Section 48. 457.04 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB420,18,2018 457.04 (7) Practice psychotherapy unless the person is licensed under this
19chapter or unless the person is a certificate holder who may practice psychotherapy
20under the rules promulgated under s. 457.03 (1) and (2m).
AB420, s. 49 21Section 49. 457.06 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB420,18,25 22457.06 General requirements for certification or licensure. (intro.) The
23social worker section, marriage and family therapist section or professional
24counselor
certification or licensure section may not grant any certificate or license
25under this chapter unless the applicant does all of the following:
AB420,19,2
1(1) Submits an application for the certificate or license to the department on
2a form provided by the department.
AB420, s. 50 3Section 50. 457.08 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,19,5 4457.08 (title) Social worker certificate and advanced practice
5certificates
and licenses.
AB420, s. 51 6Section 51. 457.08 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,19,97 457.08 (1) Social worker certificate. (intro.) The social worker certification
8section shall grant a social worker certificate to an individual who qualifies under
9s. 457.09 (5) (d) or to any individual who does all of the following:
AB420, s. 52 10Section 52. 457.08 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,19,1411 457.08 (1) (b) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker certification
12section that he or she has received a bachelor's or master's degree in social work from
13a program accredited by, or a preaccreditation program of, the council on social work
14education or a doctorate degree in social work.
AB420, s. 53 15Section 53. 457.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,19,1816 457.08 (1) (c) Passes an examination approved by the social worker
17certification section to determine minimum competence to practice as a social worker
18as specified in the rules promulgated under s. 457.03 (2) (1) (b).
AB420, s. 54 19Section 54. 457.08 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,19,2320 457.08 (2) Advanced practice social worker certificate. (intro.) The social
21worker
certification section shall grant an advanced practice social worker
22certificate to any individual who is certified under sub. (1) and does all of the
23following:
AB420, s. 55 24Section 55. 457.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,20,4
1457.08 (2) (b) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker certification
2section that he or she has received a master's degree in social work from a program
3accredited by, or a preaccreditation program of, the council on social work education
4or a doctorate degree in social work.
AB420, s. 56 5Section 56. 457.08 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,20,96 457.08 (2) (c) Passes an examination approved by the social worker
7certification section to determine minimum competence to practice as an advanced
8practice social worker as specified in the rules promulgated under s. 457.03 (2) (1)
9(b)
.
AB420, s. 57 10Section 57. 457.08 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,20,1311 457.08 (3) Independent social worker certificate. (intro.) The social worker
12certification section shall grant an independent social worker certificate to any
13individual who is certified under sub. (1) and does all of the following:
AB420, s. 58 14Section 58. 457.08 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,20,1815 457.08 (3) (b) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker certification
16section that he or she has received a master's degree in social work from a program
17accredited by, or a preaccreditation program of, the council on social work education
18or a doctorate degree in social work.
AB420, s. 59 19Section 59. 457.08 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,20,2320 457.08 (3) (c) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker certification
21section that after receiving a master's or doctorate degree in social work he or she has
22engaged in the equivalent of at least 2 years of full-time supervised social work
23practice approved by the social worker certification section.
AB420, s. 60 24Section 60. 457.08 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,21,5
1457.08 (3) (d) Passes an examination approved by the social worker
2certification section to determine minimum competence to practice as an
3independent social worker as specified in the rules promulgated under s. 457.03 (2)
4(1) (b) or passes the academy of certified social workers examination administered
5by the national association of social workers.
AB420, s. 61 6Section 61. 457.08 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,21,107 457.08 (4) Independent clinical Clinical social worker certificate license.
8(intro.) The social worker licensure section shall grant an independent a clinical
9social worker certificate license to any individual who is certified under sub. (1) and
10does all of the following:
AB420, s. 62 11Section 62. 457.08 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,21,1712 457.08 (4) (b) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker licensure
13section that he or she has received a master's degree in social work from a program
14accredited by, or a preaccreditation program of, the council on social work education
15or a doctorate degree in social work and, as part of the master's or doctorate degree
16program, had a clinical social work concentration and completed supervised clinical
17field training.
AB420, s. 63 18Section 63. 457.08 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 457.08 (4) (c) (intro.)
19and amended to read:
AB420,21,2420 457.08 (4) (c) (intro.) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker
21licensure section that after receiving a master's or doctorate degree in social work he
22or she has engaged in the equivalent of at least 2 years of full-time supervised
23clinical social work practice approved by the social worker section. supervised by one
24of the following:
AB420, s. 64 25Section 64. 457.08 (4) (c) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
AB420,22,2
1457.08 (4) (c) 1. An individual licensed as a clinical social worker who has
2received a doctorate degree in social work.
AB420,22,43 2. An individual licensed as a clinical social worker who has engaged in the
4equivalent of 5 years of full-time clinical social work.
AB420,22,75 3. An individual licensed as a clinical social worker who satisfies educational
6or practice requirements that are comparable to the requirements under subd. 1. or
72. and that are established in rules promulgated under s. 457.03 (1) (e).
AB420, s. 65 8Section 65. 457.08 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,22,139 457.08 (4) (d) Passes an examination approved by the social worker licensure
10section to determine minimum competence to practice as an independent a clinical
11social worker as specified in the rules promulgated under s. 457.03 (2) or passes an
12advanced
a clinical social work examination approved by the social worker licensure
13section.
AB420, s. 66 14Section 66. 457.09 (title) and (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are amended
15to read:
AB420,22,18 16457.09 (title) Social worker training certificate permit. (1) (intro.) The
17social worker certification section shall grant a social worker training certificate
18permit to any individual who does all of the following:
AB420,22,2019 (a) Submits an application for the certificate permit to the department on a
20form provided by the department.
AB420, s. 67 21Section 67. 457.09 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,22,2522 457.09 (1) (c) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker certification
23section that he or she has a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
24in psychology, sociology, criminal justice or another human service program
25approved by the section.
AB420, s. 68
1Section 68. 457.09 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,23,42 457.09 (1) (d) Submits a statement to the social worker certification section
3that he or she is seeking to attain social worker degree equivalency under sub. (4)
4while he or she holds a social worker training certificate permit.
AB420, s. 69 5Section 69. 457.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,23,86 457.09 (2) (a) A Notwithstanding s. 457.04 (1), a social worker training
7certificate permit authorizes the holder to use the title specified in s. 457.04 (1)
8during the period in which the certificate permit is valid.
AB420,23,119 (b) A social worker training certificate permit holder is a social worker certified
10under this chapter for purposes of any law governing social workers certified under
11this chapter.
AB420, s. 70 12Section 70. 457.09 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,23,1413 457.09 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a social worker training certificate
14permit is valid for 24 months.
AB420,23,1815 (b) A social worker training certificate permit shall expire on the date on which
16the certificate permit holder receives the results of the examination that he or she
17has taken under sub. (5) (a) if that date occurs before the end of the period specified
18in par. (a).
AB420,23,1919 (c) A social worker training certificate permit may not be renewed.
AB420, s. 71 20Section 71. 457.09 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,23,2221 457.09 (4) (intro.) During the period in which a social worker training
22certificate permit is valid, the certificate permit holder shall do all of the following:
AB420, s. 72 23Section 72. 457.09 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,24,224 457.09 (4m) (a) The social worker certification section shall determine whether
25a course, internship or employment satisfies the requirements under sub. (4) and

1whether a social worker training certificate permit holder has attained social worker
2degree equivalency.
AB420,24,93 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (4), for the purpose of determining whether a social
4worker training certificate permit holder has attained social worker degree
5equivalency under sub. (4), the section shall apply course work or internships that
6the certificate permit holder completed, or employment that the certificate permit
7holder held, as part of the program leading to the degree that he or she specified to
8satisfy the requirement in sub. (1) (c) if the course work, internship or employment
9satisfies the requirements in sub. (4).
AB420, s. 73 10Section 73. 457.09 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB420,24,1311 457.09 (5) (a) A social worker training certificate permit holder may take the
12national social work examination at any time after he or she completes the
13requirements under sub. (4).
AB420,24,1714 (b) If a social worker training certificate permit holder passes the examination
15specified under par. (a), he or she shall be permitted to take an examination approved
16by the social worker certification section that tests knowledge of state law relating
17to social work.
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