2003 Wisconsin Act 301

Date of enactment: April 20, 2004
2003 Senate Bill 401 Date of publication*: May 4, 2004

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT 301

An Act to renumber and amend 457.08 (4) (b) of the statutes; relating to: qualifications for a clinical social worker license and granting rule-making authority.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

301,1 Section 1. 457.08 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 457.08 (4) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:

457.08 (4) (b) (intro.) Submits evidence satisfactory to the social worker section that he or she has satisfies each of the following:

1. The individual has received a master's degree in social work from a program accredited by, or a preaccreditation program of, the council on social work education or a doctorate degree in social work and, as.

2. As part of the master's or doctorate degree program, had specified in subd. 1. or postgraduate studies, the individual has completed a clinical social work concentration and completed supervised clinical field training, both of which are approved by the social worker section, except that, upon the advice of the social worker section, the examining board may promulgate rules that allow an individual to substitute a specified number of hours of supervised clinical work experience for the supervised clinical field training.

301,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to applications for a clinical social worker license that are received on the effective date of this subsection.