AB517,9,16 13(4) Authorize any individual who is certified licensed as a social worker or
14professional counselor under this chapter to use the title "school social worker" or
15"school counselor" unless the individual is licensed as a school social worker or school
16counselor by the department of education public instruction.
AB517,9,21 17(5) Authorize any individual who is certified licensed under this chapter to use
18the title "alcohol and drug counselor" or "chemical dependency counselor" unless the
19individual is certified as an alcohol and drug counselor or as a chemical dependency
20counselor through a process recognized by the department of health and family
21services.
AB517, s. 24 22Section 24. 457.02 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517,9,2523 457.02 (6) Require a student enrolled in a program leading to a bachelor's
24degree in social work to be licensed as a social worker under this chapter if he or she
25is practicing social work within the scope of his or her education or training and

1under the supervision of a person who has received a bachelor's, master's or
2doctorate degree in social work.
AB517, s. 25 3Section 25. 457.02 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517,10,74 457.02 (7) Require a student enrolled in a program leading to a master's degree
5in social work to be licensed under this chapter if he or she is practicing social work
6within the scope of his or her education or training and under the supervision of a
7person who has received a master's or doctorate degree in social work.
AB517, s. 26 8Section 26. 457.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB517,10,109 457.02 (8) Require a license or permit granted under this chapter for a person
10to do any of the following:
AB517,10,1211 (a) Lawfully practice within the scope of a license, permit, registration or
12certification granted by this state or the federal government.
AB517,10,1713 (b) Provide a consultation or demonstration with a marriage and family
14therapist, professional counselor or social worker if the person providing the
15consultation or demonstration is licensed to practice marriage and family therapy,
16professional counseling or social work in another state or territory of the United
17States.
AB517, s. 27 18Section 27. 457.03 (1) to (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB517,11,219 457.03 (1) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family
20therapist section and professional counselor section, promulgate rules establishing
21minimum standards for educational programs that must be completed for
22certification licensure under this chapter and for supervised clinical training that
23must be completed for certification licensure as an independent clinical social
24worker, marriage and family therapist or professional counselor under this chapter

1and approve educational programs and supervised clinical training programs in
2accordance with those standards.
AB517,11,18 3(2) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family therapist
4section and professional counselor section, promulgate rules establishing a code of
5ethics to govern the professional conduct of certificate licensees and permit holders.
6The rules shall specify the services included within the practice of social work,
7advanced practice social work, independent social work or independent clinical
8social work
that an individual who is certified licensed under this chapter as a social
9worker, advanced practice social worker, independent social worker or independent
10clinical social worker is qualified to may perform and the degree of supervision, if
11any, required to perform those services. The rules may not permit a certificate
12licensee or permit holder to engage in psychotherapy unless the individual is
13certified licensed under this chapter as an advanced practice social worker,
14independent social worker, independent clinical social worker, marriage and family
15therapist or professional counselor and has engaged in the equivalent of at least 2
16years of full-time supervised social work, marriage and family therapy or
17professional counseling clinical practice after receiving the master's or doctorate
18degree required under s. 457.08 (3) (b) or (4) (b), 457.10 (2) or 457.12 (2).
AB517,11,24 19(3) Upon the advice of the social worker section, promulgate rules establishing
20levels of advanced social work practice, in addition to the levels of practice for which
21certificates licenses are granted under s. 457.08 (2) to (4), and establishing
22appropriate educational, training, experience, examination and continuing
23education requirements for certification licensure and renewal of a certificate license
24at each level of practice established in rules promulgated under this subsection.
AB517, s. 28 25Section 28. 457.04 (1) to (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB517,12,4
1457.04 (1) Use Practice social work or designate himself or herself as a social
2worker or use or assume
the title "social worker" or any other title or designation
3which represents or may tend to represent the person as a social worker
unless the
4person is certified licensed as a social worker under this chapter.
AB517,12,11 5(2) Use Designate himself or herself as an advanced practice social worker, use
6or assume
the title "advanced practice social worker" or any other title or designation
7which represents or may tend to represent the person as an advanced practice social
8worker or, notwithstanding sub. (1), perform services specified in rules promulgated
9under s. 457.03 (2) that an advanced practice social worker may perform
unless the
10person is certified licensed as an advanced practice social worker, independent social
11worker or independent clinical social worker under this chapter.
AB517,12,18 12(3) Use Designate himself or herself as an independent social worker, use or
13assume
the title "independent social worker" or any other title or designation which
14represents or may tend to represent the person as an independent social worker or,
15notwithstanding sub. (1), perform services specified in rules promulgated under s.
16457.03 (2) that an independent social worker may perform
unless the person is
17certified licensed as an independent social worker or independent clinical social
18worker under this chapter.
AB517,12,25 19(4) Use Designate himself or herself as an independent clinical social worker,
20use or assume
the title "independent clinical social worker" or "clinical social worker"
21or any other title or designation which represents or may tend to represent the
22person as an independent clinical social worker or, notwithstanding sub. (1), perform
23services specified in rules promulgated under s. 457.03 (2) that an independent
24clinical social worker may perform
unless the person is certified licensed as an
25independent clinical social worker under this chapter.
AB517, s. 29
1Section 29. 457.04 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,13,62 457.04 (5) Use Practice marriage and family therapy or designate himself or
3herself as a marriage and family therapist or use or assume
the title "marriage and
4family therapist", "marriage and family counselor" or any similar other title or
5designation which represents or may tend to represent the person as a marriage and
6family therapist
unless any of the following applies:
AB517,13,87 (a) The person is certified licensed as a marriage and family therapist under
8this chapter.
AB517,13,119 (b) The person is certified licensed as an independent clinical social worker
10under this chapter and initially became certified as an independent clinical social
11worker under this chapter ch. 457, 1995 stats., on or before May 31, 1995.
AB517, s. 30 12Section 30. 457.04 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,13,1813 457.04 (6) Use Practice professional counseling or designate himself or herself
14as a professional counselor or use or assume
the title "professional counselor",
15"professional rehabilitation counselor", "vocational rehabilitation counselor" or,
16"rehabilitation counselor" or any similar other title or designation which represents
17or may tend to represent the person as a professional counselor
unless the person is
18certified licensed as a professional counselor under this chapter.
AB517, s. 31 19Section 31. 457.06 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB517,13,23 20457.06 (title) General requirements for certification licensure. (intro.)
21The social worker section, marriage and family therapist section or professional
22counselor section may not grant any certificate license under this chapter unless the
23applicant does all of the following:
AB517,13,25 24(1) Submits an application for the certificate license to the department on a
25form provided by the department.
AB517, s. 32
1Section 32. 457.08 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,14,3 2457.08 (title) Social worker certificate and advanced practice
3certificates licenses.
AB517, s. 33 4Section 33. 457.08 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,14,7 5457.08 (1) (title) Social worker certificate license . (intro.) The social worker
6section shall grant a social worker certificate license to an individual who qualifies
7under s. 457.09 (5) (d) or to any individual who does all of the following:
AB517, s. 34 8Section 34. 457.08 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,14,129 457.08 (2) (title) Advanced practice social worker certificate license.
10(intro.) The social worker section shall grant an advanced practice social worker
11certificate license to any individual who is certified licensed under sub. (1) and does
12all of the following:
AB517, s. 35 13Section 35. 457.08 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,14,1614 457.08 (3) (title) Independent social worker certificate license . (intro.) The
15social worker section shall grant an independent social worker certificate license to
16any individual who is certified licensed under sub. (1) and does all of the following:
AB517, s. 36 17Section 36. 457.08 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,14,2118 457.08 (4) (title) Independent clinical social worker certificate license.
19(intro.) The social worker section shall grant an independent clinical social worker
20certificate license to any individual who is certified licensed under sub. (1) and does
21all of the following:
AB517, s. 37 22Section 37. 457.09 (title) and (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are amended
23to read:
AB517,15,3
1457.09 (title) Social worker training certificate permit. (1) (intro.) The
2social worker section shall grant a social worker training certificate permit to any
3individual who does all of the following:
AB517,15,54 (a) Submits an application for the certificate permit to the department on a
5form provided by the department.
AB517, s. 38 6Section 38. 457.09 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,15,97 457.09 (1) (d) Submits a statement to the social worker section that he or she
8is seeking to attain social worker degree equivalency under sub. (4) while he or she
9holds a social worker training certificate permit.
AB517, s. 39 10Section 39. 457.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,15,1411 457.09 (2) (a) A Notwithstanding s. 457.04 (1), a social worker training
12certificate permit authorizes the holder to use the title specified in s. 457.04 (1) and
13practice social work within the scope of his or her training or education
during the
14period in which the certificate permit is valid.
AB517,15,1715 (b) A social worker training certificate permit holder is a social worker certified
16licensed under this chapter for purposes of any law governing social workers certified
17licensed under this chapter.
AB517, s. 40 18Section 40. 457.09 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,15,2019 457.09 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a social worker training certificate
20permit is valid for 24 months.
AB517,15,2421 (b) A social worker training certificate permit shall expire on the date on which
22the certificate permit holder receives the results of the examination that he or she
23has taken under sub. (5) (a) if that date occurs before the end of the period specified
24in par. (a).
AB517,15,2525 (c) A social worker training certificate permit may not be renewed.
AB517, s. 41
1Section 41. 457.09 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,16,32 457.09 (4) (intro.) During the period in which a social worker training
3certificate permit is valid, the certificate permit holder shall do all of the following:
AB517, s. 42 4Section 42. 457.09 (4) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB517,16,75 457.09 (4) (b) 1. A human services internship that involves direct practice with
6clients and that is supervised by a social worker certified licensed under this chapter
7who has a bachelor's or master's degree in social work.
AB517,16,108 2. One year of social work employment that involves direct practice with clients
9and that is supervised by a social worker certified licensed under this chapter who
10has a bachelor's or master's degree in social work.
AB517, s. 43 11Section 43. 457.09 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,16,1512 457.09 (4m) (a) The social worker section shall determine whether a course,
13internship or employment satisfies the requirements under sub. (4) and whether a
14social worker training certificate permit holder has attained social worker degree
15equivalency.
AB517,16,2216 (b) Notwithstanding sub. (4), for the purpose of determining whether a social
17worker training certificate permit holder has attained social worker degree
18equivalency under sub. (4), the section shall apply course work or internships that
19the certificate permit holder completed, or employment that the certificate permit
20holder held, as part of the program leading to the degree that he or she specified to
21satisfy the requirement in sub. (1) (c) if the course work, internship or employment
22satisfies the requirements in sub. (4).
AB517, s. 44 23Section 44. 457.09 (5) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB517,17,3
1457.09 (5) (a) A social worker training certificate permit holder may take the
2national social work examination at any time after he or she completes the
3requirements under sub. (4).
AB517,17,64 (b) If a social worker training certificate permit holder passes the examination
5specified under par. (a), he or she shall be permitted to take an examination approved
6by the social worker section that tests knowledge of state law relating to social work.
AB517, s. 45 7Section 45. 457.09 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,17,108 457.09 (5) (d) The social worker section shall grant a social worker certificate
9license to an individual who has held a social worker training certificate permit and
10who passes the examinations specified under pars. (a) and (b).
AB517, s. 46 11Section 46. 457.10 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,17,14 12457.10 (title) Marriage and family therapist certificate license. (intro.)
13The marriage and family therapist section shall grant a marriage and family
14therapist certificate license to any individual who does all of the following:
AB517, s. 47 15Section 47. 457.12 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,17,18 16457.12 (title) Professional counselor certificate license. (intro.) The
17professional counselor section shall grant a professional counselor certificate license
18to any individual who does all of the following:
AB517, s. 48 19Section 48. 457.13 (title) and (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are amended
20to read:
AB517,17,23 21457.13 (title) Professional counselor training certificate permit. (1)
22(intro.) The professional counselor section shall grant a professional counselor
23training certificate permit to any individual who does all of the following:
AB517,17,2524 (a) Submits an application for the certificate permit to the department on a
25form provided by the department.
AB517, s. 49
1Section 49. 457.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,18,92 457.13 (2) A professional counselor training certificate permit is valid for 24
3months or until the date on which the holder of the certificate permit ceases to be
4employed in a position specified in sub. (1) (d), whichever occurs first, and may not
5be renewed by the professional counselor section. A Notwithstanding s. 457.04 (6),
6a
professional counselor training certificate permit authorizes the holder to use any
7title specified in s. 457.04 (6) and to practice professional counseling within the scope
8of his or her training or supervision
during the period in which the certificate permit
9is valid.
AB517, s. 50 10Section 50. 457.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,18,22 11457.14 (title) Temporary certificates licenses. Upon application and
12payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (6), the appropriate section of the examining
13board may grant a temporary social worker, advanced practice social worker,
14independent social worker, independent clinical social worker,
marriage and family
15therapist or professional counselor certificate license to any individual who satisfies
16the requirements under s. 457.08 (1) (a) and (b), (2) (a) and (b), (3) (a) to (c) or (4) (a)
17to (c),
457.10 (1) to (3) or 457.12 (1) to (3) and has submitted an application to take
18the next available examination for certification licensure under s. 457.08 (1) (c), (2)
19(c), (3) (d) or (4) (d),
457.10 (4) or 457.12 (4). A temporary certificate license granted
20under this section is valid for a period designated by the appropriate section of the
21examining board, not to exceed 9 months, and may be renewed once by that section
22of the examining board.
AB517, s. 51 23Section 51. 457.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,18,24 24457.15 (title) Reciprocal certificates licenses.
AB517, s. 52 25Section 52. 457.15 (1) (a) to (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB517,19,5
1457.15 (1) (a) Grant a social worker certificate license to any individual who
2holds a similar certificate in another state or territory of the United States credential
3if the social worker section determines that the requirements for obtaining the
4certificate credential in the other state or territory are substantially equivalent to
5the requirements under s. 457.08 (1).
AB517,19,116 (b) Grant an advanced practice social worker certificate license to any
7individual who is certified licensed under par. (a) or under s. 457.08 (1) and who holds
8a similar certificate in another state or territory of the United States credential if the
9social worker section determines that the requirements for obtaining the certificate
10credential in the other state or territory are substantially equivalent to the
11requirements under s. 457.08 (2).
AB517,19,1712 (c) Grant an independent social worker certificate license to any individual who
13is certified licensed under par. (a) or under s. 457.08 (1) and who holds a similar
14certificate in another state or territory of the United States credential if the social
15worker section determines that the requirements for obtaining the certificate
16credential in the other state or territory are substantially equivalent to the
17requirements under s. 457.08 (3).
AB517,19,2318 (d) Grant an independent clinical social worker certificate license to any
19individual who is certified licensed under par. (a) or under s. 457.08 (1) and who holds
20a similar certificate in another state or territory of the United States credential if the
21social worker section determines that the requirements for obtaining the certificate
22credential in the other state or territory are substantially equivalent to the
23requirements under s. 457.08 (4).
AB517, s. 53 24Section 53. 457.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,20,7
1457.15 (2) Upon application and payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (2),
2the marriage and family therapist section shall grant a marriage and family
3therapist certificate license to any individual who holds a similar certificate in
4another state or territory of the United States
credential if the marriage and family
5therapist section determines that the requirements for obtaining the certificate
6credential in the other state or territory are substantially equivalent to the
7requirements under s. 457.10.
AB517, s. 54 8Section 54. 457.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,20,149 457.15 (3) Upon application and payment of the fee specified in s. 440.05 (2),
10the professional counselor section shall grant a professional counselor certificate
11license to any individual who holds a similar certificate in another state or territory
12of the United States
credential if the professional counselor section determines that
13the requirements for obtaining the certificate credential in the other state or
14territory are substantially equivalent to the requirements under s. 457.12.
AB517, s. 55 15Section 55. 457.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,20,2216 457.16 (1) The appropriate section of the examining board shall arrange for
17examinations for social worker, advanced practice social worker, independent social
18worker, independent clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist and
19professional counselor certification licensure to be conducted at least semiannually
20and at times and places determined by that section of the examining board, and shall
21provide public notice of each examination at least 90 days before the date of the
22examination.
AB517, s. 56 23Section 56. 457.16 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB517,21,324 457.16 (2) Examinations shall consist of written or oral tests, or both, requiring
25applicants to demonstrate minimum competency in subjects substantially related to

1the practice of social work, advanced practice social work, independent social work,
2independent clinical social work,
marriage and family therapy or professional
3counseling, as appropriate.
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