54-3214 LICENSE REQUIRED -- REPRESENTATION TO PUBLIC. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 32

SOCIAL WORK LICENSING ACT

54-3214. License required -- Representation to public. (1) No person may engage in the practice of social work unless he is licensed under this chapter, or is a student under the supervision of a person who is licensed under this chapter.

(2) No person shall be represented as a social worker by the use of titles "social worker," "masters social worker," "clinical social worker," "social caseworker," "social service worker," "social service director" or any other title or similar designation that includes such words, or by adding the letters "LCSW," "SW," "LSW," or "LMSW" unless licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

(3) Nothing within this chapter shall be construed to prevent any person from doing work within the standards and ethics of their respective professions or calling provided they do not hold themselves out to the public by title or description of service as being engaged in social work practice.