337.645. Application information required--issuance of license, when. - Missouri Statutes

Application information required--issuance of license, when.

337.645. 1. Each applicant for licensure as an advanced macro socialworker shall furnish evidence to the committee that:

(1) The applicant has a master's degree from a college or universityprogram of social work accredited by the council of social work educationor a doctorate degree from a school of social work acceptable to thecommittee;

(2) The applicant has completed three thousand hours of supervisedadvanced macro experience with a qualified advanced macro supervisor asdefined in section 337.600 in no less than twenty-four months and no morethan forty-eight consecutive calendar months;

(3) The applicant has achieved a passing score, as defined by thecommittee, on an examination approved by the committee. The eligibilityrequirements for such examination shall be promulgated by rule of thecommittee;

(4) The applicant is at least eighteen years of age, is of good moralcharacter, is a United States citizen or has status as a legal residentalien, and has not been convicted of a felony during the ten yearsimmediately prior to application for licensure.

2. Any person holding a current license, certificate of registration,or permit from another state or territory of the United States or theDistrict of Columbia to practice advanced macro social work who has had nodisciplinary action taken against the license, certificate of registration,or permit for the preceding five years may be granted a license to practiceadvanced macro social work in this state if the person meets one of thefollowing criteria:

(1) Has received a master's or doctoral degree from a college oruniversity program of social work accredited by the council of social workeducation and has been licensed to practice advanced macro social work forthe preceding five years; or

(2) Is currently licensed or certified as an advanced macro socialworker in another state, territory of the United States, or the District ofColumbia having substantially the same requirements as this state foradvanced macro social workers.

3. The committee shall issue a license to each person who files anapplication and fee as required by the provisions of sections 337.600 to337.689 and who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the committee that theapplicant has complied with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (4) ofsubsection 1 of this section or with the provisions of subsection 2 of thissection.

(L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308)