Section 61-31-3 - Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.) - New Mexico Statutes

61-31-3. Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)

As used in the Social Work Practice Act [61-31-1 NMSA 1978]:  

A.     "advisory committee" means an evaluation advisory committee;  

B.     "appropriate supervision" means supervision by an independent social worker or a master social worker with two years of supervised social work practice experience or other supervision which is deemed by the board to be equivalent to supervision by a master social worker;  

C.     "baccalaureate social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a bachelor's degree in social work from a program accredited by the council on social work education;  

D.     "board" means the board of social work examiners;  

E.     "department" means the regulation and licensing department;  

F.     "executive agency" means any agency within the executive branch of government;  

G.     "independent social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a master's degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the council on social work education and who has had two years of postgraduate social work practice under appropriate supervision; 

H.     "master social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a master's degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the council on social work education; and  

I.     "professional code of ethics" means a code of ethics and rules adopted by the board, designed to protect the public and to regulate the professional conduct of social workers.