§467E-1  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter:



"Department" means the department of
commerce and consumer affairs.



"Director" means the director of
commerce and consumer affairs.



"Exempt government employee" means an
employee in a social worker position with any federal, state, or county
government agency.



"Practice of social work" means
applying the formal knowledge base, theoretical concepts, specific functional
skills, and essential social values that are used to effect change in human
behavior, emotional responses, and social conditions, and helping individuals,
couples, families, groups, and community organizations enhance or restore their
capacities for personal and social functioning while preventing and controlling
social problems.  Social work practice is the professional application of
social work values, principles, ethics, and techniques in the following areas:



(1)  Information, resource identification, referral
services, mediation services, advocacy services, and education of individuals,
groups, couples, and families;



(2)  Preparation and evaluation of assessments and
development and implementation of social work service plans;



(3)  Case management, coordination, casework
intervention, and monitoring of social work service plans in the areas of
personal, social, or economic resources, conditions, or problems;



(4)  Administration and development of social service
programs, policies, community organization, planning, implementation, and
involvement in the evaluation of social systems and social policies;



(5)  Social work consultation and resource
development;



(6)  Research through the formal design and
methodology of data collection and the analysis and evaluation of data, social
work programs, social systems, and social policies;



(7)  Psychosocial assessment, diagnostic impressions,
treatment of individuals, couples, families, and groups, prevention of
psychosocial dysfunction, disability, or impairment, including emotional,
mental, and behavioral disorders, and evaluation of practice effectiveness; and



(8)  Clinical diagnosis or psychotherapy, or both,
provided by a licensed clinical social worker.



"Social worker" or "S.W."
means a person who has been issued a license as a licensed bachelor social
worker, licensed social worker, or licensed clinical social worker to practice
within the scope of practice as provided in this chapter. [L 1994, c 251, pt of
§2; am L 2001, c 229, §§2, 5; am L 2002, c 16, §29 and c 167, §§6, 17]