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Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-61 > Article-31 > Section-61-31-3

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 (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)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.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-61 > Article-31 > Section-61-31-3

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 (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)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.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-61 > Article-31 > Section-61-31-3

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.