An individual who holds a license as a Licensed Certified
Social Worker (LCSW) issued by the Board may properly perform or provide any or
all of the following social work functions or services:
(1) Provide clinical social work services, as
defined in
258 CMR
8.03:
Definitions, as an employee of an agency, health care facility
or unrelated individual, under the clinical supervision of another social
worker who is licensed or eligible for licensure as a Licensed Independent
Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and who provides at least one hour per week, or
equivalent
pro rata amount for part-time employees, of
face-to-face individual clinical supervision. An individual who holds a license
as a Licensed Certified Social Worker shall not provide clinical social work
services as an independent practitioner;
Proration of Required Supervision
Hours. The Board will allow for the proration of supervision hours
to work hours at a rate of not less than one hour per month for social workers.
A licensee must obtain at least one hour of supervision per 35 hours
worked.
(2) Provide case
management services which involve the application of clinical diagnostic,
assessment or treatment knowledge or skills as an employee of an agency, health
care facility or unrelated individual, under the clinical supervision of
another social worker who is licensed or eligible for licensure as a Licensed
Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and who provides at least one hour
per week, or equivalent pro rata amount for part-time
employees, of face-to-face individual clinical supervision. An individual who
holds a license as a Licensed Certified Social Worker shall not provide
clinical social work services as an independent practitioner;
(3) Provide non-clinical social work
services, as defined in
258 CMR
8.03:
Definitions, including case management services of a
non-clinical nature, autonomously in any practice setting;
(4) Provide non-clinical supervision to
individual social workers or groups of social workers;
(5) Provide consultation on clinical or
non-clinical issues to individuals, groups, members of other professional
disciplines, agencies, health care facilities, or institutions, as long as any
consultation on clinical issues is provided under the clinical supervision of
another social worker who is licensed or eligible for licensure as a Licensed
Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and who provides at least one hour
per week of face-to-face individual clinical supervision; and
(6) Perform or provide any other social work
function or service which can properly be performed or provided by a social
worker licensed at the Licensed Social Worker (LSW) or Licensed Social Work
Associate (LSWA) level.
(7) A LCSW
may not provide clinical supervision to any other mental health practitioner.
Violation of this provision will subject the licensee to discipline for
practicing beyond the scope of professional practice.
