IMPORTANT: This form is to be received within 60 days of the first supervision session. The original shall be mailed to the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners and

Any individual with a degree in social work either at the undergraduate or graduate level that is practicing social work in Louisiana is required to have a social work credential issued by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners.

SPRING/SUMMER 2024 • PAGE 5 A position currently being held by a LCSW with a practice specialty other than clinical expires in August. La. R.S. 37:2704 specifies that the board shall consist of:

Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners Meeting Agenda October 25, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. 18550 Highland Road, Suite B, Baton Rouge, LA 70809

Workshop Title: Sponsor: Presenter: Date: Location: Registration Info: 6.5 hour Board Approved Initial BACS Workshop: Nita Baucom, LCSW-BACS: Nita Baucom, LCSW-BACS

Effective July 1, 2020 The online application must be started BEFORE the results of the Criminal Record Check are received by LABSWE. If the board office receives the results of your background check and your application has not been started, you are required to complete the background check process again.

Master’s degree from accredited graduate school of social work; 3,000 hours of postgraduate social work experience under supervision of a board-approved clinical supervisor

A. Provision of Services. 1. Social workers should provide services and represent themselves as competent only within the boundaries of their education, training, credential, consultation received, supervised experience, or other relevant professional experience.

Welcome to the website for the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners The Board exists because the legislature declared “in order to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state against unauthorized, unqualified and improper practice of social work, it is necessary that a proper regulatory authority be established and adequately provided for.

Board members reviewed correspondence submitted by Angela Tyrone, LCSW and advised Ms. Tyrone that the Louisiana Social Work Practice Act and the Rules, Standards and Procedures does not include language that prohibits social workers from