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 Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing
 Agency 140. Board of Social Work
 Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work

  Section 45. Requirements for licensure by endorsement  

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  • A. Every applicant for licensure by endorsement shall submit in one package:

    1. A completed application and the application fee prescribed in 18VAC140-20-30.

    2. Documentation of active social work licensure in good standing obtained by standards required for licensure in another jurisdiction as verified by the out-of-state licensing agency. Licensure in the other jurisdiction shall be of a comparable type as the licensure that the applicant is seeking in Virginia.

    3. Verification of a passing score on a board-approved national exam at the level for which the applicant is seeking licensure in Virginia.

    4. Documentation of any other health or mental health licensure or certification, if applicable.

    5. A current report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).

    6. Verification of:

    a. Active practice at the level for which the applicant is seeking licensure in another United States jurisdiction for 24 out of the past 60 months;

    b. Active practice in an exempt setting at the level for which the applicant is seeking licensure for 24 out of the past 60 months; or

    c. Evidence of supervised experience requirements substantially equivalent to those outlined in 18VAC140-20-50 A 2 and A 3 and 18VAC140-20-60 C 2 and C 3.

    7. Certification that the applicant is not the respondent in any pending or unresolved board action in another jurisdiction or in a malpractice claim.

    B. If an applicant for licensure by endorsement has not passed a board-approved national examination at the level for which the applicant is seeking licensure in Virginia, the board may approve the applicant to sit for such examination.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 15, Issue 05, eff. December 23, 1998; amended, Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 11, eff. March 2, 2011; Volume 29, Issue 22, eff. July 31, 2013; Volume 29, Issue 25, eff. September 26, 2013; Volume 32, Issue 22, eff. August 12, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.