An Act To Allow Licensed Master Social Workers To Contract with Agencies in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0307
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: LA VERRIERE-BOUCHER, BROMLEY, BOWLES, CAMPBELL, CANAVAN, DUDLEY, MAKAS, O'BRIEN, SULLIVAN, TWOMEY
Amends: 32 MRSA §7053-A

12lst MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 307 
H.P.250 
House of Representatives, January 28,2003 
An Act To Allow Licensed Master Social Workers To Contract with 
Agencies in the State 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested 
and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative LA VERRIERE-BOUCHER of Biddeford. 
Cosponsored by Senator BROMLEY of Cumberland and 
Representatives: BOWLES of Sanford, CAMPBELL of Newfield, CANAVAN of Waterville, 
DUDLEY of Portland, MAKAS of Lewiston, O'BRIEN of Lewiston, SULLIVAN of 
Biddeford, TWOMEY of Biddeford. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §7053-A, sub-§l, as amended by PL 1987, c. 
395, Pt. B, §15, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Licensed master 
social worker. 
Any 
licensed master 
social worker may: 
A. 
Engage in administration, research, consultation, 
planning and teaching related to the 
functions 
in 
section; 
social 
this 
B. 
Perform all the functions of a licensed social worker; 
and 
C. 
Engage in a nonclinical private practice. 
In addition, 
a 
licensed master social worker having met 
the 
requirements for licensure as a licensed clinical social worker 
prior 
to 
January 
1, 
1987, 
except 
for 
having 
completed 
the 
licensed clinical social worker examination, may engage in the 
clinical 
consultation 
of 
licensed 
master 
social 
worker, 
conditional for the purpose of preparing the licensed master 
social worker, conditional for eventual licensed clinical social 
workers' 
status 
or 
regular 
licensure. 
This 
includes 
responsibility for ongoing training and evaluation. The licensed 
master social worker has an obligation to assess the licensed 
master social worker, conditional's competence and ethics and 
share this assessment with the Board of Social Work Licensure at 
the 
time 
the licensed master 
social worker 
applies 
for 
the 
licensed clinical level. 
In addition to paragraphs 
A, 
Band C, 
a 
person holding 
a 
"licensed master social worker, conditional" license may engage 
in psychosocial evaluation, including diagnosis and treatment of 
mental illness 
and emotional disorders, 
and provide clinical 
consultation to licensed social workers, social work students, 
other 
professionals 
practicing 
related 
professions 
and 
paraprofessionals engaging in related activities. 
A "licensed master social worker, conditional" may not engage in 
private clinical practice, unless permitted under section 7053, 
subsection 1, and must receive individual consultation 4 hours a 
month while practicing social work in a clinical setting. 
A licensed master social worker may perform clinical social work 
for an agency in the State on a contractual basis. 
Clinical 
social work performed under this subsection under appropriate 
supervision fulfills clinical licensure requirements. 
Page l-LR0722(l) 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows licensed master social workers to perform 
social work for an agency on a contractual basis. 
This work may 
fulfill licensure requirements.