Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 258 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS › Title 258 CMR 12.00 - Scope of Practice › Section 12.02 - Scope of Professional Practice - Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW)

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
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.