North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 63 - SOCIAL WORK CERTIFICATION › Section .0200 - CERTIFICATION › Section 63 .0211 - WORK EXPERIENCE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Qualifications
				as required by
				G.S.
				90B-7(d)(2) for the Licensed
				Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential:
(1)
				Two years of post-MSW clinical social work experience shall mean 3,000 clock
				hours of work or employment for a fee or salary while engaged in the practice
				of clinical social work as defined in
				G.S.
				90B-3(6). The 3,000 hours
				shall be accumulated over a period of time not less than two years nor more
				than six consecutive years. Practicum or internship experience gained as part
				of any educational program shall not be included. Pursuant to
				G.S.
				93B-15.1(a), military
				applicants may receive credit for military occupational specialty experience
				obtained post MSW degree and deemed substantially equivalent to clinical social
				work practice as defined in this Chapter.
(2) Appropriate supervision shall mean
				supervision by a MSW who is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and who is
				in good standing with the Board. A supervisor disciplined by any professional
				credentialing body or professional organization by legal order, or who has been
				found by legal order to have violated the provisions of an occupational
				licensing Board may not provide supervision to an associate licensee without
				the written permission of the Board. The Licensed Clinical Social Worker
				Associate's (LCSWA) clinical social work supervisor shall have an additional
				two years of clinical social work experience post LCSW licensure.
(3) Appropriate supervision shall be that
				which is provided on a regular basis, conducted no less than once every two
				weeks, with at least one hour of supervision during every 30 hours of
				experience. A minimum of 100 hours of supervision is required. All work
				experience must be clinical social work as defined by
				G.S.
				90B-3(6) to qualify as work
				experience for purposes of
				G.S.
				90B-7(d)(2). Appropriate
				supervision may be individual or group supervision. Individual supervision
				shall mean one on one, face-to-face supervision by a MSW who is also a LCSW
				where the supervisor reviews and discusses clinical social work cases, reviews
				documentation, and provides evaluative comments and direction to the LCSWA.
				Group supervision shall mean face-to-face supervision provided by a MSW who is
				also a LCSW in a group setting, during which the supervisor reviews and
				discusses clinical social work cases, reviews documentation, and provides
				feedback and direction to each LCSWA in the group. A maximum of 25 hours of
				group supervision may be applied toward meeting the supervision requirements
				for the LCSW.
(4) Unless otherwise
				preapproved by the Board, no more than 50 hours of supervision may be provided
				through the use of technology. The clinical supervisor may seek approval by
				providing a written request to the Board. The request shall include the
				parties' information, including name, license number, and business address; and
				the circumstances for which the additional hours are needed. Approval of the
				request shall be determined on a case by case basis, based upon the
				circumstances provided in the request. All supervision provided through the use
				of technology shall be synchronous, involve visual and audio interactions
				throughout the entire session, and shall take place in such a manner as to
				maintain the confidentiality of the communication.