North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 63 - SOCIAL WORK CERTIFICATION › Section .0200 - CERTIFICATION › Section 63 .0209 - EXAM ELIGIBILITY

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The Board shall
				review each application submitted pursuant to
				21 NCAC
				63 .0202 and
				63 .0207 to determine whether an
				applicant possesses the educational, supervision, and examination
				qualifications for eligibility for a particular level of certification or
				licensure, pursuant to
				G.S.
				90B-7. To be considered eligible to take the
				Clinical examination, an applicant must have two years of experience in a
				clinical social work setting documented with the Board and a MSW. To be
				considered eligible to take the Advanced Generalist examination, an applicant
				must have two years of experience in an administrative social work
				setting.
(b) An applicant shall be
				notified in writing if found to be ineligible for the requested level of
				certification. If an applicant is found ineligible for the particular level of
				certification or licensure for which the applicant has applied, the applicant
				may request in writing to the Board that the applicant be considered for
				eligibility for another level of certification or licensure for which the
				applicant possesses the minimum education, supervision, and examination
				qualifications. Such request must be made no later than 30 days following the
				date on which the applicant received written notification of ineligibility, as
				set forth in Paragraph (a) of this Rule. If an applicant is found to be
				ineligible for any level of certification or licensure, the applicant shall not
				be allowed to sit for any examination.
(c) If an applicant is found eligible for the
				particular level of certification or licensure for which the applicant has
				applied, the Board shall issue the applicant notification of exam candidacy
				approval. Upon receipt, the applicant shall submit to the Board an Exam Request
				Form or Clinical Exam Request Form, as described in Paragraph (e) and (f) of
				this Rule, and the fee set forth in
				21 NCAC
				63 .0306 to initiate the exam
				process.
(d) Upon receipt of the
				applicant's Exam Request Form and the fee set forth in
				21 NCAC
				63 .0306, the Board shall forward to the
				applicant instructions for registering to sit for the examination and the
				deadline by which the exam eligibility shall expire, which is determined in
				accordance with the ASWB Examination Candidate Handbook that is available at
				http://aswb.org. If the applicant fails to take the examination before the
				deadline by which the exam eligibility shall expire, the applicant must submit
				another Exam Request Form and the fee set forth in
				21 NCAC
				63 .0306 in order to take the examination. If
				the applicant takes but fails the examination, the applicant must submit
				another Exam Request Form and the fee set forth in
				21 NCAC
				63 .0303 in order to re-take the examination,
				even if the expiration date has not yet occurred. An applicant must wait at
				least 90 days from the date on which the applicant took the examination before
				re-taking the examination.
(e) An
				applicant desiring to take an examination other than the ASWB Clinical level
				examination shall submit to the Board an Exam Request Form, which is available
				on the Board's website at
https://www.ncswboard.org
, that shall
				contain the following:
(1) the applicant's
				name and address;
(2) the
				applicant's social security number; and
(3) the type of examination for which the
				applicant is approved to sit.