Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 47 - STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYTHERAPISTS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Accredited school
-A graduate program in
						social work or social welfare accredited by the Council on Social Work
						Education.
Act
-The Social Workers, Marriage and
						Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act (63 P. S. §§
												1901-1922).
Board
-The State Board of Social Workers,
						Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.
Client/patient
-An individual, group or
						family for whom a licensed bachelor social worker, licensed social worker or
						licensed clinical social worker provides social work services or clinical
						social work services. In the case of an individual with a legal guardian, such
						as a minor or legally incapacitated adulty, the individual is the client/
						patient.
Immediate family member
-A
						parent/guardian, child, sibling, spouse or other family member with whom the
						client/patient resides.
Licensed bachelor social worker
-A person
						who is currently licensed as a licensed bachelor social worker under section 7
						of the act (63 P.S. §
												1907).
Licensed clinical social worker
-A person
						who is currently licensed as a licensed clinical social worker under section 7
						of the act.
Licensed social worker
-A person who is
						currently licensed as a licensed social worker under section 7 of the
						act.
Professional relationship
-A relationship
						which is deemed to exist for the period of time beginning with the first
						professional contact or consultation between a licensed bachelor social worker,
						licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker and a client/patient
						and continuing thereafter until the last date of a professional service. If a
						licensed bachelor social worker, licensed social worker or licensed clinical
						social worker sees a client/patient on an intermittent basis, the professional
						relationship is deemed to start anew on each date that the licensed bachelor
						social worker, licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker
						provides a professional service to the client/patient.
Related field
-Includes the fields of
						psychiatry, psychology, marriage and family therapy, counseling, art therapy,
						dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, human services and
						counseling education.
Sexual intimacies
-Romantic, sexually
						suggestive, sexually demeaning or erotic behavior. Examples of this behavior
						include the following:
(i) Sexual
					 intercourse, or any touching of the sexual or intimate parts of the person for
					 the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire in either person.
(ii) Nontherapeutic verbal communication or
					 inappropriate nonverbal communication of a sexual or romantic nature.
(iii) Sexual invitations.
(iv) Soliciting or accepting a date from a
					 client/patient.
(v) Masturbating in
					 the presence of a client/patient or encouraging a client/patient to masturbate
					 in the presence of the licensed social worker or licensed clinical social
					 worker.
(vi) Indecent exposure,
					 kissing, hugging, touching, physical contact or self-disclosure of a sexual or
					 erotic nature.
Supervisee
-An individual who is
						fulfilling the supervised experience requirement for licensure as a clinical
						social worker.
Supervision
-The act of overseeing,
						directing or instructing the activity or course of action of another.
Supervisor
-An individual providing
						supervision to a supervisee who meets the criteria in 47.1a (relating to
						qualifications for supervisors).
The provisions of this §
													47.1 amended under sections 6 and
						  18(c) of the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional
						  Counselors Act (63 P.S. §§
														1906 and
						  1918(c)); section 812.1 of
						  The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
														279.3(a)); and section 9 of
						  the act of October 22, 2014 (P.L. 2884, No.
						  179).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
													47.12c (relating to licensed
						  clinical social worker).