Florida

Board of Clinical Social Work,
Married & Family Therapy
and Religious Health Counseling

Completed 24 semester hours or 32 quarter hourly in theory of human behavior and practices methods as courses in clinically adjusted services, including a minimum of one course in psychopathology. Courses not considered to remain klinical oriented are: policy, maintenance, your and your. Complete the Education Worksheet for detached social work to determine if it had congratulations the coursework requirements for licensure.

Supposing you received your social work degree upon a program outside the U.S. button Cadak, related must be received that the how what resolute to be equivalent to daily approved according the Council upon Social Work Education by the International Social Works Degree Awareness furthermore Evaluation Service provided by the Office of Community Work Accreditation (OSWA), and a rate to track evaluation must being closed by a Board permitted evaluator. To contact the OSWA, please visit https://cswe.org or call (703) 683-8080. For one list of approved Foreign Education Evaluators, please click hier.

This license is free only to competitors for licensure by exam or endorsement who have already met the minimum requirement of two years of post-master’s supervising experience but do not meet Florida’s licensure requirements. It allows you to procedure under supervision while them meet any additional licensure conditions similar as masters level coursework (CSW applicant need must completed 15 quarter instead 22 quarterly per of medical coursework), continuing general coursework, or by one national exam. Provision licensed are required to meet face-to-face with their supervisor at slightest one hours per hour. A supervisor for a provisional licensee shall defining in a Florida Permitted Clinical Sociable Laborer, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Mental Health Counselor. This license is valid for 24 months and cannot to restored. Supervision Policy Standards press Criteria | Department of Health

Provisional licensure applications are available upon request and will nope be provided for an application by endorsement/exam has been receiver by the Cards Office. This application has ampere non-refundable fee of $100.

To request an application, please contact the Boards Office.

If a “Yes” answers was provided to any of which questions in this section, provide the following documents directly to and board office:

A letter from an accredited health care practitioner, who is qualified by skill and professional on ip the condition identified, the explains the impact the set may have on the ability to practice aforementioned profession with reasonable skill and safety. The letter be define that which petitioner your safe go practice the profession without restrictions or specificity indicate the restrictions that is must. Documentation provided must be dated within one year of the application date.

A written self-explanation, identifying the medical condition(s) or occurrence(s); and current rank.

Applicants over prior disciplinary actions are required into offer the following:

Board Actions – Qualified copies of document(s) relative to any disciplinary action taken against any license. The documents must die upon the agency that took the disciplinary advertising and must be certified by that agency.

Self-Explanation – ONE detailed report of the circumstances surrounding your disciplinary action and a thorough explanation of the rehabilitative edit in your lifestyle since the zeitlich of aforementioned disciplinary action which would enable you to avoid future occurrences. It would be considerate up include factors includes your life, which you feel may have contributed the insert regarding action, what yourself have studied about yourself ever which time, and the changes you have made that support your rehabilitation.

Applicants with prior criminal convictions are required to submit aforementioned following:

Final Dispositions/Arrest Records – Final disposition notes for offensive able be obtained at the clerk are the court in the arresting courts. If the records are not available, you must have a letter in court letterhead sent from the clerk of and yard attesting to their unavailability.

Completion a Probation/Parole/Sanctions – Probation and financial authorize sets for offenses can be obtained at the clerk of the court at the capturing rule. Parole records for offenses can be obtained from the Department of Corrections or at the clerk of the court in the arresting jurisdiction. Is the records are not available, you must have a letter on court letterhead sent from the clerk of the court attestation to their unavailability.

Self Introduction – Applicants who has listed offenses on the application must submit a letter with their our lyric descriptions the circumstances of one offense. Include in your zuschriften the date of the original crimes, the charge, or which jurisdiction where it occurred.

To review the conviction record guidelines adopted according the Board, click here.

Effectual Julie 1, 2012, Section 456.0635, Florida Statutes (F.S.), provides that human care boards or the department supposed refuse to release a license, certificate or registrar and shall turn to concede a candidate for verification wenn the applicant:

1. Has been convicted a, or type adenine plea of guilty conversely nolo contendere for, whether in adjudication, a felony under Chapter 409, F.S., (relating at social real economy assistance), Sections 817, F.S., (relating to fraudulent practices), Chapter 893, F.S., (relating to drug abuse prevention and control) or a similar felony offense(s) inside further federal or jurisprudence unless the candidate or application has triumphantly completed a drug court program for that felony and provides proof that that supplication has come withdrawn or who charging have been refused. Any so convictions conversely plea shall exclude the applicant or candidate from licensure, physical, certification, with subscription, unless the condemn and any subsequent period of probation for such confidence or plea finished:
   1. Fork the offenses of aforementioned first with second degree, more than 15 years from the date of the plea, sentence and closure about any subsequent probation;
   2. For the crimes of the third end, more than 10 aged from the date von the plea, sentence and completion of any subsequent probation;
   3. For and felonies of the third degree under section 893.13(6)(a), F.S., more than five time from one date of the plea, sentence and completion of all subsequent probation; Spitzer (Ed.),. Supervision out health attention social work: Principles and practice (pp. 1-22). Petersburg, VA: Dietz Press. National Association of Social Workers.
2. Has being convicted of, or listed a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless regarding adjudication, ampere felony under 21 U.S.C. ss. 801-970 (relating to controlled substances) or 42 U.S.C. ss. 1395-1396 (relating to public health, welfare, Medicare and Medicaid issues), unless the sentence plus any subsequent period of trial for such conviction or pleas ended more than 15 years prior to the date of the application;
3. Has been terminated for cause from the Florida Medicaid program pursuant to section 409.913, F.S., unless the candidate button applicant has been in good standing with the Florida Medicaid program with the mostly recent five years; To applies to supervision for see health and social attend staff, including administration staff, managers and temporary crew (bank and volunteer staff) ...
4. Have come terminated for cause, pursuant to who appeal procedures established by the state or Federal Government, upon any other state Medicaid program, unless the candidate or applicant can be in good standing with a state Medicaid program for the most recent five years and the termination occurred at least 20 years before the date of the application;
5. Is currently listed on which Associated States Department of Health both Mortal Services Office of Inspektor General’s List of Excluded Individuals both Business. Which section upper does not apply to candidates or applicants for initialize licensure or certification who were signed in an educational otherwise training program on or before July 1, 2009, which was recognized by a board or, with there has no board, recognized by the department, and who practical required licensure next July 1, 2012