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FL S0068
Bill
AI Summary
- Establishes Florida's participation in the Social Work Licensure Compact, enabling licensed social workers (at clinical, master's, and bachelor's levels) to practice across member states through a multistate license without obtaining separate licenses in each state
- Creates the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission, composed of one delegate per member state, with authority to adopt rules, maintain a shared data system of licensure and disciplinary information, assess fees, and oversee compact administration
- Requires multistate license applicants to hold an active, unencumbered home state license, submit fingerprints for criminal background checks, pass a qualifying national exam for their license category, and meet education and supervised practice requirements
- Authorizes remote states to take adverse action against a licensee's multistate authorization to practice within their borders, while only the home state may take action against the multistate license itself; adverse actions in the home state automatically deactivate multistate practice privileges in all other member states
- Takes effect upon enactment of the compact into law by seven states, and amends existing Florida statutes to exempt compact-practicing social workers from separate state licensure requirements and to integrate compact reporting into disciplinary and impaired practitioner processes
Legislative Description
Social Work Licensure Compact
Last Action
Died in Health Policy
3/8/2024
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