SF3691 Summary

• Removes requirements that provisional social work licensees be born in a foreign country or communicate English as a second language, focusing instead on meeting education and examination standards.

• Modifies supervision requirements by changing specific hour requirements to proportional "half" allocations and allowing electronic supervision via visual contact (while prohibiting email-only supervision).

• Reduces group supervision size limit from seven members including supervisor to six supervisees.

• Recodifies sections 148D.061, 148D.062, and 148D.063 into chapter 148E (sections 148E.0551, 148E.116, and 148E.126 respectively).

• Adds new qualification pathways in section 148E.055 for licensees completing provisional license requirements for Licensed Social Worker, Licensed Graduate Social Worker, Licensed Independent Social Worker, and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker designations.