KRS 335.080: License, certified social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance.

(1) The board shall issue a license as "certified social worker" to an applicant who

meets the following requirements:

(a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age;

(b) Has receive d a master's degree or doctorate degree in social work from an

educational institution approved by the board;

(c) Has paid to the board an examination fee established by the board by

promulgation of an administrative regulation;

(d) Has passed an examination approved by the board; and

(e) Has paid an initial license fee established by the board by promulgation of an

administrative regulation.

(2) The license shall be displayed in the licensee's principal place of practice and, in the

case of virtual or remo te practice, shall be made accessible to clients through

electronic means or other appropriate forms of notification, and shall entitle the

licensee to hold himself or herself forth to the public as providing services as

authorized by KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and 335.990.

(3) A certified social worker may engage in the practice of clinical social work by

contracting, in writing, with a licensed clinical social worker who shall assume

responsibility for and supervise the certified social worker's practice as d irected by

the board by promulgation of administrative regulations. The certified social worker

shall, for purposes of this section, be an employee of an institution or organization

in which the certified social worker has no direct or indirect interest ot her than

employment. A certified social worker shall not enter into a practice of clinical

social work until this contract has been approved by the board, and shall cease the

practice of clinical social work immediately upon the termination of the contract. At

the termination of the contract, the certified social worker shall apply for licensure

as a licensed clinical social worker or request an extension of the contract from the

board.