KRS 335.100: License, licensed clinical social worker -- Requirements -- Issuance.

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

who meets the following requirements:

(a) Has received a master's degree or docto ral degree in social work from an

educational institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education;

(b) Has had a minimum of two (2) years of post -master's degree experience

acceptable to the board in the use of specialty methods and measures to be

employed in clinical social work practice, the experience having been

acquired under appropriate supervision as established by the board by

promulgation of an administrative regulation;

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

promulgation of an administrative regulation;

(d) Has passed an examination approved by the board for this purpose; 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 remote practice, shall be made accessible to clients through

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

licensee to hold him self or herself forth to the public as providing services as

authorized by KRS 335.010 to 335.160 and KRS 335.990.

(3) A licensed clinical social worker may contract with a certified social worker in the

practice of clinical social work as provided in KRS 335.080(3). The licensed

clinical social worker shall assume responsibility for and supervise the certified

social worker's practice as directed by the board by promulgation of administrative

regulations.