N.Y. Education Law § 7707: Special provisions

§ 7707. Special provisions. 1. Any person who is licensed as a

certified social worker on the effective date of this article shall be

licensed as a licensed master social worker without meeting any

additional requirements.

2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work degree on the

effective date of this section, who has five years of post-graduate

social work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant

to this article, except for examination, and who files with the

department within one year of the effective date of this section shall

be licensed as a licensed master social worker.

3. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on the

effective date of this section and who has been authorized pursuant to

section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or section four thousand

three hundred three of the insurance law shall be licensed as a licensed

clinical social worker without meeting any additional requirements.

4. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on the

effective date of this section, but who has not received authorization

pursuant to section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or four

thousand three hundred three of the insurance law, who files with the

department within one year of the effective date of this section an

application pursuant to subdivision two of section seventy-seven hundred

four of this article, who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the

department that they meet the experience requirements for authorization

pursuant to section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or four

thousand three hundred three of the insurance law, shall be licensed as

a licensed clinical social worker without meeting any further

requirements.

5. Licensed master social workers and licensed clinical social workers

may use accepted classifications of signs, symptoms, dysfunctions and

disorders, including, but not limited to, classifications used in the

practice setting for the purpose of providing mental health services.