{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-25-23.6-1-6","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 25-23.6-1-6","heading":"\"Practice of clinical social work\"","body":"Sec. 6. \"Practice of clinical social work\" means professional services that are designed to help individuals, marriages, couples, families, groups, and communities to enhance or restore their capacity for functioning by:\n(1) assisting in the obtaining or improving of tangible social and health services;\n(2) providing a mental health diagnosis;\n(3) using appraisal instruments as an aid in treatment planning that the clinical social worker is qualified to employ by virtue of the counselor's education, training, and experience; and\n(4) counseling and psychotherapeutic techniques, casework social work advocacy, and treatment in a variety of settings that include mental and physical health facilities, child and family service agencies, or private practice.","path":["TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","ARTICLE 23.6. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONALS","Chapter 1. Definitions"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_25.html#25-23.6-1-6","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-06T20:43:28Z","sha256":"39330d910203c4cf88b410cce9a0fe3eedf8bca475f6049118be76c679a34f0f","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-25-23.6-1-5.9","next":"us-in/ic-25-23.6-1-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}