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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 608 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1983, chapter 115; in 1986, chapters 64, 100, and 464; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1994, chapter 778<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 451<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 617<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 489<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79319,"section_number":"54.1-3600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3600\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65440,"section_number":"54.1-2400","catch_line":"General powers and duties of health regulatory boards","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57107,"identifier":"54.1-3705","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3705","url":"\/54.1-3705\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3705\/","token":"54.1\/III\/37\/1\/54.1-3705","dublin_core":{"Title":"Specific powers and duties of the Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3705","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In addition to the powers granted in \u00a7 54.1-2400<\/a>, the Board<\/span> shall have the following specific powers and duties:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To cooperate with and maintain a close liaison with other professional boards<\/span> and the community to ensure that regulatory systems stay<\/span> abreast of community and professional needs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To conduct inspections to ensure that licensees conduct their practices in a competent manner and in conformance with the relevant regulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To designate specialties within the profession. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Expired. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> To license baccalaureate social workers<\/span>, master’s social workers, and clinical social workers<\/span> to practice consistent with the requirements of the chapter and regulations of the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> To register persons proposing to obtain supervised post-degree experience in the practice of social work<\/span> required by the Board<\/span> for licensure as a clinical social worker<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> To pursue the establishment of reciprocal agreements with jurisdictions<\/span> that are contiguous with the Commonwealth for the licensure of baccalaureate social workers<\/span>, master’s social workers, and clinical social workers<\/span>. Reciprocal agreements shall require that a person hold a comparable, current, unrestricted license in the other jurisdiction<\/span> and that no grounds exist for denial based on the Code of Virginia and regulations of the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> To maintain on the Board<\/span>’s website a list of the names and contact information of persons currently approved by the Board<\/span> to supervise candidates for licensure as a clinical social worker<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> To allow supervisees pursuing licensure as a clinical social worker<\/span> to change or add a supervisor from the Board<\/span>’s list of currently approved supervisors without prior approval from the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD (\u00a7 54.1-3705)\n\nIn addition to the powers granted in \u00a7 54.1-2400, the Board shall have the\nfollowing specific powers and duties:\n\n1. To cooperate with and maintain a close liaison with other professional boards\nand the community to ensure that regulatory systems stay abreast of community\nand professional needs.\n\n2. To conduct inspections to ensure that licensees conduct their practices in a\ncompetent manner and in conformance with the relevant regulations.\n\n3. To designate specialties within the profession.\n\n4. Expired.\n\n5. To license baccalaureate social workers, master’s social workers, and\nclinical social workers to practice consistent with the requirements of the\nchapter and regulations of the Board.\n\n6. To register persons proposing to obtain supervised post-degree experience in\nthe practice of social work required by the Board for licensure as a clinical\nsocial worker.\n\n7. To pursue the establishment of reciprocal agreements with jurisdictions that\nare contiguous with the Commonwealth for the licensure of baccalaureate social\nworkers, master’s social workers, and clinical social workers. Reciprocal\nagreements shall require that a person hold a comparable, current, unrestricted\nlicense in the other jurisdiction and that no grounds exist for denial based on\nthe Code of Virginia and regulations of the Board.\n\n8. To maintain on the Board’s website a list of the names and contact\ninformation of persons currently approved by the Board to supervise candidates\nfor licensure as a clinical social worker.\n\n9. To allow supervisees pursuing licensure as a clinical social worker to change\nor add a supervisor from the Board’s list of currently approved\nsupervisors without prior approval from the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 608, \u00a7\u00a7 54-929, 54-931; 1983, c. 115; 1986, cc. 64, 100,\n464; 1988, c. 765; 1994, c. 778; 2018, c. 451; 2020, c. 617; 2023, c. 489.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}