                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD (§ 54.1-3705)

In addition to the powers granted in § 54.1-2400, the Board shall have the
following specific powers and duties:

1. To cooperate with and maintain a close liaison with other professional boards
and the community to ensure that regulatory systems stay abreast of community
and professional needs.

2. To conduct inspections to ensure that licensees conduct their practices in a
competent manner and in conformance with the relevant regulations.

3. To designate specialties within the profession.

4. Expired.

5. To license baccalaureate social workers, master&#8217;s social workers, and
clinical social workers to practice consistent with the requirements of the
chapter and regulations of the Board.

6. To register persons proposing to obtain supervised post-degree experience in
the practice of social work required by the Board for licensure as a clinical
social worker.

7. To pursue the establishment of reciprocal agreements with jurisdictions that
are contiguous with the Commonwealth for the licensure of baccalaureate social
workers, master&#8217;s social workers, and clinical social workers. Reciprocal
agreements shall require that a person hold a comparable, current, unrestricted
license in the other jurisdiction and that no grounds exist for denial based on
the Code of Virginia and regulations of the Board.

8. To maintain on the Board&#8217;s website a list of the names and contact
information of persons currently approved by the Board to supervise candidates
for licensure as a clinical social worker.

9. To allow supervisees pursuing licensure as a clinical social worker to change
or add a supervisor from the Board&#8217;s list of currently approved
supervisors without prior approval from the Board.

HISTORY: 1976, c. 608, §§ 54-929, 54-931; 1983, c. 115; 1986, cc. 64, 100,
464; 1988, c. 765; 1994, c. 778; 2018, c. 451; 2020, c. 617; 2023, c. 489.