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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7292
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING SO CIAL WORKER TITLE PROTECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2020) (a) No person shall (1) 1
use the title "social worker" or any initials associated with such title, or 2
(2) advertise services described as clinical social work, as defined in 3
section 20-195m of the general statutes, unless such person has (A) 4
attained a baccalaureate or master's degree in social work from a 5
program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or (B) 6
attained a doctoral degree in social work. 7
(b) The Commissioner of Public Health or his or her duly authorized 8
representative shall notify any person who is violating the provisions 9
of subsection (a) of this section to cease using the title of social worker 10
or any initials associated with such title, or to cease advertising 11
services described as clinical social work. Such notice shall also be sent 12
to the employer of such person, if applicable. 13
(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent any person employed by the 14
state of Connecticut prior to July 1, 2019, with a title in the social work 15
series of the classified service from using a title in such series to 16
describe or perform his or her duties in the course of his or her 17
employment with the state of Connecticut. The state of Connecticut 18
may employ social work trainees and social workers who do not hold 19 Substitute Bill No. 7292
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a social work degree at the time of hire and such employees may use 20
the title social worker trainee or social worker if such hires attain a 21
master's degree in social work from a program accredited by the 22
Council on Social Work Education or a doctoral degree in social work 23
not later than five years after their date of employment with the state 24
of Connecticut. 25
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2020 New section
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