25.0915.02004
Title.03000
Adopted by the Human Services
Committee
Sixty-ninth
February 19, 2025
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives VanWinkle, K. Anderson, Bolinske, Christianson, Frelich, Hoverson, Kasper,
Koppelman, Louser, Heilman
Senators Paulson, Castaneda
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-41 of the North Dakota
Century Code, relating to the regulation of social workers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 43-41 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
and enacted as follows:
Ethics - Caring for individuals questioning sexuality or gender identity.
1.For purposes of this section, "conversion therapy" means any treatment with the goal
of changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of an individual. The term
includes medication, psychotherapy, electroshock therapy, and aversion therapy.
2. It is an ethical violation for a licensee to conduct conversion therapy.
3. It is not an ethical violation for a licensee to offer an individual questioning the
individual's sexuality or gender a treatment plan or counseling plan that aligns with
heterosexuality or the individual's biological sex licensed clinical social worker to
counsel an individual who is questioning their sexuality or gender and wants to align
their sexuality or gender with the individual's personal or spiritual beliefs .
2. 4. As a condition of engaging in practices or treatment under this section, a licensee:
a.Shall ensure the practice or treatment is in alignment with the individual's self-
determination;
b. Shall disclose to the individual being treated , or that individual's parent or
guardian, the nature of the treatment or practices; and
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b. c. Must have received authorization from the individual being treated, or that
individual's parent or guardian, to engage in the practices or treatments.
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