25.0915.03002
Title.04000
Adopted by the Senate Human Services
Committee
Sixty-ninth
March 24, 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 or
practice to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity .
2.It is an ethical violation for a licensee to conduct engage in conversion therapy.
3.It is not an ethical violation for a licensed clinical social worker to counsel provide
counseling to 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 .
Counseling may not attempt to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender
identity .
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;
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b. Shall disclose to the individual being treated the nature of the treatment or
practices; and
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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