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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Subdivision 1. Requirements for a provisional license. An applicant may be issued a provisional license if the applicant:
(1) has met the requirements ofsection 148E.055, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6); subdivision 3, clauses (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6); subdivision 4, clauses (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), and (7); or subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), and (8); and
(2) complies with the requirements of subdivisions 2 to 7.
Subd. 2. License term. (a) A provisional license is valid until expiration, or until the board issues or denies a license undersection 148E.055, or until the board revokes the provisional license, whichever occurs first.
(b) A provisional license expires three years after the effective date of the license.
Subd. 3. Scope of practice. A licensee who is issued a provisional license must comply with the requirements ofsection 148E.050.
Subd. 4. Fee. A licensee who is issued a provisional license must pay the appropriate license fee specified insection 148E.180.
Subd. 5. Supervised practice requirements. A licensee who is issued a provisional license must document supervised practice as provided insection 148D.062. If a licensee issued a provisional license is granted a license undersection 148E.055, the licensee must also meet the supervised practice requirements insections 148E.100to148E.115. The supervised practice completed under a provisional license does not apply to this requirement.
Subd. 6. Evaluation by supervisor. (a) After being issued a provisional license under subdivision 1, the licensee's supervisor must submit an evaluation every six months during the first 2,000 hours of social work practice. The evaluation must meet the requirements insection 148D.063. The supervisor must meet the eligibility requirements specified insection 148D.062.
(b) After completion of 2,000 hours of supervised social work practice, the licensee's supervisor must submit a final evaluation and attest to the applicant's ability to engage in the practice of social work competently and ethically.
Subd. 7. Completion of requirements. Upon completion of the requirements for a provisional license under subdivisions 1 to 6, an applicant shall not practice social work in Minnesota except as provided insection 148E.065, unless licensed according tosection 148E.055.
Subd. 8. Disciplinary or other action. A licensee who is issued a provisional license is subject to the grounds for disciplinary action undersection 148E.190. The board may also take action according tosections 148E.260to148E.270if:
(1) the licensee's supervisor does not submit an evaluation as required bysection 148D.063;
(2) an evaluation submitted according tosection 148D.063indicates that the licensee cannot practice social work competently and ethically; or
(3) the licensee does not comply with the requirements of subdivisions 1 to 7.
Subd. 9. Repealed byLaws 2024, c. 127, art. 23, § 12, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Minnesota Statutes Health (Ch. 144-159) § 148E.0551. Provisional licenses - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mn/health-ch-144-159/mn-st-sect-148e-0551/
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