Sec. 505.302. REGULATION OF SPECIALTY AREAS  


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  • (a) In establishing a specialty area of social work, the board shall:

    (1) define the scope of the specialty;

    (2) establish qualifications for specialty area practitioners that describe, in accordance with Subdivision (1), the scope of the specialty area;

    (3) adopt rules of conduct to ensure strict compliance with and enforcement of this chapter; and

    (4) adopt rules for the suspension or revocation of an order of recognition of specialty.

    (b) A person who is not recognized as satisfying the qualifications for a specialty area may not practice in the specialty area.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.