Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
OCCUPATIONS CODE |
Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
Subtitle I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING |
Chapter 505. SOCIAL WORKERS |
Subchapter F. SPECIALTY AREAS OF SOCIAL WORK |
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.