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Wis. Stat. § 457.03

Duties and powers of examining board and sections

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tony Evers v. Howard Marklein (2024)

Most recently applied in Tony Evers v. Howard Marklein (July 2024)

1991 a. 160; 2001 a. 80; 2005 a. 422; 2017 a. 357; 2023 a. 55; 2025 a. 232.

The examining board shall do all of the following:

(1) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family therapist section, and professional counselor section, promulgate rules establishing minimum standards for educational programs that must be completed for certification or licensure under this subchapter and for supervised clinical training that must be completed for licensure as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or professional counselor under this subchapter and approve educational programs and supervised clinical training programs in accordance with those standards.

(1m) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family therapist section, and professional counselor section, and consistent with s. 457.16, promulgate rules establishing examination requirements for certification and licensure under this subchapter.

(2) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and family therapist section, and professional counselor section, promulgate rules establishing a code of ethics to govern the professional conduct of credential holders and individuals exercising a multistate authorization to practice. The rules shall specify the services included within the practice of social work, advanced practice social work, or independent social work that a social worker, advanced practice social worker, or independent social worker may perform and the degree of supervision, if any, required to perform those services.

(3) Upon the advice of the social worker section, promulgate rules establishing levels of social work practice for individuals with master’s or doctoral degrees in social work, in addition to THERAPISTS, COUNSELORS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS 457.083 the levels of practice for which certificates are granted under s. 457.08 (2) and (3), and establishing appropriate educational, training, experience, examination, and continuing education requirements for certification and renewal of a certificate at each level of practice established in rules promulgated under this subsection.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.