NAC641B.069. Interpretation of terms used in NRS 641B.030.

As used in NRS 641B.030, the Board interprets:

     1. “Administration” to mean one or more methods used by those persons with administrative responsibility to plan and achieve organizational goals that will enhance the ability of a client to function physically, socially and economically.

     2. “Case work” to mean a method to advocate, plan, provide, evaluate, coordinate and monitor services from a variety of resources on behalf of and in collaboration with a client.

     3. “Community organization” to mean a process of intervention to deal with social problems and to enhance the public safety and welfare through planned collective action.

     4. “Consultation” to mean a problem-solving process in which expertise is offered to a client or colleague to assist in learning how to solve problems and make decisions to enhance or restore the ability of a client to function physically, socially and economically. The term includes counseling and may be on a continuous, temporary or ad hoc basis.

     5. “Group work” to mean an orientation and method of social work intervention in which a small number of persons who share similar problems convene and engage in activities designed to achieve certain objectives.

     6. “Planning” to mean the process of specifying future objectives for a client, evaluating the means for achieving those objectives and making deliberate choices with or for the client about the appropriate course of action to achieve the objectives.

     7. “Research” to mean systematic procedures used in seeking facts or principles to assist clients in their ability to enhance or restore their ability to function physically, socially and economically.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Social Workers by R142-08, eff. 2-11-2009)