NAC641B.126. Licensure by endorsement.

     1. An applicant for licensure as a social worker who holds, in another state, at least an equivalent license that is in good standing to engage in the practice of social work as described in this chapter and chapter 641B of NRS may be licensed by endorsement by the Board to engage in the practice of social work in this State by the Board without taking the examination prescribed by the Board if:

     (a) The applicant provides evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has successfully passed the appropriate licensing examination described in subsection 2 of NAC 641B.105 within the immediately preceding 15 years; or

     (b) The applicant:

          (1) Has successfully passed the appropriate licensing examination described in subsection 2 of NAC 641B.105 or a substantially equivalent examination in the state in which the applicant holds a license; and

          (2) Provides evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant has held the license for at least 20 years and that at least 50 percent of the practice of the applicant for the immediately preceding 10 years has been in the practice of social work.

     2. An applicant for licensure as a clinical social worker or an independent social worker who holds, in another state, at least an equivalent license that is in good standing to engage in the practice of social work as described in this chapter and chapter 641B of NRS may be licensed by endorsement by the Board if the applicant provides evidence satisfactory to the Board that the applicant completed, before July 1, 1990, at least 3,000 hours of postgraduate social work supervised by a licensed mental health practitioner.

     3. An applicant for licensure by endorsement must submit to the Board:

     (a) A written application on a form prescribed by the Board;

     (b) The applicable fee;

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, proof that the license issued by the other state or any other license or credential issued to the applicant by another state:

          (1) Is currently valid and in good standing; and

          (2) Has never been suspended, revoked or otherwise restricted for any reason; and

     (d) Proof that the applicant is of good moral character as it relates to the practice of social work.

     4. If an applicant has had a license or credential that was issued by another state suspended, revoked or otherwise restricted for any reason, the Board will review and consider the specific facts and circumstances surrounding the suspension, revocation or restriction and may issue or decline to issue a license to an applicant based upon its review.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Exam’rs for Social Workers by R113-98, eff. 1-13-99; A by R079-02, 1-9-2003; R122-06, 7-14-2006; R142-08, 2-11-2009)