Examinations for certification or licensure by the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board to promulgate rules establishing examination requirements for certification and licensure by the board. Under current law, the board's examinations for certification and licensure must generally test an applicant's minimum competency in subjects substantially related to the practice of social work, advanced practice social work, independent social work, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling, as appropriate. The bill specifies that the board's examinations for certification and licensure may include an examination that tests an applicant's knowledge of state law relating to the relevant practice.

The bill is introduced as required by s. 227.19 (5) (g), stats., in support of the objection of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules to promulgation by the board of a portion of clearinghouse rule number 15-082. The relevant portion of the proposed rule provides for the elimination of the requirement that certain applicants for certification or licensure by the board pass an examination that tests an applicant's knowledge of state law relating to the practice for which the applicant is seeking certification or licensure.

Who's behind it

The official record doesn't name its authors.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DSPS
• Fiscal Estimate From DSPS (Updated)