Section 61-31-12 - Licensure without written examination. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
61-31-12. Licensure without written examination. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
A. An applicant for licensure under Section 61-31-9 NMSA 1978 may be licensed without written examination if the applicant:
(1) meets all other requirements for licensure as a baccalaureate social worker, independent social worker or master social worker and files his application within one year of the effective date of the Social Work Practice Act [61-31-1 NMSA 1978];
(2) has a bachelor's degree in a field other than social work, has been employed for one year immediately preceding the effective date of the Social Work Practice Act in a private agency or public agency other than an executive agency in a position as described in any of the areas of specialization pursuant to Subsection B of Section 61-31-6 NMSA 1978 under the title of social worker or other title under which he is deemed by the board to be practicing social work and has filed his application within one year of the effective date of the Social Work Practice Act; or
(3) has a bachelor's degree or higher in a field other than social work, has been employed in an executive agency under the title of social worker or other title under which he is deemed by the board to be practicing social work and has filed his application within three years of the effective date of the Social Work Practice Act.
B. An applicant for licensure under Section 61-31-9 NMSA 1978 who has a master's or doctoral degree in a closely related field other than social work may be licensed as a master social worker if he has been employed for one year immediately preceding the effective date of the Social Work Practice Act in a private agency or public agency other than an executive agency in a position as described in any of the areas of specialization pursuant to Subsection B of Section 61-31-6 NMSA 1978, under the title of social worker or other title under which he is deemed by the board to be practicing social work, has filed his application within one year of the effective date of that act and passes a written examination as prescribed by the board in accordance with Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of Section 61-31-9 NMSA 1978.