Section 61-31-3 - Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
61-31-3. Definitions. (Repealed effective July 1, 2016.)
As used in the Social Work Practice Act [61-31-1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "advisory committee" means an evaluation advisory committee;
B. "appropriate supervision" means supervision by an independent social worker or a master social worker with two years of supervised social work practice experience or other supervision which is deemed by the board to be equivalent to supervision by a master social worker;
C. "baccalaureate social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a bachelor's degree in social work from a program accredited by the council on social work education;
D. "board" means the board of social work examiners;
E. "department" means the regulation and licensing department;
F. "executive agency" means any agency within the executive branch of government;
G. "independent social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a master's degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the council on social work education and who has had two years of postgraduate social work practice under appropriate supervision;
H. "master social worker" means a person who uses the title of social worker and has a master's degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the council on social work education; and
I. "professional code of ethics" means a code of ethics and rules adopted by the board, designed to protect the public and to regulate the professional conduct of social workers.