LD2074

Maine LD2074 updates social worker licensure requirements, including consultation hours, experience, and education.

Maine LD2074 updates the requirements for social worker licensure by modifying consultation hours, experience, and education. The bill defines conditional licensure categories, identifies qualifying degrees for licensure, and streamlines qualifications for licensure. It removes barriers to entering or re-entering the social work profession by clarifying consultant eligibility and removing the 2-tiered system for eligibility for Department of Health and Human Services employees. The bill also requires evidence of completing continuing professional education for license renewal.