Texas
OCCUPATIONS CODE TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS, SUBTITLE I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING, CHAPTER 505. SOCIAL WORKERS, SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS, Sec. 505.0025. PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK.
b) “The practice of social work may include the provision of individual, conjoint, family, and group psychotherapy using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the International Classification of Diseases, and other diagnostic classification systems in assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and other activities by a person licensed under this chapter.”
TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS, PART 34TEXAS STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKER EXAMINERS, CHAPTER 781 SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE, SUBCHAPTER B RULES OF PRACTICE, RULE §781.302 The Practice of Social Work, (f) Practice of Clinical Social Work
“The practice of clinical social work requires applying specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, conditions and addictions, including severe mental illness and serious emotional disturbances in adults, adolescents, and children… Clinical treatment methods may include but are not limited to providing individual, marital, couple, family, and group therapy, mediation, counseling, supportive counseling, direct practice, and psychotherapy. Clinical social workers are qualified and authorized to use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Codes, and other diagnostic classification systems in assessment, diagnosis, treatment and other practice activities…”
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