Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1250.1

As used in the Social Worker's Licensing Act:

1. "Approved provider of continuing education" means an

individual, group, professional association, school, institution,

organization, or agency approved by the Board to conduct educational

programs;

2. "Approved social work program" means a school of social work

or a social work educational program that has been approved by the

Board;

3. "Assessment" means the gathering of data about emotional,

behavioral, mental, environmental, biopsychosocial, and

interactional processes gathered in an effort to identify the

client's past and current level of functioning. Assessment may also

include the use of standardized psychometric testing instruments

upon successful completion of appropriate, specialized courses or

training;

4. "Board" means the State Board of Licensed Social Workers,

which shall also be known as the State Board of Social Work;

5. "Board approved clinical supervisor" means a licensed

clinical social worker who has met the qualifications determined by

the Board for supervision in a clinical setting;

6. "Board approved supervisor" means a licensed clinical social

worker (LCSW) who has met the qualifications determined by the Board

for licensure as a supervisor;

7. "Case management" means a method to plan, provide, evaluate,

and monitor services from a variety of resources on behalf of and in

collaboration with a client;

8. "Client" means the individual, couple, family, group,

organization, or community that seeks or receives social work

services;

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9. "Clinical social work practice" means the practice of social

work by a social worker including assessment and diagnosis of

behavioral disorders, treatment planning, planning intervention,

case management, information and referrals, including referrals to

an appropriate allopathic or osteopathic physician when the

diagnosis or treatment is in question or psychiatric or medical

treatment is indicated. Treatment methods include the provision of

individual, marital, couple, family and group counseling and

psychotherapy based on the education and training of the social

worker. Treatment shall not include biological or medical

treatments. The practice of clinical social work may include

private or independent practice;

10. "Clinical supervision" means an interactional professional

relationship between a supervisor and a social worker that provides

evaluation and direction over the supervisee's practice of clinical

social work and promotes continued development of the social

worker's knowledge, skills, and abilities to engage in the practice

of clinical social work in an ethical and competent manner;

11. "Consultation" means a problem solving process in which

expertise is offered to an individual, couple, family, group,

organization or community;

12. "Continuing education" means education and training which

are oriented to maintain, improve or enhance the practice of social

work;

13. "Continuing education contact hour" means a sixty-minute

clock hour of instruction, not including breaks or meals;

14. "Conviction" means conviction of a crime by a court of

competent jurisdiction including a finding or verdict of guilt,

whether or not the adjudication of guilt is withheld or not entered

on admission of guilt, a plea of nolo contendere, or a guilty plea;

15. "Counseling" means a method used by social workers to

assist individuals, couples, families and groups in learning how to

solve problems and make decisions about personal, health, social,

educational, vocational, financial, and other interpersonal

concerns;

16. "Diagnosis" means the use of assessment tools such as the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or the International

Classification of Diseases;

17. "Employment supervision" means the professional

relationship between a worksite supervisor and social worker in an
problems and make decisions about personal, health, social,

educational, vocational, financial, and other interpersonal

concerns;

16. "Diagnosis" means the use of assessment tools such as the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or the International

Classification of Diseases;

17. "Employment supervision" means the professional

relationship between a worksite supervisor and social worker in an

employment setting which provides evaluation and direction as it

pertains to job-related duties. This type of supervision shall not

be accepted towards licensure supervision requirements;

18. "Examination" means a standardized test or examination of

social work knowledge, skills and abilities which have been approved

by the Board;

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19. "Implementation and evaluation" means continuing to

evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of the treatment plan;

20. "Independent social work practice" means the practice of

nonclinical social work by a licensed social worker (LSW), licensed

clinical social worker (LCSW) or licensed social worker with

administration specialty (LSW-ADM) outside of an organized setting,

such as a social, medical, or governmental agency, after completion

of all applicable supervision requirements, in which the social

worker assumes responsibility and accountability for services

provided;

21. "Intervention" means application of techniques utilized to

implement the treatment plan appropriate to an assessment;

22. "Licensed clinical social worker" (LCSW) means a person

duly licensed to practice clinical social work under the Social

Worker's Licensing Act;

23. "Licensed masters social worker" (LMSW) means a person duly

licensed to practice social work under the Social Worker's Licensing

Act and who holds a master's degree in social work;

24. "Licensed social work associate" (LSWA) means a person duly

licensed to practice social work under the Social Worker's Licensing

Act;

25. "Licensed social worker with administration specialty"

(LSW-ADM) means a person duly licensed to practice administrative

social work under the Social Worker's Licensing Act;

26. "Licensed social worker" (LSW) means a person duly licensed

to practice social work under the Social Worker's Licensing Act;

27. "Licensee" means a person duly licensed under the Social

Worker's Licensing Act;

28. "Licensure supervisor" means a licensed social worker who

has met the qualifications determined by the Board for a licensure

supervisor;

29. "Nonclinical social work" means the practice of social work

by a social worker to include but not be limited to case management,

consultation, education, advocacy and community organization, but

excluding counseling in independent practice, psychotherapy,

treatment and diagnosis;

30. "Nonclinical supervision" means the supervision of social

work practice by a social worker to include but not be limited to

case management, consultation, education, advocacy and community

organization;

31. "Practice of social work" means the professional activity

of helping individuals, groups or communities enhance or restore

their capacity for physical, social and economic functioning and the

professional application of social work values, principles and

techniques in areas such as clinical social work, social service

administration, social planning, social work consultation and social

work research to one or more of the following ends: Helping people

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obtain tangible services; counseling with individuals, families and

groups; helping communities or groups provide or improve social and

health services; and participating in relevant social action. The

practice of social work requires knowledge of human development and

behavior; of social economic and cultural institutions and forces;

and of the interaction of all of these factors. Social work
btain tangible services; counseling with individuals, families and

groups; helping communities or groups provide or improve social and

health services; and participating in relevant social action. The

practice of social work requires knowledge of human development and

behavior; of social economic and cultural institutions and forces;

and of the interaction of all of these factors. Social work

practice includes the teaching of relevant subject matter and of

conducting research into problems of human behavior and conflict.

Except as otherwise provided in the Social Worker's Licensing Act,

reference to the "practice of social work" shall be the practice of

a person licensed under the Social Worker's Licensing Act;

32. "Private practice of clinical social work" means the

practice of social work performed by a licensed clinical social

worker (LCSW) who is wholly or in part self-employed and who assumes

responsibility for the nature and quality of the services provided

to the client in exchange for direct payment or third-party

reimbursement, rather than a salaried employee of an organization or

institution;

33. "Psychotherapy" means the use of treatment methods

utilizing a specialized, formal interaction between a clinical

social worker and an individual, couple, family, or group in which a

therapeutic relationship is established, maintained and sustained to

understand unconscious processes, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and

psychosocial dynamics, and the diagnosis and treatment of mental,

emotional, and behavioral disorders, conditions and addictions;

34. "Supervision" means the professional relationship between

an approved supervisor and a social worker that provides evaluation

and direction over the services provided by the social worker and

promotes continued development of the social worker's knowledge,

skills and abilities to provide social work services in an ethical

and competent manner; and

35. "Treatment planning" or "treatment plan" means the

organized approach of an assessment to guide the course of

behavioral health treatment based upon identified needs, problems

and issues.