Delaware § 3906 - Board of Social Work Examiners — Powers and duties.

§ 3906. Board of Social Work Examiners — Powers and duties.

(a) The Board may do all of the following:

(1) Formulate rules and regulations, with appropriate notice to those affected. Rules and regulations must be promulgated in accordance with the procedures specified in the Administrative Procedures Act of this State (Chapter 101 of Title 29). Each rule or regulation must implement or clarify a specific section of this chapter.

(2) Designate the application form to be used by all applicants and process all applications. An application form may not require a picture of the applicant; information relating to the applicant’s citizenship, place of birth, or length of state residency; or personal references.

(3) Designate, under § 3908(a) of this title, a written national examination, prepared by either a national professional association or recognized legitimate national testing service, approved by the Division, and administered to applicants. The examination must be prepared for testing on a national basis, and not specifically prepared at the Board’s request for its individual use.

(4) [Repealed.]

(5) Evaluate certified records to determine whether an applicant who has been previously licensed, certified, or registered in another jurisdiction to practice social work has engaged in any act or offense that would be grounds for disciplinary action under this chapter and whether there are disciplinary proceedings or unresolved complaints pending against the applicant for such acts or offenses.

(6) Grant licenses to all applicants who meet the qualifications for licensure or renewal of licenses.

(7) Establish by rule and regulation continuing education standards required for license renewal.

(8) Refer all complaints from licensees and the public concerning licensees, or concerning practices of the Board or of the profession, to the Division for investigation under § 8735(h) of Title 29 and assign a Board member to assist the Division in an advisory capacity with the investigation of the technical aspects of the complaint. A Board member who is assigned to assist the Division under this paragraph may not participate in deliberations on the complaint.

(9) [Repealed.]

(10) Conduct hearings and issue orders in accordance with procedures established under this chapter, Chapter 101 of Title 29, and § 8735 of Title 29.

(11) If the Board determines after a disciplinary hearing that penalties or sanctions should be imposed, designate and impose the appropriate sanction or penalty.

(12) Bring proceedings in the courts for the enforcement of this chapter.

(13) Perform random post-renewal audits of continuing education credits submitted by licensees for license renewal.

(14) Request a copy of supervisory logs from an applicant who has applied for license under this chapter, as established in the rules and regulations.

(b) The Board shall promulgate regulations specifically identifying crimes which are substantially related to social work.

63 Del. Laws, c. 462, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 143, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 262, §  89;  81 Del. Laws, c. 263, § 7;