Texas § OC.505.0025 - PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK
Full text of Texas The Texas Constitution § OC.505.0025 — PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ OC.505.0025. PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK
PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK. (a) The practice of social work is the application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, ethics, and the professional use of self to restore or enhance social, psychosocial, or biopsychosocial functioning of individuals, couples, families, groups, organizations, or communities. (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. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 892, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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Section OC.505.0025 ("PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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