A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the definition of social worker under the social worker certification and licensure act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 90B‑3(8) reads as rewritten:
"(8)	Social Worker. – A person with a bachelors degree or masters degree in social work who has graduated from a Council of Social Work Education accredited social work program or a person who has attained a doctorate in social work or received licensure or certification from the Board."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 90B‑4 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"(a1)	It is unlawful for any person who is not a social worker as defined in G.S. 90B‑3(8) to represent or hold himself or herself out to the public to be a social worker as defined in G.S. 90B‑3(8) or to engage in the practice of social work as defined in G.S. 90B‑3(7)."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.