CHAPTER 131
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 114
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend § 3903, Title 24 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 3903. License required. [Effective June 11, 2019]
(c) Exemptions. —
(3) Licensure of social workers employed on June 11, 2018, 2019, by a state agency or private or nonprofit agency is voluntary. However, an individual who is newly employed or employed in a new position by a state agency or private or nonprofit agency on or after June 11, 2023, 2024, must be licensed under this chapter if the individual provides services as a social worker. Individuals to whom this paragraph applies and who choose to seek licensure must do so under the grandfathering provisions of § 3907B of this title.
Section 2. Amend § 3907B, Title 24 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 3907B. Qualifications of applicant; grandfathering. [Effective June 11, 2019]
(a) Grandfathering period.
(1) The Board shall issue a license to an applicant who meets all the applicable requirements under this section and has submitted a completed, signed application and the applicable fee by June 11, 2020 2021.
(2) If the applicant does not provide all of the information that the Board has requested by June 11, 2020 2021, the application for licensure is considered ineligible for grandfathering and is closed.