CHAPTER 457

1 Updated 2017 18 Wis. Stats. Published and certified under s. January 3, 2020. 1 Updated 17 18 Wis. Stats. THERAPISTS, COUNSELORS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS CHAPTER 457. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING, AND. SOCIAL WORK EXAMINING BOARD. Definitions. Professional counselor license. Applicability. Professional counselor training license. Duties and powers of examining board and sections. Temporary certificates and licenses. Psychometric testing. Reciprocal certificates and licenses. Psychotherapy rules. Examinations. Prohibited practices. Issuance of certificate; expiration and renewal. General requirements for certification or licensure. Continuing education. Social worker certificates and licenses. Professional liability insurance. Social worker training certificate. Reporting requirements. Marriage and family therapist license. Disciplinary proceedings and actions. Marriage and family therapist training license.

2 Injunctive relief. Cross reference: See definitions in s. (7) Professional counselor means an individual who holds Cross reference: See also MPSW, Wis. adm. code. a license to practice professional counseling granted by the pro- fessional counselor section. Definitions. In this CHAPTER : (8) Professional counselor section means the professional (1c) Advanced practice social worker means an individual counselor section of the examining board. who holds an advanced practice social worker certificate granted (8e) Psychiatrist means a physician licensed under subch. by the social worker section. II of ch. 448 who specializes in psychiatry. (1g) Certificate holder means an individual who is certified (8m) Psychotherapy means the diagnosis and treatment of under this CHAPTER . mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders, conditions, or addic- (1n) Clinical social work means providing services without tions through the application of methods derived from established supervision for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental psychological or systemic principles for the purpose of assisting and emotional disorders in individuals, families, and groups, to people in modifying their behaviors, cognitions, emotions, and restore, maintain, and enhance social functioning through treat- other personal characteristics, which may include the purpose of ment interventions that include psychosocial evaluation, counsel- understanding unconscious processes or intrapersonal, inter- ing of individuals, families, or groups, referral to community personal, or psychosocial dynamics.

3 Resources, advocacy, facilitation of organizational change to meet (9) Social work means applying psychosocial or counseling social needs, and individual, marital, or group psychotherapy. principles, methods, or procedures in the assessment, evaluation, (1r) Clinical social worker means an individual who holds or psychosocial diagnosis, prevention, treatment, or resolution of a license to practice clinical social work granted by the social a difficulty in the social, psychological, personal, emotional, or worker section. mental functioning of an individual, couple, family, group of indi- (1w) Credential means a license or certificate granted under viduals, or community, including the enhancement or restoration this CHAPTER . of, or the creation of societal conditions favorable to the enhance- (2) Examining board means the marriage and family ther- ment or restoration of, the capacity of an individual, couple, fam- apy, professional counseling, and social work examining board.

4 Ily, group of individuals, or community for social functioning or (2g) Independent social worker means an individual who the delivery of services to a group of individuals or a community holds an independent social worker certificate granted by the to assist the group or community in providing or improving the social worker section. provision of social or health services to others. (10) Social worker means an individual who holds a social (2r) Licensee means a person who is licensed under this worker certificate granted by the social worker section. CHAPTER . (11) Social worker section means the social worker section (3) Marriage and family therapist means an individual who of the examining board. holds a license to practice marriage and family therapy granted by History: 1991 a. 160; 2001 a. 80. the marriage and family therapist section. (4) Marriage and family therapist section means the mar- Applicability.

5 This CHAPTER does not do any of the fol- riage and family therapist section of the examining board. lowing: (5) Marriage and family therapy means applying psycho- (1) Require any individual to be certified or licensed under therapeutic and marital or family systems theories and techniques this CHAPTER in order to use the title pastoral counselor, invest- in the assessment, marital or family diagnosis, prevention, treat- ment counselor, vocational counselor, career counselor, . ment or resolution of a cognitive, affective, behavioral, nervous alcohol and drug counselor, chemical dependency counselor, . or mental disorder of an individual, couple or family. or employee assistance counselor, or to engage in such counsel- (6) Professional counseling means applying a combination ing, if the individual does not use any other title or designation that of human development, rehabilitation and either psychosocial or represents or may tend to represent that he or she is certified or psychotherapeutic principles, procedures or services that inte- licensed under this CHAPTER , and does not represent himself or her- grate a wellness, pathology and multicultural model of human self as an individual who engages in social work, advanced prac- behavior in order to assist an individual, couple, family, group of tice social work, independent social work, clinical social work, individuals, organization, institution or community to achieve marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling.

6 Mental, emotional, physical, social, moral, educational, spiritual, (2) Require any individual who is licensed as a school social vocational or career development and adjustment through the life worker or school counselor by the department of public instruc- span of the individual, couple, family, group of individuals, orga- tion to be certified or licensed under this CHAPTER in order to use the nization, institution or community. title school social worker or school counselor.. 2017 18 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2019 Wis. Act 69 and through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on January 3, 2020. Published and certified under s. Changes effective after Janu- ary 3, 2020, are designated by NOTES. (Published 1 3 20). Updated 2017 18 Wis. Stats. Published and certified under s. January 3, 2020. THERAPISTS, COUNSELORS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS Updated 17 18 Wis.

7 Stats. 2. (3) Require a person who is licensed as a psychologist under (1m) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage ch. 455 or who is a psychiatrist to be licensed under this CHAPTER and family therapist section, and professional counselor section, in order to use the title marriage and family therapist, marriage and consistent with s. , promulgate rules establishing and family counselor, or professional counselor if the psychol- examination requirements for certification and licensure under ogist or psychiatrist does not use the term licensed, certified, this CHAPTER . or registered or any similar term in connection with the title (2) Upon the advice of the social worker section, marriage and marriage and family therapist, marriage and family coun- family therapist section, and professional counselor section, pro- selor, or professional counselor. mulgate rules establishing a code of ethics to govern the profes- (4) Authorize any individual who is certified or licensed under sional conduct of certificate holders and licensees.

8 The rules shall this CHAPTER to use the title school social worker or school coun- specify the services included within the practice of social work, selor unless the individual is licensed as a school social worker advanced practice social work, or independent social work that an or school counselor by the department of public instruction. individual who is certified under this CHAPTER as a social worker, (5) Authorize any individual who is certified under s. advanced practice social worker, or independent social worker (1), (2), or (3), (1), or (1) (a) to (c) to use the title may perform and the degree of supervision, if any, required to per- alcohol and drug counselor or chemical dependency coun- form those services. selor unless the individual is certified as an alcohol and drug (3) Upon the advice of the social worker section, promulgate counselor or as a chemical dependency counselor through a rules establishing levels of social work practice for individuals process recognized by the department.

9 With master's or doctoral degrees in social work, in addition to the (5m) Authorize any individual who is certified under s. levels of practice for which certificates are granted under s. (1), (2), or (3), (1), or (1) (a) to (c) to treat (2) and (3), and establishing appropriate educational, training, substance use disorder as a specialty unless the individual is a cer- experience, examination, and continuing education requirements tified substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor, or preven- for certification and renewal of a certificate at each level of prac- tion specialist under s. , or unless the individual satisfies tice established in rules promulgated under this subsection. History: 1991 a. 160; 2001 a. 80; 2005 a. 422; 2017 a. 357. educational and supervised training requirements established in Cross reference: See also chs. MPSW 1, 3, 6, and 20, Wis. adm. code. rules promulgated by the examining board.

10 In promulgating rules under this subsection, the examining board shall consider the Psychometric testing. The marriage and family requirements for qualifying as a certified substance abuse coun- therapy, professional counseling, and social work examining selor, clinical supervisor, or prevention specialist under s. board and the psychology examining board shall jointly promul- NOTE: Sub. (5m) is shown as affected by 2017 Wis. Acts 262 and 331 and as gate rules that specify the different levels of psychometric testing merged by the legislative reference bureau under s. (2) (i). that an individual who is certified or licensed under this CHAPTER (6) Require a credential for a person to do any of the follow- is qualified to perform. Such rules shall be consistent with the ing: guidelines of the American Psychological Association, or other (a) Lawfully practice within the scope of a license, permit, reg- nationally recognized guidelines, for performing psychometric istration, or certificate granted by this state or the federal govern- testing.