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SB391,28,1
12. Require applicants for licensure to graduate from a program that is:
SB391,28,22 a. Operated by a college or university recognized by the licensing authority;
SB391,28,63 b. Accredited, or in candidacy by an institution that subsequently becomes
4accredited, by an accrediting agency recognized by either the Council for Higher
5Education Accreditation, or its successor; or the United States department of
6education; and
SB391,28,77 c. Corresponds to the licensure sought as outlined in sub. (4).
SB391,28,98 3. Require applicants for clinical licensure to complete a period of supervised
9practice.
SB391,28,1110 4. Have a mechanism in place for receiving, investigating, and adjudicating
11complaints about licensees.
SB391,28,1212 (b) To maintain membership in the compact a member state shall:
SB391,28,1513 1. Require that applicants for a multistate license pass a qualifying national
14exam for the corresponding category of multistate license sought as outlined in sub.
15(4).
SB391,28,1716 2. Participate fully in the commission's data system, including using the
17commission's unique identifier as defined in rules;
SB391,28,2018 3. Notify the commission, in compliance with the terms of the compact and
19rules, of any adverse action or the availability of current significant investigative
20information regarding a licensee;
SB391,29,221 4. Implement procedures for considering the criminal history records of
22applicants for a multistate license. Such procedures shall include the submission of
23fingerprints or other biometric-based information by applicants for the purpose of
24obtaining an applicant's criminal history record information from the federal bureau

1of investigation and the agency responsible for retaining that state's criminal
2records.
SB391,29,33 5. Comply with the rules of the commission;
SB391,29,64 6. Require an applicant to obtain or retain a license in the home state and meet
5the home state's qualifications for licensure or renewal of licensure, as well as all
6other applicable home state laws;
SB391,29,97 7. Authorize a licensee holding a multistate license in any member state to
8practice in accordance with the terms of the compact and rules of the commission;
9and
SB391,29,1010 8. Designate a delegate to participate in the commission meetings.
SB391,29,1711 (c) A member state meeting the requirements of pars. (a) and (b) shall designate
12the categories of social work licensure that are eligible for issuance of a multistate
13license for applicants in such member state. To the extent that any member state
14does not meet the requirements for participation in the compact at any particular
15category of social work licensure, such member state may choose, but is not obligated
16to, issue a multistate license to applicants that otherwise meet the requirements of
17sub. (4) for issuance of a multistate license in such category or categories of licensure.
SB391,29,1818 (d) The home state may charge a fee for granting the multistate license.
SB391,29,21 19(4) Social worker participation in the compact. (a) To be eligible for a
20multistate license under the terms and provisions of the compact, an applicant,
21regardless of category must:
SB391,29,2222 1. Hold or be eligible for an active, unencumbered license in the home state;
SB391,29,2323 2. Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the multistate license;
SB391,30,224 3. Submit, in connection with an application for a multistate license,
25fingerprints or other biometric data for the purpose of obtaining criminal history

1record information from the federal bureau of investigation and the agency
2responsible for retaining that state's criminal records.
SB391,30,53 4. Notify the home state of any adverse action, encumbrance, or restriction on
4any professional license taken by any member state or nonmember state within 30
5days from the date the action is taken.
SB391,30,76 5. Meet any continuing competence requirements established by the home
7state;
SB391,30,98 6. Abide by the laws, regulations, and applicable standards in the member state
9where the client is located at the time care is rendered.
SB391,30,1110 (b) An applicant for a clinical-category multistate license must meet all of the
11following requirements:
SB391,30,1212 2. Fulfill a competency requirement, which shall be satisfied by either:
SB391,30,1313 a. Passage of a clinical-category qualifying national exam; or
SB391,30,1714 b. Licensure of the applicant in their home state at the clinical category,
15beginning prior to such time as a qualifying national exam was required by the home
16state and accompanied by a period of continuous social work licensure thereafter, all
17of which may be further governed by the rules of the commission; or
SB391,30,1918 c. The substantial equivalency of the foregoing competency requirements
19which the commission may determine by rule.
SB391,30,2020 3. Attain at least a master's degree in social work from a program that is:
SB391,30,2121 a. Operated by a college or university recognized by the licensing authority; and
SB391,30,2422 b. Accredited, or in candidacy that subsequently becomes accredited, by an
23accrediting agency recognized by either the Council for Higher Education
24Accreditation or its successor; or the United States department of education.
SB391,31,2
14. Fulfill a practice requirement, which shall be satisfied by demonstrating
2completion of either:
SB391,31,43 a. A period of postgraduate supervised clinical practice equal to a minimum of
4three thousand hours; or
SB391,31,65 b. A minimum of two years of full-time postgraduate supervised clinical
6practice; or
SB391,31,87 c. The substantial equivalency of the foregoing practice requirements which
8the commission may determine by rule.
SB391,31,109 (c) An applicant for a master's-category multistate license must meet all of the
10following requirements:
SB391,31,1111 1. Fulfill a competency requirement, which shall be satisfied by either:
SB391,31,1212 a. Passage of a masters-category qualifying national exam;
SB391,31,1713 b. Licensure of the applicant in their home state at the master's category,
14beginning prior to such time as a qualifying national exam was required by the home
15state at the master's category and accompanied by a continuous period of social work
16licensure thereafter, all of which may be further governed by the rules of the
17commission; or
SB391,31,1918 c. The substantial equivalency of the foregoing competency requirements
19which the commission may determine by rule.
SB391,31,2020 2. Attain at least a master's degree in social work from a program that is:
SB391,31,2121 a. Operated by a college or university recognized by the licensing authority; and
SB391,31,2422 b. Accredited, or in candidacy that subsequently becomes accredited, by an
23accrediting agency recognized by either the Council for Higher Education
24Accreditation or its successor; or the United States department of education.
SB391,32,2
1(d) An applicant for a bachelor's-category multistate license must meet all of
2the following requirements:
SB391,32,33 1. Fulfill a competency requirement, which shall be satisfied by either:
SB391,32,44 a. Passage of a bachelor's-category qualifying national exam;
SB391,32,85 b. Licensure of the applicant in their home state at the bachelor's category,
6beginning prior to such time as a qualifying national exam was required by the home
7state and accompanied by a period of continuous social work licensure thereafter, all
8of which may be further governed by the rules of the commission; or
SB391,32,109 c. The substantial equivalency of the foregoing competency requirements
10which the commission may determine by rule.
SB391,32,1111 2. Attain at least a bachelor's degree in social work from a program that is:
SB391,32,1212 a. Operated by a college or university recognized by the licensing authority; and
SB391,32,1513 b. Accredited, or in candidacy that subsequently becomes accredited, by an
14accrediting agency recognized by either the Council for Higher Education
15Accreditation or its successor; or the United States department of education.
SB391,32,1916 (e) The multistate license for a regulated social worker is subject to the renewal
17requirements of the home state. The regulated social worker must maintain
18compliance with the requirements of par. (a) to be eligible to renew a multistate
19license.
SB391,32,2520 (f) The regulated social worker's services in a remote state are subject to that
21member state's regulatory authority. A remote state may, in accordance with due
22process and that member state's laws, remove a regulated social worker's multistate
23authorization to practice in the remote state for a specific period of time, impose
24fines, and take any other necessary actions to protect the health and safety of its
25citizens.
SB391,33,3
1(g) If a multistate license is encumbered, the regulated social worker's
2multistate authorization to practice shall be deactivated in all remote states until the
3multistate license is no longer encumbered.
SB391,33,74 (h) If a multistate authorization to practice is encumbered in a remote state,
5the regulated social worker's multistate authorization to practice may be
6deactivated in that state until the multistate authorization to practice is no longer
7encumbered.
SB391,33,10 8(5) Issuance of a multistate license. (a) Upon receipt of an application for
9multistate license, the home state licensing authority shall determine the applicant's
10eligibility for a multistate license in accordance with sub. (4).
SB391,33,1411 (b) If such applicant is eligible pursuant to sub. (4), the home state licensing
12authority shall issue a multistate license that authorizes the applicant or regulated
13social worker to practice in all member states under a multistate authorization to
14practice.
SB391,33,1715 (c) Upon issuance of a multistate license, the home state licensing authority
16shall designate whether the regulated social worker holds a multistate license in the
17bachelor's, master's, or clinical category of social work.
SB391,33,2118 (d) A multistate license issued by a home state to a resident in that state shall
19be recognized by all compact member states as authorizing social work practice
20under a multistate authorization to practice corresponding to each category of
21licensure regulated in each member state.
SB391,34,2 22(6) Authority of interstate compact commission and member state licensing
23authorities.
(a) Nothing in this compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be
24construed to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a member state to enact
25and enforce laws, regulations, or other rules related to the practice of social work in

1that state, where those laws, regulations, or other rules are not inconsistent with the
2provisions of this compact.
SB391,34,43 (b) Nothing in this compact shall affect the requirements established by a
4member state for the issuance of a single state license.
SB391,34,75 (c) Nothing in this compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be construed
6to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a member state to take adverse
7action against a licensee's single state license to practice social work in that state.
SB391,34,108 (d) Nothing in this compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be construed
9to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a remote state to take adverse
10action against a licensee's multistate authorization to practice in that state.
SB391,34,1411 (e) Nothing in this compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be construed
12to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a licensee's home state to take
13adverse action against a licensee's multistate license based upon information
14provided by a remote state.
SB391,34,17 15(7) Reissuance of a multistate license by a new home state. (a) A licensee can
16hold a multistate license, issued by their home state, in only one member state at any
17given time.
SB391,34,1918 (b) If a licensee changes their home state by moving between two member
19states:
SB391,34,2220 1. The licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of their multistate
21license in their new home state. The licensee shall pay all applicable fees and notify
22the prior home state in accordance with the rules of the commission.
SB391,35,223 2. Upon receipt of an application to reissue a multistate license, the new home
24state shall verify that the multistate license is active, unencumbered and eligible for
25reissuance under the terms of the compact and the rules of the commission. The

1multistate license issued by the prior home state will be deactivated and all member
2states notified in accordance with the applicable rules adopted by the commission.
SB391,35,83 3. Prior to the reissuance of the multistate license, the new home state shall
4conduct procedures for considering the criminal history records of the licensee. Such
5procedures shall include the submission of fingerprints or other biometric-based
6information by applicants for the purpose of obtaining an applicant's criminal
7history record information from the federal bureau of investigation and the agency
8responsible for retaining that state's criminal records.
SB391,35,109 4. If required for initial licensure, the new home state may require completion
10of jurisprudence requirements in the new home state.
SB391,35,1411 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this compact, if a licensee does not
12meet the requirements set forth in this compact for the reissuance of a multistate
13license by the new home state, then the licensee shall be subject to the new home
14state requirements for the issuance of a single state license in that state.
SB391,35,1815 (c) If a licensee changes their primary state of residence by moving from a
16member state to a nonmember state, or from a nonmember state to a member state,
17then the licensee shall be subject to the state requirements for the issuance of a single
18state license in the new home state.
SB391,35,2119 (d) Nothing in this compact shall interfere with a licensee's ability to hold a
20single state license in multiple states; however, for the purposes of this compact, a
21licensee shall have only one home state, and only one multistate license.
SB391,35,2322 (e) Nothing in this compact shall interfere with the requirements established
23by a member state for the issuance of a single state license.
SB391,36,2 24(8) Military families. An active military member or their spouse shall
25designate a home state where the individual has a multistate license. The individual

1may retain their home state designation during the period the service member is on
2active duty.
SB391,36,5 3(9) Adverse actions. (a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law,
4a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process
5law, to:
SB391,36,166 1. Take adverse action against a regulated social worker's multistate
7authorization to practice only within that member state, and issue subpoenas for
8both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of
9witnesses as well as the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a licensing
10authority in a member state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the
11production of evidence from another member state shall be enforced in the latter
12state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and procedure
13of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it. The
14issuing licensing authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and
15other fees required by the service statutes of the state in which the witnesses or
16evidence are located.
SB391,36,1817 2. Only the home state shall have the power to take adverse action against a
18regulated social worker's multistate license.
SB391,36,2219 (b) For purposes of taking adverse action, the home state shall give the same
20priority and effect to reported conduct received from a member state as it would if
21the conduct had occurred within the home state. In so doing, the home state shall
22apply its own state laws to determine appropriate action.
SB391,37,323 (c) The home state shall complete any pending investigations of a regulated
24social worker who changes their home state during the course of the investigations.
25The home state shall also have the authority to take appropriate action(s) and shall

1promptly report the conclusions of the investigations to the administrator of the data
2system. The administrator of the data system shall promptly notify the new home
3state of any adverse actions.
SB391,37,64 (d) A member state, if otherwise permitted by state law, may recover from the
5affected regulated social worker the costs of investigations and dispositions of cases
6resulting from any adverse action taken against that regulated social worker.
SB391,37,97 (e) A member state may take adverse action based on the factual findings of
8another member state, provided that the member state follows its own procedures
9for taking the adverse action.
SB391,37,1310 (f) Joint investigations. 1. In addition to the authority granted to a member
11state by its respective social work practice act or other applicable state law, any
12member state may participate with other member states in joint investigations of
13licensees.
SB391,37,1614 2. Member states shall share any investigative, litigation, or compliance
15materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the
16compact.
SB391,37,2417 (g) If adverse action is taken by the home state against the multistate license
18of a regulated social worker, the regulated social worker's multistate authorization
19to practice in all other member states shall be deactivated until all encumbrances
20have been removed from the multistate license. All home state disciplinary orders
21that impose adverse action against the license of a regulated social worker shall
22include a statement that the regulated social worker's multistate authorization to
23practice is deactivated in all member states until all conditions of the decision, order
24or agreement are satisfied.
SB391,38,4
1(h) If a member state takes adverse action, it shall promptly notify the
2administrator of the data system. The administrator of the data system shall
3promptly notify the home state and all other member states of any adverse actions
4by remote states.
SB391,38,65 (i) Nothing in this compact shall override a member state's decision that
6participation in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action.
SB391,38,97 (j) Nothing in this compact shall authorize a member state to demand the
8issuance of subpoenas for attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production
9of evidence from another member state for lawful actions within that member state.
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