# Title 75.5 — Social Work Examiners, Board of

## Article 75.5-02 — Licensure

## Chapter 75.5-02-04 — Private Practice and Third-Party Payment

### § 75.5-02-04-01. Activities constituting the private practice of social work.

Only those individuals licensed in North Dakota at the licensed clinical social work level may
engage in the private practice of social work. Pursuant to North Dakota Century Code section 43-41-05,
the following criteria will be applied:
1. A private practitioner of social work on either a full- or part-time basis, is responsible for that
person's own practice, exercises sole responsibility for the client, establishes conditions of
exchange with clients, and identifies oneself as a social worker in offering services.
2. Services provided by a social worker are not considered private practice unless those services
are provided independent of any supervising or sponsoring organization, or are provided
within a private agency framework where the social worker is a partner or shareholder, and a
fee is collected from or on behalf of the client.
3. If the social worker provides a continuation of services following termination of services to the
client by the employing agency, the social worker must be considered to be in private practice
unless the followup service is expressly designated as part of the social worker's
responsibilities and the sponsoring agency or organization retains responsibility for the
services that are provided.
History: Effective January 1, 1987; amended effective April 1, 1998; April 1, 2021.
General Authority: NDCC 43-41-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-41-05
### § 75.5-02-04-02. Application for registration.

Repealed effective April 1, 1998.
