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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Registration, authorisation to practise within scope of practice, and practising certificates - Applications

8G: Decisions of Board on change to individual scope of practice

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"What happens when the Board decides to change what a social worker is allowed to do"

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When the Board says yes to a change in what a social worker can do, the Registrar must update the Register and tell the social worker about the change and why it was made. The Registrar must do this as soon as possible. The change must also be added to the social worker's practising certificate under section 35A.

If the Board says no to a change, the Registrar must tell the social worker about the decision and why it was made. The Registrar must do this promptly. You will know what the Board decided and why if you apply for a change to what you can do as a social worker.

The Board's decision is important because it affects what you can do as a social worker. The Registrar keeps track of these changes in the Register and on your practising certificate. This helps make sure you are doing the things you are allowed to do.

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Part 2Registration, authorisation to practise within scope of practice, and practising certificates
Applications

8GDecisions of Board on change to individual scope of practice

  1. As soon as practicable after the Board authorises a change to an individual scope of practice, the Registrar must enter the change in the Register and promptly notify the social worker of the change and the reasons for it.

  2. A change must also be endorsed on the social worker’s practising certificate under section 35A.

  3. If the Board, after considering an application for a change to an existing individual scope of practice, decides that the change should not be authorised, the Registrar must promptly notify the social worker of the decision and the reasons for it.

Notes
  • Section 8G: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).