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 on a change to your work as a social worker"

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When the Board says you can change your scope of practice, the Registrar must update the Register and tell you about the change and why it was made. The change must also be added to your practising certificate under section 35A. If the Board decides not to let you change your scope of practice, the Registrar must tell you about the decision and why it was made.

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8F: Decisions of Board on registration, or

"The Board decides who can be a social worker."

8H: Board may adopt general conditions, or

"The Board can set rules for what social workers are allowed to do."

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

8GDecisions of Board on change to individual scope of practice

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.
A change must also be endorsed on the social worker’s practising certificate under section 35A.
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 27 February 2021, by section 15 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).