(a) Before a licensee in a private individual, partnership, or group practice provides social work services to a client, the licensee shall provide to the client the following disclosures:
(1) The licensee’s professional identity;
(2) The services which are or may be provided by the licensee and the fees for each service or the hourly rate; and
(3) Sufficient information for a patient to give informed consent regarding the nature of the services to be provided.
(b) The manner of providing these disclosures shall be as follows:
(1) The licensee’s professional identity may be provided by directing the client to the license verification section on the Board’s website;
(2) The licensee’s services and fees may be provided by documented discussion or printed fee schedule; and
(3) Informed consent may be provided by documented discussion or a written form signed by the client which is kept in the client’s file.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Section 19-301 - License Required; Exceptions; Practice Without License
Section 19-302 - Qualifications of Applicants
Section 19-302.1 - Out-of-State Applicant
Section 19-302.2 - Criminal History Records Check
Section 19-302.3 - Physical or Mental Examination of Applicants
Section 19-303 - Applications for Licenses
Section 19-306 - Maintenance of Roster of Licensees on Website; Electronic License Records
Section 19-307 - Scope of Licenses
Section 19-308 - Term and Renewal of Licenses; Change of Address
Section 19-309 - Inactive Status and Reactivation
Section 19-310 - Surrender of License
Section 19-311 - Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Grounds
Section 19-314 - Reinstatement of Licenses
Section 19-315 - Social Worker Rehabilitation Committees
Section 19-316 - Injunctive Relief
Section 19-316.1 - Cease and Desist Order or Injunction