Clinical social workers: examination requirements.

Existing law, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of social workers by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires the board to issue a license to each applicant meeting specified requirements who successfully passes a board administered standard written or oral examination or both examinations and existing law also provides for a clinical vignette written examination for these applicants. Under existing law, the fee for the standard written examination is $150 and the fee for the clinical vignette written examination is $100.