BOARD/COMMISSION:  Minnesota Board of Social Work

1) Section 148E.025, subdivision 2, amended in 2020, and effective August 1, 2020 describes the qualifications required of Board members as follows:
    a) all social work members must have engaged in the practice of social work in Minnesota for at least one year during the ten years preceding their appointments;
    b) The ten social worker members must include at least:
        (1) three licensed social workers;
        (2) two licensed independent clinical social workers; and
        (3) two licensed graduate social workers or licensed independent social workers.

2) Five of the social worker members must be engaged at the time of their appointment in the practice of social work in Minnesota in the following settings:
    a) one must be in either a county or state agency
    b) one must be in an elementary, middle, or secondary school
    c) one must be in a health care setting
    d) one must be in a private setting
    e) one must be an educator engaged in regular teaching duties at an accredited program of social work

3) In addition, at the time of appointment, at least five members must be members of (1) communities of color, or (2) an underrepresented community, as defined in MS 148E.010, subdivision 20; and at least six must reside outside of the 11-county metropolitan area.