Tex. Occ. Code § 505.354 · Subchapter G. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
EXAMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall prepare an examination to assess an applicant's qualifications for a license under this chapter. The executive council shall administer the examination at least once each calendar year.
(b) Each license examination shall be conducted in a manner that is determined by the executive council and is fair and impartial to each applicant and school or system of social work.
(c) Applicants may be known to the examiners only by numbers until after the general averages of the applicants' numbers in the class are determined and licenses are issued or denied.
(d) To maintain the highest standards in the social work profession, the scope and content of each examination must be sufficient to ensure professional efficacy and competence.
(e) The executive council shall have the written portion of the examination, if any, validated by an independent testing entity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 2.099, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.505.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 505.354. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 505.353ELIGIBILITY.Printed as Section 505.354
- Tex. Occ. Code § 505.357TEMPORARY LICENSE.Printed as Section 505.354
- Tex. Occ. Code § 505.3575ISSUANCE OF LICENSES TO CERTAIN OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS.Printed as Section 505.354
- Tex. Occ. Code § 505.359ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO PROVISIONAL LICENSE HOLDER.Printed as Section 505.354
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