Issuance of a multistate license

(a) Upon receipt of an application for multistate license, the home state licensing authority shall determine the applicant's eligibility for a multistate license in accordance with § 63-23-204 . (b) If such applicant is eligible pursuant to § 63-23-204 , the home state licensing authority must issue a multistate license that authorizes the applicant or regulated social worker to practice in all member states under a multistate authorization to practice. (c) Upon issuance of a multistate license, the home state licensing authority must designate whether the regulated social worker holds a multistate license in the bachelor's, master's, or clinical category of social work. (d) A multistate license issued by a home state to a resident in that state must be recognized by all compact member states as authorizing social work practice under a multistate authorization to practice corresponding to each category of licensure regulated in each member state. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1041,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024. (a) Upon receipt of an application for multistate license, the home state licensing authority shall determine the applicant's eligibility for a multistate license in accordance with § 63-23-204 . (b) If such applicant is eligible pursuant to § 63-23-204 , the home state licensing authority must issue a multistate license that authorizes the applicant or regulated social worker to practice in all member states under a multistate authorization to practice. (c) Upon issuance of a multistate license, the home state licensing authority must designate whether the regulated social worker holds a multistate license in the bachelor's, master's, or clinical category of social work. (d) A multistate license issued by a home state to a resident in that state must be recognized by all compact member states as authorizing social work practice under a multistate authorization to practice corresponding to each category of licensure regulated in each member state. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1041,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.