2010 Minnesota Statutes

148E.210 PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT.

The board has grounds to take action under sections 148E.255 to 148E.270 when a social worker:

(1) engages in unprofessional or unethical conduct, including any departure from or failure to conform to the minimum accepted ethical and other prevailing standards of professional social work practice, without actual injury to a social work client, intern, student, supervisee, or the public needing to be established;

(2) engages in conduct that has the potential to cause harm to a client, intern, student, supervisee, or the public;

(3) demonstrates a willful or careless disregard for the health, welfare, or safety of a client, intern, student, or supervisee; or

(4) engages in acts or conduct adversely affecting the applicant or licensee's current ability or fitness to engage in social work practice, whether or not the acts or conduct occurred while engaged in the practice of social work.

History:

2007 c 123 s 105,138

NOTE: Sections 148E.001 to 148E.290, as added by Laws 2007, chapter 123, sections 63 to 121, and the additions and amendments made to those section by Laws 2009, chapter 157, article 3, sections 1 to 48, are effective August 1, 2011. Laws 2007, chapter 123, section 138; Laws 2009, chapter 157, article 3, section 49.