Section 7707. Special provisions  


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  • 1.  Any  person  who  is licensed as a
      certified social worker on the effective date of this article  shall  be
      licensed  as  a  licensed  master  social  worker  without  meeting  any
      additional requirements.
        2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work  degree  on  the
      effective  date  of  this  section,  who has five years of post-graduate
      social work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant
      to this  article,  except  for  examination,  and  who  files  with  the
      department  within  one year of the effective date of this section shall
      be licensed as a licensed master social worker.
        3. Any person who is licensed as a  certified  social  worker  on  the
      effective  date  of this section and who has been authorized pursuant to
      section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or section  four  thousand
      three hundred three of the insurance law shall be licensed as a licensed
      clinical social worker without meeting any additional requirements.
        4.  Any  person  who  is  licensed as a certified social worker on the
      effective date of this section, but who has not  received  authorization
      pursuant  to  section  three  thousand  two  hundred  twenty-one or four
      thousand three hundred three of the insurance law, who  files  with  the
      department  within  one  year  of  the effective date of this section an
      application pursuant to subdivision two of section seventy-seven hundred
      four of this article,  who  demonstrates  to  the  satisfaction  of  the
      department  that they meet the experience requirements for authorization
      pursuant to section  three  thousand  two  hundred  twenty-one  or  four
      thousand  three hundred three of the insurance law, shall be licensed as
      a  licensed  clinical  social  worker  without   meeting   any   further
      requirements.
        5. Licensed master social workers and licensed clinical social workers
      may  use  accepted  classifications of signs, symptoms, dysfunctions and
      disorders, including, but not limited to, classifications  used  in  the
      practice setting for the purpose of providing mental health services.