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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Enacts Social Work Licensure Compact to Permit Multistate Practice
Last action · March 19, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
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What This Bill Does
North Dakota enacted House Bill 1035 to join the Social Work Licensure Compact, allowing licensed social workers to practice in multiple member states through a . The law establishes eligibility standards, background check requirements, data sharing systems, and commission oversight to facilitate interstate practice and telehealth.
Licensed social workers in participating states can practice across state lines and via telehealth without acquiring separate individual licenses in each , subject to renewal and background check requirements.
- Interstate licensure compacts are multi-state agreements designed to ease professional licensing requirements and mobility across state lines for regulated occupations. context
- House Bill 1035 was introduced during the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota in regular session commencing January 7, 2025. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Licensed social workers
Social workers can obtain a multistate license to practice across member states and via telehealth without securing separate individual licenses in each remote state.
Active military members and spouses
Military members and their spouses may designate a home state for their multistate license and retain that home state designation during active duty service.
State licensing authorities
Licensing boards must participate in the commission's data system, report adverse actions, conduct criminal background checks, and recognize multistate licenses issued by other member states.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does a social worker need to do to qualify for a multistate license?
Can a social worker hold multistate licenses in more than one state at a time?
Who has the power to discipline a social worker's multistate license?
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
15 actions- Mar 19, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
- Mar 18, 2025HouseEnrolledSigned by Governor 03/14
- Mar 13, 2025HouseEnrolledSent to Governor
- Mar 13, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Mar 12, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Mar 10, 2025HouseReturned to House
Show 9 earlier actions
- Mar 7, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
- Mar 7, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 0
- Feb 21, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:00
- Feb 5, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee
- Jan 20, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Jan 17, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1
- Jan 16, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0
- Jan 8, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:30
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
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Transition to Multistate Recognition
The legislation shifts social work regulation from single-state licensing requirements to a reciprocal multistate authorization model similar to compacts in nursing and medicine.
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