Sec. 505.302.  REGULATION OF SPECIALTY AREAS.  (a)  In establishing a specialty area of social work, the executive council shall:
(1)  define the scope of the specialty;
(2)  establish qualifications for specialty area practitioners that describe, in accordance with Subdivision (1), the scope of the specialty area;
(3)  adopt rules of conduct to ensure strict compliance with and enforcement of this chapter; and
(4)  adopt rules for the suspension or revocation of an order of recognition of specialty.
(b)  A person who is not recognized as satisfying the qualifications for a specialty area may not practice in the specialty area.
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. 2.091, eff. September 1, 2019.