South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts27—Application for registration
(1) An application for
registration as a social worker must—
(a) be
made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
(b) be
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2) An applicant for
registration must—
(a)
consent to the conduct by the Board of a criminal record check relating to the
applicant; and
(b)
provide evidence of a kind determined by the Board that a working with
children check has been conducted in relation to the applicant within the
preceding 5 years; and
(c)
submit to the Board a criminal history report (such as a National Police
Certificate) relating to the applicant provided by South Australia Police or
the ACC or an ACC accredited agency or broker; and
(d) if
the Board so requires for the purpose of determining whether the applicant's
capacity to practise as a social worker is seriously impaired by an illness or
disability affecting the applicant's behaviour or competence as a
social worker—
(i)
submit to a medical examination by a medical practitioner
selected by the applicant from a panel of medical practitioners nominated by
the Board; and
(ii)
provide, or authorise the medical practitioner to
provide, a report on the results of the medical examination to the Board; and
(e)
provide the Board with any information required by the Board for the purposes
of determining the application, verified, if the Board so requires, by
statutory declaration.
(3) An applicant for
registration must pay, in addition to the prescribed fee, an amount specified
by the Board, being an amount payable by the Board for the conduct by the
Board of a criminal record check relating to the applicant.
(4) An application for
renewal of registration must be made not less than 1 month before the expiry
of the registration.