South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) The Board may,
when granting registration to an applicant, authorise the applicant to
practise within a scope of practice of the social work profession.
(2) The contents of an
authorisation form the applicant’s individual scope of practice.
(3) The Board may
authorise a change to the existing individual scope of practice of a person
registered as a social worker under this Act on application by the person or
on its own initiative.
(4) An application
under subsection (3) must—
(a) be
made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
(b) be
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(5) If the Board
proposes to authorise a change to the existing individual scope of practice of
a person registered as a social worker under this Act on its own initiative,
the person must, in accordance with the regulations, be given an opportunity
to make written submissions and be heard on the matter before the
authorisation is determined.
(6) An authorisation
under subsection (1) or (2) must identify the applicable
scope of practice of the profession and specify the social work services
within that scope of practice that the applicant is, subject to any condition
included in the authorisation, permitted to perform or not permitted to
perform.
(7) An authorisation
under subsection (5) must state the change involved by reference to 1 or
more of the following matters:
(a) the
applicable scope of practice of the profession;
(b) the
social work service or services under that scope of practice that the
applicant will now be permitted to perform or not permitted to perform;
(c) the
cancellation or variation of an existing condition;
(d) the
inclusion of a new condition.
(8) The Board may, as
it thinks fit, adopt any conditions to apply to the individual scopes of
practice of all social workers or all social workers of a particular
description.