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How to file a complaint against a social worker
Social Work Licensing
http://www.socialworker.com/license.htm
State Licensing Boards Contact Information
(Not up to date)
http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/main/boards.shtml
State Consumer Agencies, for caseworkers who are not covered under the licensing regulations
http://www.consumeraction.gov/state.shtml
Examples of complaints and disciplinary actions:
http://forum.fightcps.com/viewtopic.php?t=6748
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States
Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaints
http://abswe.alabama.gov/complaints.htm
Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and
Professional Licensing - investigating staff
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ/pub/csw121.pdf
Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners - Complaints
http://www.bbhe.state.az.us/complaints.htm
Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board - Complaints
http://www.arkansas.gov/swlb/complaints.html
California Department of Consumer Affairs
Board of Behavioral Sciences
http://www.bbs.ca.gov/
Consumer Complaint form
https://app.dca.ca.gov/bbs/complaint_ssl.asp
Colorado Mental Health Licensing Section - Complaints and Discipline
http://www.dora.state.co.us/mental-heal ... laints.htm
Connecticut Department of Public Health, Health Care Quality - Health Care Complaints
http://www.dph.state.ct.us/hcquality/co ... omplts.HTM
Delaware Department of State: Division of Professional Regulation: Investigative Unit -
File a Complaint
http://www.dpr.delaware.gov/boards/inve ... aint.shtml
D.C. Health Professional Licensing Administration -Filing a Complaint
http://hpla.doh.dc.gov/hpla/cwp/view,A, ... 663|,,.asp
Florida Department of Health
Enforcement - Consumer Services Unit
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/enforcem ... e_csu.html
Georgia Secretary of State, Professional Licensure, Explanation of Complaint Process
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/complaint_process.htm
Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs - File a Consumer Complaint
http://www.hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/ocp/co ... complaint/
Idaho State Board of Social Work Examiners, How to file a complaint
http://ibol.idaho.gov/IBOL/General/IBOL ... mation.htm
Illinois Division of Professional Regulation - File a Complaint
https://www.idfpr.com/dpr/FILING/Complaint.asp
Indiana Professional Licensing Agency - Consumer Complaint Process
http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/mhcb/consumer.html
Iowa Office of Citizens’ Aid / Ombudsman
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/ombudsman/
Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board - File a Complaint
http://www.ksbsrb.org/complaint.html
Kentucky Board of Social Work - Complaint Form
http://finance.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9B3A ... ntform.pdf
Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaint Form
http://www.labswe.org/formal_complaint.pdf
Maine Office of Licensing and Registration, Confidential Complaint Form
http://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionalli ... plaint.htm
Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaint Process
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/bswe/Complaint.htm
Massachusetts Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
Have a complaint about a licensee?
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocamodulech ... &csid=Eoca
Michigan Health Professional Licensing Complaints
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-1 ... --,00.html
Minnesota Board of Social Work - Registration form
http://www.socialwork.state.mn.us/Porta ... 20Form.pdf
Mississippi State Board of Examiners for Social Workers - Complaints
http://www.msboeswmft.com/complaints.html
Missouri Division of Professional Registration - Complaint form
http://pr.mo.gov/boards/375-0195.pdf
Montana Child and Family Services Complaint Resolution Process
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/cfsd/complaintprocedure.pdf
Nebraska Professions and Occupations Investigations Unit
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/reg/INVEST-P.HTM
Nevada Board of Examiners for Social Workers - Complaints form
http://socwork.nv.gov/Forms.htm#Complaints
New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice
http://www.nh.gov/mhpb/index.html
New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaint Process
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/complaint/socialcom.pdf
New Mexico Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaint Procedures
http://www.rld.state.nm.us/b&c/socialwk/complaint.htm
New York Office of the Professions - Professional Misconduct and Discipline
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd.htm
North Carolina - Social Work Certification and Licensure Board -
Complaint/Disciplinary Process
http://www.nccbsw.org/
North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaint Process
http://www.ndbswe.com/
Ohio - Counselor, Social Worker... Board - Statement of Complaint
http://cswmft.ohio.gov/pdfs/complaint.pdf
Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers - Complaint Procedures
http://www.osblsw.state.ok.us/complaints.php
Oregon Board of Clinical Social Workers - Consumer Protection Information
http://www.oregon.gov/BCSW/consumer.shtml
Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs - Complaints
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/vie ... &bpoaNav=|
Rhode Island - Division of Health Services Regulation Complaint Information
http://www.health.ri.gov/hsr/bmld/complaints.php
South Carolina - Board of Social Work Examiners - How to file a complaint
http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/SocialWo ... plaint.htm
South Dakota - Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaints
http://dhs.sd.gov/brd/SocialWorker/complain.aspx
Tennessee - Board of Social Workers - Filing Complaints
http://health.state.tn.us/Boards/SW/complaints.htm
Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaint Process
https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/socialwork/lsw_comp.pdf
Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing - Investigations, filing a complaint
http://www.dopl.utah.gov/investigations/complaint.html
Vermont - Office of Professional Regulation - Statement of Complaint
http://vtprofessionals.org/opr1/social_workers/
http://www.vtprofessionals.org/opr1/opr ... ntform.pdf
Virginia Department of Health Professions - Complaint Process
http://www.dhp.state.va.us/Enforcement/complaints.htm
Washington State Department of Health
Health Professions Quality Assurance
https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/hpqa1/disci ... plaint.htm
West Virginia - Board of Social Work Examiners - Complaints
http://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/compla ... laints.htm
Wisconsin - Department of Regulation and Licensing
http://drl.wi.gov/dept/complaint.htm
Wyoming - Mental Health Profession Licensing Board - Complaint Reporting
http://plboards.state.wy.us/mentalhealt ... mplain.pdf
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