§ 7707. Special provisions. 1. Any person who is licensed as a
certified social worker on the effective date of this article shall be
licensed as a licensed master social worker without meeting any
additional requirements.

2. Any person who possesses a master's of social work degree on the
effective date of this section, who has five years of post-graduate
social work employment and meets the requirements for a license pursuant
to this article, except for examination, and who files with the
department within one year of the effective date of this section shall
be licensed as a licensed master social worker.

3. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on the
effective date of this section and who has been authorized pursuant to
section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or section four thousand
three hundred three of the insurance law shall be licensed as a licensed
clinical social worker without meeting any additional requirements.

4. Any person who is licensed as a certified social worker on the
effective date of this section, but who has not received authorization
pursuant to section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or four
thousand three hundred three of the insurance law, who files with the
department within one year of the effective date of this section an
application pursuant to subdivision two of section seventy-seven hundred
four of this article, who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
department that they meet the experience requirements for authorization
pursuant to section three thousand two hundred twenty-one or four
thousand three hundred three of the insurance law, shall be licensed as
a licensed clinical social worker without meeting any further
requirements.

5. Licensed master social workers and licensed clinical social workers
may use accepted classifications of signs, symptoms, dysfunctions and
disorders, including, but not limited to, classifications used in the
practice setting for the purpose of providing mental health services.