Purpose: There is limited research on social work licensing especially the profession's attempts to define clinical social work practice. This article seeks to investigate definitions of clinical social work for clinical licensure in the United States. Methods: Statutes were searched and cross-referenced with data from the Association of Social Work Boards to determine (1) categories of licensure per state, (2) supervised practice hour requirements for clinical licensure, and (3) definitions of supervised practice to obtain clinical licensure. Results: To date, 15 licensing boards limit or require supervised clinical social work practice hours towards licensure to include psychotherapy. In most of these jurisdictions, the definition of clinical social work excludes other forms of direct practice, like case management or medical social work, as not meeting criteria for clinical licensure. Conclusions: These definitions have implications for practitioners and social work's role in addressing social determinants of health and trauma-informed care.

目的：关于社会工作许可的研究有限，特别是该专业定义临床社会工作实践的尝试。本文旨在调查美国临床执照的临床社会工作的定义。方法：对法规进行搜索并与社会工作委员会协会的数据进行交叉引用，以确定 (1) 每个州的执照类别，(2) 临床执照的监督实践时间要求，以及 (3) 监督实践的定义，以获得临床执照。结果：迄今为止，有 15 个许可委员会限制或要求有监督的临床社会工作实践时间来获得包括心理治疗在内的许可。在大多数这些司法管辖区，临床社会工作的定义排除了其他形式的直接实践，如病例管理或医学社会工作，因为不符合临床许可标准。结论：这些定义对从业者和社会工作在解决健康和创伤知情护理的社会决定因素方面的作用有影响。