OR SW Jurisprudence study plan
OR SW Jurisprudence · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Oregon Revised Statutes and administrative rules governing social work practice & Scope of practice, licensure levels, and supervision requirements
Map the Oregon Revised Statutes chapters that govern social work practice and mark every licensing, scope, and supervision provision in them
List each Oregon administrative rule division relevant to the Board of Licensed Social Workers and note the statute each rule implements
Define the licensed levels (CSWA, LCSW, LPC-equivalent distinctions where relevant) and write the education, exam, and experience requirements for each in your own words
Build a one-page statute-to-rule crosswalk you can review from memory
Your checkpoint
A completed statute-to-rule crosswalk covering at least 20 provisions, each with a citation and a one-sentence plain-language summary
Scope of practice, licensure levels, and supervision requirements & Oregon Revised Statutes and administrative rules governing social work practice
Differentiate scope of practice for each licensure level and identify three tasks that fall outside an associate's independent authority
Outline the supervision requirements: supervisor qualifications, required supervision hours, documentation, and evaluation intervals
Draft a supervision agreement template that satisfies Oregon documentation expectations
Explain how supervised experience accrues and how it is verified to the Board
Your checkpoint
A supervision agreement template plus a written 300-word comparison of scope of practice across licensure levels
Scope of practice, licensure levels, and supervision requirements & Ethics, professional conduct, and disciplinary process
Trace the full licensure application pathway from associate registration to independent clinical licensure, listing each required form and fee category
Identify common application deficiencies and how the Board treats them
Connect scope-of-practice violations to the specific ethical standards they breach
Practice applying scope rules to five short scenario vignettes you write yourself
Your checkpoint
A licensure pathway flowchart with decision points and a five-scenario practice set with your own model answers
Ethics, professional conduct, and disciplinary process & Oregon Revised Statutes and administrative rules governing social work practice
Summarize the core ethical standards (competence, multiple relationships, informed consent, records, fees) with the governing citation for each
Describe the disciplinary process step by step: complaint intake, investigation, notice, hearing, and sanctions
Distinguish the roles of the Board, administrative law judge, and licensee's counsel in a contested case
Identify the range of sanctions and the criteria used to select among them
Your checkpoint
A disciplinary process timeline with each stage's governing rule cited and a sanctions matrix
Ethics, professional conduct, and disciplinary process & Confidentiality, mandatory reporting, and client rights under Oregon law
Define confidentiality obligations and enumerate the recognized exceptions under Oregon law
Specify mandatory reporting duties: who must report, what triggers a report, timelines, and to whom
Compare confidentiality limits in clinical, group, and forensic settings
Write three short fact patterns where confidentiality and reporting duties conflict and resolve each with citations
Your checkpoint
A confidentiality and mandatory reporting quick-reference sheet with citations plus three resolved fact patterns
Confidentiality, mandatory reporting, and client rights under Oregon law & Scope of practice, licensure levels, and supervision requirements
Explain client rights under Oregon law, including access to records, consent to treatment, and minors' rights
Describe the process for responding to a records request and the grounds for limited withholding
Analyze how mandatory reporting interacts with therapeutic alliance and informed consent at intake
Identify the documentation practices that protect both client rights and the licensee
Your checkpoint
An intake informed-consent outline covering confidentiality limits, reporting duties, and records access, with citations
Oregon Revised Statutes and administrative rules governing social work practice & Confidentiality, mandatory reporting, and client rights under Oregon law
Review the administrative rules on recordkeeping, retention, and termination of services
Audit a sample client record you construct against retention and documentation rules
Revisit statutes on reporting immunity and liability protections
Build a 30-question self-test weighted to Domains 1 and 4 and score it cold
Your checkpoint
A completed record audit checklist with findings and a scored 30-question self-test with a written error log
Oregon Revised Statutes and administrative rules governing social work practice & Scope of practice, licensure levels, and supervision requirements & Ethics, professional conduct, and disciplinary process & Confidentiality, mandatory reporting, and client rights under Oregon law
Re-drill your error log from weeks 1 through 7 until every missed item is answered correctly twice
Take two timed mixed-domain practice sets and compare scores by domain
Recite the citations you most often miss from memory
Write a one-page pre-exam summary organized by domain
Your checkpoint
Two timed practice scores by domain plus a one-page summary sheet you can review the morning of the exam
Milestones
Week 2: You can state the supervision hour requirements, supervisor qualifications, and scope limits for each licensure level without notes
Week 4: You can narrate the disciplinary process from complaint to sanction and name the governing rule at each stage
Week 6: You can resolve a confidentiality-versus-mandatory-reporting conflict and cite the controlling authority for your answer
Week 8: Your two timed mixed-domain practice scores show no domain below 70 percent, and your error log has no unresolved items