Any one of social worker except those have joined in a social worker association shall not practice the business
A social worker association shall not refuse a social worker to join in.

The organizing region of social worker association shall be divided according to current administrative region into county (city) association and provincial (municipal) association and the National Social Worker Unite Association shall be established. In the same region, social worker association in the same rank shall be limited for only one.

The social worker association of municipality and county (city) shall be initiated and organized by more than fifteen social workers working in the region; If the number of social workers in the region is less than fifteen, they shall join into the association of the neighboring region or co-organize it. The National Social Worker Unite Association shall only be initiated upon over one third of the municipality and county (city) associations are established.

The competent authority of social worker association in all levels shall be the competent authority of people’s organization in all levels. But its target enterprise shall be supervised by the competent authority of its target enterprise.

The term of director-general, director and supervisor of a social worker association is three years; a director-general may be elected and appointed one more term.

The officers of the social worker association shall be selected under the auspices of the people’s organization law.