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    "about": "Social work licensing requirements per US jurisdiction, for the FIRST credential an MSW graduate holds in that jurisdiction.",
    "nullRule": "null means we have not read that figure off the board's own page. It never means zero. Do not substitute a default, an average or another state's number.",
    "attribution": "Social Work Test Prep Academy is not affiliated with any state licensing board or with ASWB. We read each board's published pages and record what they say; the board's page is the source of record. Requirements change.",
    "fields": {
      "abbr": "Two-letter USPS code, uppercase.",
      "name": "Jurisdiction name.",
      "url": "Absolute URL of the human-readable page.",
      "json": "Absolute URL of the full record for this jurisdiction.",
      "checked": "true when we have read this board's own pages and published the record. false means no data yet, not \"no requirements\".",
      "firstCredential": "The first credential an MSW graduate holds here (abbreviation, title, and the ASWB exam category needed to hold it: \"none\" when it is issued without one, null when an exam applies but no board rule names its level, or when the sources disagree on whether one applies).",
      "examRequiredFirst": "true when the ASWB exam gates that first credential. false when the jurisdiction licenses or registers you first and the exam comes later (Michigan, California, Florida, Illinois). null when there is no yes-or-no ASWB answer; examOrderReason says why.",
      "examOrderReason": "Why examRequiredFirst is null (null when it is true or false). \"applicant\": the rule turns on the applicant (Connecticut's degree-date cutoff, Minnesota's provisional route, Colorado's jurisprudence exam). \"provider_unconfirmed\": an exam comes first but the rule names only one approved by the board, not ASWB (Louisiana). \"unchecked\": we have not read the board, or the first rung (Nebraska PCMSW). \"sources_conflict\": the primary sources disagree on whether the exam applies, so neither reading is stated (no jurisdiction today). The per-state JSON `summary` states the rule.",
      "knownFeesUsd": "Sum of ONLY the fixed fees the board publishes for that first credential, in US dollars. null when it publishes none. A level-dependent ASWB exam fee (a fee line with amount_by_level) is never in it; it is charged in addition.",
      "hours": "Plain-language supervised-hour requirement on the path, or the not-checked sentence.",
      "lastChecked": "ISO date WE last read the board pages behind this record. It is not a board review, approval or sign-off.",
      "compactMember": "true when the jurisdiction has enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact. null when not checked.",
      "compactStatus": "Social Work Licensure Compact status: \"enacted\", \"pending_legislation\" or \"no_active_legislation\", with the page it was read from and the ISO date checked. null when not checked.",
      "compactLicenses": "Whether multistate compact licenses are being issued anywhere yet, with the compact's own statement quoted and the ISO date checked.",
      "ladder": "Every rung of the licensure ladder in order. `exam` is the ASWB category required to HOLD that rung (\"none\" = no ASWB exam; null = an exam applies but no board rule names its level); `supervised` means practice only under supervision. Optional: `examChoice` (\"board\" | \"applicant\") says who picks from a multi-level `exam`; `checked: false` marks a rung we have not read a record for (not checked yet, never another license's steps); `examProvider: \"unconfirmed\"` marks a rule that names only an exam approved by the board, so ASWB is not asserted.",
      "fees": "The board's own fee lines for the first credential, each with the page it was read from. amount_usd is null when the board does not publish the amount (counted in unknownFeeCount), or when conflict is true: the sources state different amounts, so neither is used (counted in conflictFeeCount, never in knownFeesUsd). A line with amount_by_level is an ASWB exam fee that depends on the level, kept out of knownFeesUsd.",
      "aswbExam": "The exam for the first credential: level (null when no rule names it) and fee. provider \"unconfirmed\" when the rule names only an exam approved by the board, not ASWB. null when the credential is issued without an exam or its rung is not checked yet.",
      "supervision": "The supervised-experience package on the path, each figure with its own source page. A figure the board does not publish is null, and so is one with conflict: true, where the sources state different figures and neither is used (the hours line says it is not confirmed).",
      "applicationSequence": "The board's published order of operations, in the board's own terms.",
      "sources": "The board and statute pages this record was read from.",
      "records": "The raw rulebook records for this jurisdiction, unmodified.",
      "dataProblems": "Every field we could not state plainly, one entry per field: `credential` is the record it belongs to, `path` the field inside that record, `kind` why (unchecked, unpublished, not_applicable, conflict, stale_source, no_single_total), `note` the specifics, `sources` what each source says, verbatim, `askTheBoard` the question to put to the board (or null), `checked` the ISO date we read them. Empty when there are none."
    }
  },
  "abbr": "AK",
  "name": "Alaska",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/ak",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-27",
  "board": {
    "name": "Alaska Board of Social Work Examiners",
    "url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/SocialWorkExaminers.aspx"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "LMSW",
    "title": "Master Social Worker",
    "rung": "masters",
    "exam": "Masters"
  },
  "examRequiredFirst": true,
  "examOrderReason": null,
  "summary": "The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.",
  "aswbExam": {
    "level": "Masters",
    "feeUsd": 230
  },
  "knownFeesUsd": 605,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "Application fee (initial license)",
      "amount_usd": 100,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "name": "Master social worker license fee (initial biennial period)",
      "amount_usd": 275,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
      "amount_usd": 230,
      "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    }
  ],
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      "value": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
      "notes": "AS 08.95.110(a)(2) sets two paths, not one total: 2 years of full-time clinical employment, or at least 3,000 hours part-time over at least 2 years."
    },
    "client_contact_hours": null,
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": 100,
      "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 24,
      "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
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    "notes": [
      "AS 08.95.110(a)(2) sets TWO alternative experience paths, not one hour figure: (A) 2 years of continuous full-time postgraduate clinical employment, or (B) at least 3,000 hours of less-than-full-time employment over not less than 2 years. Because the full-time path has no fixed hour count, experience_hours is left null rather than reporting the 3,000-hour figure as if it were the only path.",
      "The 10-year lookback (\"within the 10 years before application\") is a filing window, not an accrual-duration cap, so maximum_months is left null rather than treated as a maximum accrual period."
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  "hours": "Two ways to qualify: 2 years of full-time clinical employment, or at least 3,000 hours part-time over at least 2 years; 100 supervision, for the LCSW",
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  "compactNote": null,
  "compactStatus": {
    "status": "enacted",
    "sourceUrl": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
    "checkedOn": "2026-09-27"
  },
  "compactLicenses": {
    "issued": false,
    "statement": "The Social Work Licensure Compact has been enacted in at least seven states and has reached activation status, however multistate licenses are not yet being issued. The implementation process for the compact will take 12 to 24 months before multistate licenses are able to issued.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://swcompact.org/",
    "checkedOn": "2026-10-18"
  },
  "applicationSequence": [
    "Hold a master's degree in social work from a college or university approved by the board (AS 08.95.110(b)).",
    "Submit the application, required documents, and fees under 12 AAC 18.100.",
    "Sit for the ASWB examination within one year of application approval (12 AAC 18.100(c)); Alaska regulation labels the masters-level ASWB exam the \"intermediate examination\" (12 AAC 18.105(a)(2)).",
    "Pass the examination and pay required fees (AS 08.95.110(b))."
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    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "LBSW",
      "title": "Baccalaureate Social Worker",
      "exam": "Bachelors",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LMSW",
      "title": "Master Social Worker",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LCSW",
      "title": "Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Alaska Board of Social Work Examiners · LMSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/SocialWorkExaminers.aspx"
    },
    {
      "label": "Alaska Statutes and Regulations, Social Workers (Nov. 2024 compilation, AS 08.95 and 12 AAC 18)",
      "url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "12 AAC 02.155 Board of Social Work Examiners fee schedule",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155"
    },
    {
      "label": "LMSW fees · ASWB Masters examination",
      "url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictions",
      "url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "name": "Alaska",
        "postal_code": "AK"
      },
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        "title": "Master Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LMSW"
      },
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        "name": "Alaska Board of Social Work Examiners",
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      },
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          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Master social worker license fee (initial biennial period)",
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          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Master social worker biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 275,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
          "amount_usd": 230,
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        }
      ],
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        "Hold a master's degree in social work from a college or university approved by the board (AS 08.95.110(b)).",
        "Submit the application, required documents, and fees under 12 AAC 18.100.",
        "Sit for the ASWB examination within one year of application approval (12 AAC 18.100(c)); Alaska regulation labels the masters-level ASWB exam the \"intermediate examination\" (12 AAC 18.105(a)(2)).",
        "Pass the examination and pay required fees (AS 08.95.110(b))."
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        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Statutes & Regulations, Social Work Examiners",
          "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/SocialWorkExaminers/ApplicationsForms.aspx"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": {
        "value": "The board shall issue a license to use the title \"master social worker\" or \"baccalaureate social worker\" to an applicant who holds a current similar license from another jurisdiction with requirements equal to or more stringent than Alaska's at time of original issuance, is not the subject of an unresolved complaint/discipline, has three acceptable professional references, has not had a license revoked/suspended/surrendered, has submitted proof of continued competency, and has paid required fees.",
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        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
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      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
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        {
          "label": "Alaska Statutes and Regulations, Social Workers (Nov. 2024 compilation, AS 08.95 and 12 AAC 18)",
          "url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "12 AAC 02.155 Board of Social Work Examiners fee schedule",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "postal_code": "AK"
      },
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        "title": "Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LCSW"
      },
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        "name": "Alaska Board of Social Work Examiners",
        "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/SocialWorkExaminers.aspx"
      },
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        {
          "name": "Application fee (initial license)",
          "amount_usd": 100,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Clinical social worker license fee (initial biennial period)",
          "amount_usd": 325,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Clinical social worker biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 325,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Clinical examination",
          "amount_usd": 260,
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        }
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        "Hold a master's or doctoral degree in social work from a board-approved program (AS 08.95.110(a)(1)).",
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        "Document at least 100 hours of direct clinical supervision, no more than 50 of which may be group supervision (12 AAC 18.115(a)).",
        "Submit the application, required documents, and fees under 12 AAC 18.100.",
        "Pass the ASWB clinical examination within one year of application approval (12 AAC 18.105(a)(1))."
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        "fee_usd": 260,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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          "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
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        },
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": {
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          "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
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          "AS 08.95.110(a)(2) sets TWO alternative experience paths, not one hour figure: (A) 2 years of continuous full-time postgraduate clinical employment, or (B) at least 3,000 hours of less-than-full-time employment over not less than 2 years. Because the full-time path has no fixed hour count, experience_hours is left null rather than reporting the 3,000-hour figure as if it were the only path.",
          "The 10-year lookback (\"within the 10 years before application\") is a filing window, not an accrual-duration cap, so maximum_months is left null rather than treated as a maximum accrual period."
        ]
      },
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        "Clinical supervision may only be provided by a clinical social worker, psychologist, or psychiatrist who has not less than three years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker, psychologist, or psychiatrist (12 AAC 18.113(1)(A)).",
        "The supervisor must hold an unrestricted license to practice clinical social work, psychology, or psychiatry in the state or other licensing jurisdiction during the period of supervision (12 AAC 18.113(1)(B)).",
        "The supervisor must have completed not less than six hours of continuing education in supervision or supervisory practices, plus an additional six hours each biennial licensing period (12 AAC 18.113(1)(C), (2))."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Clinical Social Worker License by Examination Application Instructions",
          "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/5/pub/csw4870.pdf"
        }
      ],
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      "endorsement_rules": {
        "value": "The board shall issue a license to practice clinical social work by credentials if the applicant holds a current license to practice social work in another jurisdiction whose requirements at original issuance were equal to or more stringent than Alaska's, is not the subject of unresolved complaint/discipline, has three acceptable professional references, has not had a clinical license revoked/suspended/surrendered, has submitted proof of continued competency, and has paid required fees.",
        "source_url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "compact_status": {
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        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Alaska Statutes and Regulations, Social Workers (Nov. 2024 compilation, AS 08.95 and 12 AAC 18)",
          "url": "https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/socialworkstatutes.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "12 AAC 02.155 Board of Social Work Examiners fee schedule",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/alaska/12-AAC-02.155"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}