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  "_schema": {
    "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": "AZ",
  "name": "Arizona",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/az",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-19",
  "board": {
    "name": "Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners",
    "url": "https://bbhe.az.gov/"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "LMSW",
    "title": "Licensed 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": null
  },
  "knownFeesUsd": 250,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "Application for license by examination",
      "amount_usd": 250,
      "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    }
  ],
  "supervision": {
    "experience_hours": {
      "value": 3200,
      "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": {
      "value": 1600,
      "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": 100,
      "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 24,
      "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    "maximum_months": null,
    "notes": [
      "R4-6-403 sets the total supervised-experience figure at 3,200 hours, of which at least 1,600 must be direct client contact (psychotherapy) and no more than 1,600 may be indirect client contact related to psychotherapy. The 1,600 that circulates as the total is that direct-client-contact subset.",
      "No maximum-months cap found in R4-6-403 or R4-6-404; rule only sets a floor (24 months) and a monthly minimum-supervision rule (at least one hour of clinical supervision for any month with direct client contact).",
      "Of the 100 required supervision hours, at least 50 must come from a Board-licensed LCSW meeting R4-6-214 education requirements; the remainder may come from a licensed professional counselor, LMFT, or licensed psychologist meeting the same education requirement (R4-6-404(B)).",
      "R4-6-403/404 were amended by final rulemaking effective 2025-11-02 (Supp. 25-3); the 1,600/400/400/100-hour structure above is the current rule as of that amendment, not an older version.",
      "The ASWB Clinical exam fee was not read from a primary source for this record; it stays null.",
      "Fee figures were read from the Cornell LII mirror of A.A.C. R4-6-215; the state's own page blocked the fetch (apps.azsos.gov returns a Cloudflare 403 even with a browser user agent)."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "3,200 hours, 1,600 client contact, 100 supervision, for the LCSW",
  "compactMember": true,
  "compactNote": null,
  "compactStatus": {
    "status": "enacted",
    "sourceUrl": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
    "checkedOn": "2026-09-19"
  },
  "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": [
    "Obtain a master's or higher degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program (R4-6-401(B)).",
    "Submit application, transcripts, and $250 fee to the Board.",
    "Receive written examination authorization from the Board.",
    "Pass the masters, advanced generalist, or clinical examination offered by ASWB within 12 months of authorization (R4-6-402(B))."
  ],
  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "LBSW",
      "title": "Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker",
      "exam": "Bachelors",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LMSW",
      "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LCSW",
      "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners · LMSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://bbhe.az.gov/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Arizona Administrative Code Title 4, Chapter 6, Article 4 (Social Work)",
      "url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "Cornell LII mirror of R4-6-215 (fees); same 403 issue on primary",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R4-6-215"
    },
    {
      "label": "Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictions",
      "url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Cornell LII mirror of R4-6-403 (used because apps.azsos.gov / bbhe.az.gov return 403 to automated fetch, incl. Safari UA)",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R4-6-403"
    }
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Arizona",
        "postal_code": "AZ"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "masters",
        "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LMSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners",
        "source_url": "https://bbhe.az.gov/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Application for license by examination",
          "amount_usd": 250,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "name": "Application for license by endorsement",
          "amount_usd": 250,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "name": "Biennial renewal of first area of licensure",
          "amount_usd": 325,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Obtain a master's or higher degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program (R4-6-401(B)).",
        "Submit application, transcripts, and $250 fee to the Board.",
        "Receive written examination authorization from the Board.",
        "Pass the masters, advanced generalist, or clinical examination offered by ASWB within 12 months of authorization (R4-6-402(B))."
      ],
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        "level": "Masters",
        "fee_usd": null,
        "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": null,
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": null,
        "minimum_months": null,
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "The rule text comes from the September 30, 2025 supplement of the Arizona Administrative Code (Title 4, Chapter 6), retrieved through web.archive.org because bbhe.az.gov and apps.azsos.gov both return 403 to a direct fetch. It is the same document, with no live-site confirmation that a newer supplement exists; confirming that needs a real browser.",
          "The ASWB Masters exam fee was not read from a primary source for this record (the Virginia record carries $230). It stays null rather than being carried over from another state.",
          "Fee figures were read from the Cornell LII mirror of A.A.C. R4-6-215; the state's own page blocked the fetch (apps.azsos.gov returns a Cloudflare 403 even with a browser user agent)."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": [],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": null,
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-19",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Arizona Administrative Code Title 4, Chapter 6, Article 4 (Social Work)",
          "url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Cornell LII mirror of R4-6-215 (fees); same 403 issue on primary",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R4-6-215"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Arizona",
        "postal_code": "AZ"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "clinical",
        "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LCSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners",
        "source_url": "https://bbhe.az.gov/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Application for license by examination",
          "amount_usd": 250,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "name": "Application for license by endorsement",
          "amount_usd": 250,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "name": "Biennial renewal of first area of licensure",
          "amount_usd": 325,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Obtain a master's or higher degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program (R4-6-401(B)).",
        "Complete at least 24 months of supervised work experience in clinical social work, including at least 1,600 hours of direct client contact using psychotherapy and at least 100 hours of clinical supervision (R4-6-403).",
        "Submit application and $250 fee to the Board.",
        "Pass the clinical examination offered by ASWB within 12 months of written examination authorization (R4-6-402)."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "level": "Clinical",
        "fee_usd": null,
        "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": {
          "value": 3200,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": {
          "value": 1600,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": 100,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "R4-6-403 sets the total supervised-experience figure at 3,200 hours, of which at least 1,600 must be direct client contact (psychotherapy) and no more than 1,600 may be indirect client contact related to psychotherapy. The 1,600 that circulates as the total is that direct-client-contact subset.",
          "No maximum-months cap found in R4-6-403 or R4-6-404; rule only sets a floor (24 months) and a monthly minimum-supervision rule (at least one hour of clinical supervision for any month with direct client contact).",
          "Of the 100 required supervision hours, at least 50 must come from a Board-licensed LCSW meeting R4-6-214 education requirements; the remainder may come from a licensed professional counselor, LMFT, or licensed psychologist meeting the same education requirement (R4-6-404(B)).",
          "R4-6-403/404 were amended by final rulemaking effective 2025-11-02 (Supp. 25-3); the 1,600/400/400/100-hour structure above is the current rule as of that amendment, not an older version.",
          "The ASWB Clinical exam fee was not read from a primary source for this record; it stays null.",
          "Fee figures were read from the Cornell LII mirror of A.A.C. R4-6-215; the state's own page blocked the fetch (apps.azsos.gov returns a Cloudflare 403 even with a browser user agent)."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "At least 50 of the 100 required supervision hours: a clinical social worker licensed by the Board (R4-6-404(B)(1)) who meets R4-6-214 supervisor-education requirements.",
        "Remaining hours may come from an individual qualified under R4-6-212(A) (R4-6-404(B)(2)): (1) a clinical social worker, professional counselor, independent marriage and family therapist, or independent substance abuse counselor who holds an active and unrestricted license issued by the Board and has complied with the educational requirements specified in R4-6-214; (2) a mental health professional who holds an active and unrestricted license issued under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 19.1 as a psychologist and has complied with the educational requirements specified in R4-6-214; or (3) an individual who holds an active and unrestricted license to practice behavioral health, is providing behavioral health services in Arizona under a contract or grant with the federal government under the authority of 25 U.S.C. § 450 - 450(n) or § 1601-1683, or by appointment under 38 U.S.C. § 7402 (8-11), and has complied with the educational requirements specified in R4-6-214. R4-6-404 still bars substance abuse counselor hours for this license (next item).",
        "Substance abuse counselors may not provide clinical-supervision hours toward LCSW licensure (R4-6-404(E)(4))."
      ],
      "forms": [],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": null,
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-19",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Arizona Administrative Code Title 4, Chapter 6, Article 4 (Social Work), R4-6-402/403/404, effective through Nov 2025 amendments",
          "url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "R4-6-215 Fees and Charges (Article 2, General Provisions)",
          "url": "https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Cornell LII mirror of R4-6-403 (used because apps.azsos.gov / bbhe.az.gov return 403 to automated fetch, incl. Safari UA)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R4-6-403"
        },
        {
          "label": "Cornell LII mirror of R4-6-215 (fees); same 403 issue on primary",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R4-6-215"
        }
      ],
      "gaps": {
        "supervisor_eligibility[2]": {
          "kind": "unchecked",
          "note": "The official rule PDF (https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf) returns 403. The Cornell LII mirror prints this bar as item 4 after subsection (D) without its letter; (E)(4) is inferred from that order.",
          "sources": [
            {
              "label": "Ariz. Admin. Code R4-6-404 (Cornell LII)",
              "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R4-6-404",
              "says": "The Board shall not accept hours of clinical supervision for clinical social worker licensure provided by a substance abuse counselor."
            }
          ],
          "checked": "2026-09-29",
          "ask_the_board": null
        }
      }
    }
  ],
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    {
      "credential": "LCSW",
      "path": "supervisor_eligibility[2]",
      "kind": "unchecked",
      "note": "The official rule PDF (https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_04/4-06.pdf) returns 403. The Cornell LII mirror prints this bar as item 4 after subsection (D) without its letter; (E)(4) is inferred from that order.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Ariz. Admin. Code R4-6-404 (Cornell LII)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R4-6-404",
          "says": "The Board shall not accept hours of clinical supervision for clinical social worker licensure provided by a substance abuse counselor."
        }
      ],
      "askTheBoard": null,
      "checked": "2026-09-29"
    }
  ]
}