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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": "IN",
  "name": "Indiana",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/in",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-27",
  "board": {
    "name": "Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board",
    "url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/behavioral-health-and-human-services/"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "LSW",
    "title": "Licensed Social Worker (accrues LCSW hours under an Indiana LCSW supervisor)",
    "rung": "masters",
    "exam": "Masters"
  },
  "examRequiredFirst": true,
  "examOrderReason": null,
  "summary": "The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.",
  "aswbExam": {
    "level": "Masters",
    "feeUsd": 230
  },
  "knownFeesUsd": 280,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "LSW application/issuance fee",
      "amount_usd": 50,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-2-5",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
      "amount_usd": 230,
      "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    }
  ],
  "supervision": {
    "experience_hours": {
      "value": 3000,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-3-2",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": null,
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-3-2",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
      "notes": "839 IAC 1-3-2 sets a rate, not a total: at least 4 hours per month of face-to-face supervision."
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 24,
      "source_url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/State-Form-50325-R12-8-24-Form-I-SECURED.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "maximum_months": null,
    "notes": [
      "Supervision cadence: 'face-to-face contact between the supervisor and supervisee ... for a minimum of four (4) hours per month' (839 IAC 1-3-2); no total supervision-hour figure was located, so supervision_hours is left null rather than computed from the monthly cadence times 24 months.",
      "Up to 100% of the required experience hours may be completed through 'virtual supervision' meeting the definition in IC 25-23.6-5-3.5 (a synchronous, HIPAA-compliant audio-video platform); telephone calls, email, and text messages do not qualify (Form I instructions, in.gov/pla).",
      "IC 25-23.6-5-3.5 itself (the statute Form I cites for the virtual-supervision definition and the 2-year experience requirement) is not mirrored on law.cornell.edu and iga.in.gov's own code search is a JavaScript app that blocked an automated fetch; this record relies on the Board's own Form I, which quotes and cites that statute directly.",
      "experience_hours 3,000: 839 IAC 1-3-2(b) states 3,000 post-degree hours literally for the part-time path; the full-time path is 24 months (Form I) at a floor of 1,500 hours per year, which is the same 3,000. Verifier kept the value with this caveat."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "3,000 hours over at least 24 months, supervision: no single total, for the LCSW",
  "compactMember": false,
  "compactNote": null,
  "compactStatus": {
    "status": "no_active_legislation",
    "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": [
    "Meet Indiana LSW education requirements (accredited social work degree).",
    "Make application in writing on forms provided by the Board and furnish evidence the qualifying requirements have been met (839 IAC 1-2-1).",
    "Pass the intermediate (Masters) level ASWB examination (839 IAC 1-2-1).",
    "Pay the $50 application/issuance fee and receive the LSW license."
  ],
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    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "LBSW",
      "title": "Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker",
      "exam": "Bachelors",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/lbsw-lsw-lcsw-by-reciprocity-instructions.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LSW",
      "title": "Licensed Social Worker (accrues LCSW hours under an Indiana LCSW supervisor)",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": true,
      "source": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/State-Form-50325-R12-8-24-Form-I-SECURED.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LCSW",
      "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-3-2"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board · LSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/behavioral-health-and-human-services/"
    },
    {
      "label": "839 IAC 1 (Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board rules)",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/title-839"
    },
    {
      "label": "LBSW/LSW/LCSW by Reciprocity Instructions (IC 25-23.6-5-10.5)",
      "url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/lbsw-lsw-lcsw-by-reciprocity-instructions.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "LSW fees · LSW application/issuance fee",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-2-5"
    },
    {
      "label": "LSW 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": "Indiana",
        "postal_code": "IN"
      },
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        "title": "Licensed Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LSW"
      },
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        "name": "Indiana Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board",
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      },
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        {
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          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-2-5",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LSW biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-2-5",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
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        }
      ],
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        "Meet Indiana LSW education requirements (accredited social work degree).",
        "Make application in writing on forms provided by the Board and furnish evidence the qualifying requirements have been met (839 IAC 1-2-1).",
        "Pass the intermediate (Masters) level ASWB examination (839 IAC 1-2-1).",
        "Pay the $50 application/issuance fee and receive the LSW license."
      ],
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        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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        "value": "Reciprocity under IC 25-23.6-5-10.5: applicant must (1) hold a valid license or certificate to practice social work from another state or jurisdiction, (2) have passed an examination substantially equivalent to the level requested (LSW requires the ASWB Masters-level exam), (3) have no pending disciplinary proceeding in another state, and (4) pay a $50 fee. Reciprocity (LSW/LCSW) applicants must also pass a 30-question true-false/multiple-choice jurisprudence examination on Board statutes and rules within fourteen (14) days of the date it is emailed, with a 75% passing score.",
        "source_url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/lbsw-lsw-lcsw-by-reciprocity-instructions.pdf",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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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",
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        {
          "label": "839 IAC 1 (Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board rules)",
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        },
        {
          "label": "LBSW/LSW/LCSW by Reciprocity Instructions (IC 25-23.6-5-10.5)",
          "url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/lbsw-lsw-lcsw-by-reciprocity-instructions.pdf"
        }
      ]
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        "postal_code": "IN"
      },
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        "abbreviation": "LCSW"
      },
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        "source_url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/behavioral-health-and-human-services/"
      },
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          "name": "LCSW application/issuance fee",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-2-5",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LCSW biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-2-5",
          "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 an active Indiana LSW license.",
        "Complete at least 24 months of clinical social work supervision after receiving a graduate degree in social work, under the supervision of an Indiana LCSW, while employed and holding an active LSW license.",
        "Accrue at least 3,000 hours of experience after receiving the graduate degree (839 IAC 1-3-2).",
        "Pass the clinical level ASWB examination (839 IAC 1-2-1).",
        "Apply to the Board for LCSW licensure and pay the $50 application/issuance fee."
      ],
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        "level": "Clinical",
        "fee_usd": 260,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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          "value": 3000,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-3-2",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-3-2",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
          "notes": "839 IAC 1-3-2 sets a rate, not a total: at least 4 hours per month of face-to-face supervision."
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/State-Form-50325-R12-8-24-Form-I-SECURED.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
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        "notes": [
          "Supervision cadence: 'face-to-face contact between the supervisor and supervisee ... for a minimum of four (4) hours per month' (839 IAC 1-3-2); no total supervision-hour figure was located, so supervision_hours is left null rather than computed from the monthly cadence times 24 months.",
          "Up to 100% of the required experience hours may be completed through 'virtual supervision' meeting the definition in IC 25-23.6-5-3.5 (a synchronous, HIPAA-compliant audio-video platform); telephone calls, email, and text messages do not qualify (Form I instructions, in.gov/pla).",
          "IC 25-23.6-5-3.5 itself (the statute Form I cites for the virtual-supervision definition and the 2-year experience requirement) is not mirrored on law.cornell.edu and iga.in.gov's own code search is a JavaScript app that blocked an automated fetch; this record relies on the Board's own Form I, which quotes and cites that statute directly.",
          "experience_hours 3,000: 839 IAC 1-3-2(b) states 3,000 post-degree hours literally for the part-time path; the full-time path is 24 months (Form I) at a floor of 1,500 hours per year, which is the same 3,000. Verifier kept the value with this caveat."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Indiana Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), active license (Form I: 'under the supervision of an Indiana LCSW')."
      ],
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        {
          "name": "Form I - Verification of Supervision for Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Licensure Applicants (State Form 50325)",
          "source_url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/State-Form-50325-R12-8-24-Form-I-SECURED.pdf"
        }
      ],
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      "endorsement_rules": {
        "value": "Reciprocity under IC 25-23.6-5-10.5: applicant must (1) hold a valid license or certificate to practice social work from another state or jurisdiction, (2) have passed an examination substantially equivalent to the level requested (LCSW requires the ASWB Clinical-level exam), (3) have no pending disciplinary proceeding in another state, and (4) pay a $50 fee. Reciprocity (LSW/LCSW) applicants must also pass a 30-question true-false/multiple-choice jurisprudence examination on Board statutes and rules within fourteen (14) days of the date it is emailed, with a 75% passing score.",
        "source_url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/lbsw-lsw-lcsw-by-reciprocity-instructions.pdf",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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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": "839 IAC 1 (Behavioral Health and Human Services Licensing Board rules)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/title-839"
        },
        {
          "label": "LBSW/LSW/LCSW by Reciprocity Instructions (IC 25-23.6-5-10.5)",
          "url": "https://www.in.gov/pla/files/lbsw-lsw-lcsw-by-reciprocity-instructions.pdf"
        }
      ],
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            {
              "label": "839 IAC 1-3-2(c)",
              "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-3-2",
              "says": "supervision must be face-to-face contact between the supervisor and supervisee for the purpose of assisting the supervisee in the process of learning the skills of social work or clinical social work practice for a minimum of four (4) hours per month"
            }
          ],
          "checked": "2026-09-29",
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        }
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        {
          "label": "839 IAC 1-3-2(c)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/indiana/839-IAC-1-3-2",
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