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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": "KS",
  "name": "Kansas",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/ks",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-27",
  "board": {
    "name": "Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board",
    "url": "https://www.ksbsrb.ks.gov/professions/social-workers"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "LMSW",
    "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LSCSW hours under a qualified LSCSW 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": 430,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "LMSW application fee",
      "amount_usd": 50,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    {
      "name": "LMSW original license fee",
      "amount_usd": 150,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
      "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/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": {
      "value": 1500,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": 100,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 24,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "maximum_months": {
      "value": 72,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "notes": [
      "Unless the board approves extenuating circumstances, all supervision must be conducted face-to-face, either in person or, if confidentiality is technologically protected, by synchronous videoconferencing (K.A.R. 102-2-12)."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "3,000 hours, 1,500 client contact, 100 supervision, for the LSCSW",
  "compactMember": true,
  "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 or doctoral degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program.",
    "Submit a completed application with two professional references on board-approved forms, each reference licensed (or academically eligible for licensure) at or above the intended level (K.A.R. 102-2-2a).",
    "Pass an examination approved by the board (K.A.R. 102-2-9).",
    "Pay the $50 application fee and $150 original license fee."
  ],
  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "LBSW",
      "title": "Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker (ASWB exam level not independently confirmed)",
      "exam": null,
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.ksbsrb.ks.gov/professions/social-workers"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LMSW",
      "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker (accrues LSCSW hours under a qualified LSCSW supervisor)",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": true,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LSCSW",
      "title": "Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board · LMSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://www.ksbsrb.ks.gov/professions/social-workers"
    },
    {
      "label": "K.A.R. 102-2 (Licensing of Social Workers)",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/agency-102/article-2"
    },
    {
      "label": "K.A.R. 102-2-12 (LSCSW licensure requirements)",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12"
    },
    {
      "label": "LMSW fees · LMSW application fee",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3"
    },
    {
      "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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    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Kansas",
        "postal_code": "KS"
      },
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        "track": "masters",
        "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LMSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board",
        "source_url": "https://www.ksbsrb.ks.gov/professions/social-workers"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "LMSW application fee",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LMSW original license fee",
          "amount_usd": 150,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LMSW renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 75,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
          "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 or doctoral degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program.",
        "Submit a completed application with two professional references on board-approved forms, each reference licensed (or academically eligible for licensure) at or above the intended level (K.A.R. 102-2-2a).",
        "Pass an examination approved by the board (K.A.R. 102-2-9).",
        "Pay the $50 application fee and $150 original license fee."
      ],
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        "level": "Masters",
        "fee_usd": 230,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": null,
      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": null,
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": {
        "value": "K.A.R. 102-2-2c allows an LBSW or LMSW applicant to be exempted from the Kansas examination based on reciprocity if the applicant holds a valid out-of-state license, verifies that the other state's LBSW/LMSW requirements are substantially the same as Kansas's, and verifies passage of a substantially similar examination.",
        "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-2c",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "K.A.R. 102-2 (Licensing of Social Workers)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/agency-102/article-2"
        },
        {
          "label": "K.A.R. 102-2-12 (LSCSW licensure requirements)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Kansas",
        "postal_code": "KS"
      },
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        "track": "clinical",
        "title": "Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LSCSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board",
        "source_url": "https://www.ksbsrb.ks.gov/professions/social-workers"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "LSCSW application fee",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LSCSW original license fee",
          "amount_usd": 150,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LSCSW renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 100,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Clinical examination",
          "amount_usd": 260,
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Hold an LMSW and complete 15 graduate-level credit hours supporting diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders, including a discrete psychopathology course, for degrees conferred on or after July 1, 2003 (K.A.R. 102-2-12).",
        "Complete at least 3,000 hours of postgraduate, supervised clinical social work practice experience under a qualified LSCSW, over not less than two years and not more than six years.",
        "Ensure at least 1,500 of those hours are direct client contact.",
        "Complete 100 hours of clinical supervision (at least one hour per 15 hours of direct client contact), at least 50 hours of which are individual supervision.",
        "Pass the ASWB Clinical examination.",
        "Apply to the Board for LSCSW licensure and pay the $50 application fee and $150 original license fee."
      ],
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        "level": "Clinical",
        "fee_usd": 260,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": {
          "value": 3000,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": {
          "value": 1500,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": 100,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "maximum_months": {
          "value": 72,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "notes": [
          "Unless the board approves extenuating circumstances, all supervision must be conducted face-to-face, either in person or, if confidentiality is technologically protected, by synchronous videoconferencing (K.A.R. 102-2-12)."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Qualified licensed specialist clinical social worker (LSCSW) supervisor (K.A.R. 102-2-12)."
      ],
      "forms": null,
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": {
        "value": "K.A.R. 102-2-2b reciprocity: the applicant must hold a valid clinical-level social work license from another jurisdiction; that licensing agency must verify either that its clinical standards are substantially equivalent to Kansas's or that the applicant holds an accredited master's or doctoral social work degree; and every applicant must document at least three years of clinical practice (an employer attestation of at least eight hours of client contact per week during nine months or more of each year, or an applicant attestation of three years of independent clinical practice), plus verification of a board-approved national clinical exam if the applicant passed one. Alternative attestation path: the applicant engaged in the professional practice of social work at the clinical level an average of at least 15 hours per week for nine months during each of the five years preceding application.",
        "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-2b",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "K.A.R. 102-2 (Licensing of Social Workers)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/agency-102/article-2"
        },
        {
          "label": "K.A.R. 102-2-12 (LSCSW licensure requirements)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/kansas/K-A-R-102-2-12"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "dataProblems": []
}