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    "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.",
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      "checked": "true when we have read this board's own pages and published the record. false means no data yet, not \"no requirements\".",
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      "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).",
      "knownFeesUsd": "Sum of ONLY the fees the board publishes for that first credential, in US dollars. null when it publishes none.",
      "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.",
      "ladder": "Every rung of the licensure ladder in order. `exam` is the ASWB category required to HOLD that rung (null = none); `supervised` means practice only under supervision.",
      "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.",
      "supervision": "The supervised-experience package on the path, each figure with its own source page. A figure the board does not publish is null.",
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      "records": "The raw rulebook records for this jurisdiction, unmodified."
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  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-06",
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      "Limited LMSW (R 338.2949) requires degree, background check, human-trafficking and implicit-bias training only: no exam, no hours. It exists to accrue the 4,000 hours; renewable up to 6 times, 1 year each. The ASWB exam is taken AFTER the hours (LMSW guide FAQ 12).",
      "R 338.2949 requires at least 4 hours of supervisory review per month, with at least 2 hours between applicant and supervisor individually in person or through live simultaneous telecommunications.",
      "No more than 2,080 supervised work-experience hours may be accumulated in a 12-month period.",
      "Experience averages at least 16 and not more than 40 hours per week unless the Board grants the rule's waiver after 4,000 hours have been completed.",
      "Clinical experience must satisfy R 338.2953 and be supervised by a Michigan LMSW holding the Clinical Practice designation.",
      "A second LMSW specialty requires an additional 2,000 post-degree supervised hours over not less than 1 year and at least 50 hours of supervisory review.",
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    "Submit Supervisor's Verification of Social Work Experience.",
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      "supervised": false,
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      "title": "Master's Social Worker, macro designation",
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      "label": "LMSW-Macro fees · ASWB Advanced Generalist examination",
      "url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/"
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    {
      "label": "Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictions",
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          "Experience averages at least 16 and not more than 40 hours per week unless the Board grants the rule's waiver after 4,000 hours have been completed.",
          "Clinical experience must satisfy R 338.2953 and be supervised by a Michigan LMSW holding the Clinical Practice designation.",
          "A second LMSW specialty requires an additional 2,000 post-degree supervised hours over not less than 1 year and at least 50 hours of supervisory review.",
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