{
  "_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": "MO",
  "name": "Missouri",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/mo",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-19",
  "board": {
    "name": "Missouri Committee for Social Workers",
    "url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers.asp"
  },
  "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": 230
  },
  "knownFeesUsd": 300,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "Application/Initial License Fee",
      "amount_usd": 70,
      "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-fees.asp",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    {
      "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
      "amount_usd": 230,
      "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    }
  ],
  "supervision": {
    "experience_hours": {
      "value": 3000,
      "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": null,
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19",
      "notes": "20 CSR 2263-2 sets a rate, not a total: at least 2 hours of individual face-to-face supervision every 2 weeks."
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 24,
      "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    "maximum_months": {
      "value": 48,
      "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
    },
    "notes": [
      "The rule sets a rate, not a flat cumulative supervision total: 'a minimum of two (2) hours every two (2) weeks of individual face-to-face supervision', consolidatable to 'four (4) hours of individual face-to-face supervision per four-(4-)week period'; up to fifty percent of monthly supervision may be group supervision (2-6 supervisees). No total-hours figure is stated in the rule itself, so it is left null rather than computed by multiplication.",
      "Sources point at the primary sos.mo.gov Code of State Regulations PDF rather than the law.cornell.edu mirror. The PDF serves to a browser user agent and its text matches the mirror verbatim.",
      "Missouri also issues a LAMSW (Licensed Advanced Macro Social Worker), a non-clinical macro-practice credential; kept on an 'advanced' ladder rung, not the clinical track.",
      "20 CSR 2263-2.031(1)(A) also requires a CSWE-accredited degree and five years of experience after licensure; both are listed under supervisor_eligibility.",
      "The LAMSW rung's exam requirement was not read on a Missouri board page this pass. Its ladder entry carries no ASWB category, which means unread here rather than 'no exam required'."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "3,000 hours over at least 24 months, 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": [
    "Earn a master's (or doctorate) degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program.",
    "Submit the Application for Licensure - LMSW/LBSW to the Committee for Social Workers.",
    "Pass the ASWB Masters examination.",
    "Receive LMSW license; no supervised post-graduate experience is required at this rung."
  ],
  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "LBSW",
      "title": "Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker",
      "exam": "Bachelors",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-lbsw.asp"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LMSW",
      "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-lmsw.asp"
    },
    {
      "rung": "advanced",
      "abbr": "LAMSW",
      "title": "Licensed Advanced Macro Social Worker (exam requirement not read on a board page)",
      "exam": null,
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-lamsw.asp"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LCSW",
      "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Missouri Committee for Social Workers · LMSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers.asp"
    },
    {
      "label": "RSMo Section 337.600 et seq.",
      "url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=337.600"
    },
    {
      "label": "20 CSR 2263-1.035 Fees",
      "url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-fees.asp"
    },
    {
      "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/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Missouri Committee for Social Workers · LCSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-lcsw.asp"
    },
    {
      "label": "20 CSR 2263-2.030 Supervised Licensed Social Work Experience (primary PDF)",
      "url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Missouri",
        "postal_code": "MO"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "masters",
        "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LMSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Missouri Committee for Social Workers",
        "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers.asp"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Application/Initial License Fee",
          "amount_usd": 70,
          "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-fees.asp",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
          "amount_usd": 230,
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Earn a master's (or doctorate) degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program.",
        "Submit the Application for Licensure - LMSW/LBSW to the Committee for Social Workers.",
        "Pass the ASWB Masters examination.",
        "Receive LMSW license; no supervised post-graduate experience is required at this rung."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "level": "Masters",
        "fee_usd": 230,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": null,
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": null,
        "minimum_months": null,
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "Secondary guides agree no supervised post-graduate hours are required for LMSW itself; confirmed no board rule imposing an experience prerequisite was found.",
          "Fees come from the primary board page, pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-fees.asp, which serves to a browser user agent with no Cloudflare block."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Application for Licensure - LMSW/LBSW",
          "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-lmsw.asp"
        }
      ],
      "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": "RSMo Section 337.600 et seq.",
          "url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=337.600"
        },
        {
          "label": "20 CSR 2263-1.035 Fees",
          "url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-fees.asp"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Missouri",
        "postal_code": "MO"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "clinical",
        "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LCSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Missouri Committee for Social Workers",
        "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-lcsw.asp"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Application/Initial License Fee",
          "amount_usd": 70,
          "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-fees.asp",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "name": "Registration of Supervision Fee (per setting)",
          "amount_usd": 25,
          "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-fees.asp",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Clinical examination",
          "amount_usd": 260,
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Hold an MSW/DSW acceptable to the committee.",
        "Register supervision (per setting) before accruing hours.",
        "Complete 3,000 hours of supervised clinical experience over 24-48 consecutive months.",
        "Pass the ASWB Clinical examination.",
        "Apply for LCSW licensure."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "level": "Clinical",
        "fee_usd": 260,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": {
          "value": 3000,
          "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19",
          "notes": "20 CSR 2263-2 sets a rate, not a total: at least 2 hours of individual face-to-face supervision every 2 weeks."
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "maximum_months": {
          "value": 48,
          "source_url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-19"
        },
        "notes": [
          "The rule sets a rate, not a flat cumulative supervision total: 'a minimum of two (2) hours every two (2) weeks of individual face-to-face supervision', consolidatable to 'four (4) hours of individual face-to-face supervision per four-(4-)week period'; up to fifty percent of monthly supervision may be group supervision (2-6 supervisees). No total-hours figure is stated in the rule itself, so it is left null rather than computed by multiplication.",
          "Sources point at the primary sos.mo.gov Code of State Regulations PDF rather than the law.cornell.edu mirror. The PDF serves to a browser user agent and its text matches the mirror verbatim.",
          "Missouri also issues a LAMSW (Licensed Advanced Macro Social Worker), a non-clinical macro-practice credential; kept on an 'advanced' ladder rung, not the clinical track.",
          "20 CSR 2263-2.031(1)(A) also requires a CSWE-accredited degree and five years of experience after licensure; both are listed under supervisor_eligibility.",
          "The LAMSW rung's exam requirement was not read on a Missouri board page this pass. Its ladder entry carries no ASWB category, which means unread here rather than 'no exam required'."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Licensed in Missouri as a bachelor, master, clinical, or advanced macro social worker (or equivalently licensed in another state).",
        "Completed a 16-hour continuing-education course in supervision approved per the committee's CE rules.",
        "Bachelor's or master's degree from a CSWE-accredited social work program, or a doctorate in social work.",
        "Five (5) years of post-licensure experience."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Application for Licensure - LCSW/LAMSW (includes Attestation Form)",
          "source_url": "https://pr.mo.gov/socialworkers-lcsw.asp"
        }
      ],
      "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": "20 CSR 2263-2.030 Supervised Licensed Social Work Experience (primary PDF)",
          "url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "20 CSR 2263-2.031 Acceptable Supervisors and Supervisor Responsibilities (primary PDF)",
          "url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2263-2.pdf"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "dataProblems": []
}