{ "_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": "MS", "name": "Mississippi", "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/ms", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "checked": true, "lastChecked": "2026-09-27", "board": { "name": "Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists", "url": "https://www.swmft.ms.gov/social-work-licensure-information-0" }, "firstCredential": { "abbr": "LMSW", "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker (may enter post-masters supervision toward LCSW under a Board-approved 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": 367, "unknownFeeCount": 0, "conflictFeeCount": 0, "fees": [ { "name": "Application fee", "amount_usd": 27, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "Initial license fee (LMSW & LCSW)", "amount_usd": 110, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "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": null, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27", "notes": "The rule sets a 24 to 36 month window and a 1,000-hour client-contact floor, not a separate experience-hour total." }, "client_contact_hours": { "value": 1000, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "supervision_hours": { "value": 100, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "minimum_months": { "value": 24, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "maximum_months": { "value": 36, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "notes": [ "Written evaluations from the supervisor must be submitted to the Board for review at six-month intervals (30 Miss. Code R. 1902-2.3).", "experience_hours left null: the rule sets a 24-36 month supervision window and a 1,000-hour face-to-face client-contact floor, but no separate aggregate total-experience-hours figure (distinct from the client-contact hours) was located.", "Settled by the verifier: 30 Miss. Code R. 1902-2.1(C) reads \"From and after 7/1/2020, only a licensed certified social worker who has completed clinical supervision and taken the ASWB clinical exam may hold himself or herself out to the public as a 'clinical social worker.' A licensed certified social worker who has completed supervision and taken the ASWB advanced exam shall not present himself or herself as a 'clinical social worker.'\" The exam level gates the title; an LCSW (macro) can be licensed with the Advanced Generalist exam. The only statute text reachable (a 2015 Westlaw print of Miss. Code Ann. 73-53-13 hosted by the Board) says \"Has satisfactorily completed the ASWB examination for this license\" without naming a level; the current code (LexisNexis) was not reachable.", "30 Miss. Code R. 1902-2.1(C): the LCSW license is earned by completing post-masters supervision and an ASWB exam; from July 1, 2020 only an LCSW who completed clinical supervision and took the ASWB Clinical exam may hold out as a \"clinical social worker,\" and one who took the ASWB Advanced exam may not. The Clinical exam therefore gates the clinical TITLE, not the LCSW license. Level \"Clinical\" is recorded because this is the clinical track." ] }, "hours": "1,000 face-to-face hours, 100 supervision, for the LCSW", "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.", "Pass the ASWB Masters examination.", "Submit the application with the $27 application fee.", "Pay the $110 initial license fee upon Board approval." ], "ladder": [ { "rung": "bachelors", "abbr": "LSW", "title": "Licensed Social Worker", "exam": null, "supervised": false, "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-1" }, { "rung": "masters", "abbr": "LMSW", "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker (may enter post-masters supervision toward LCSW under a Board-approved LCSW supervisor)", "exam": "Masters", "supervised": true, "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-1" }, { "rung": "clinical", "abbr": "LCSW", "title": "Licensed Certified Social Worker (only those who complete clinical supervision and pass the ASWB Clinical exam may use the title 'clinical social worker')", "exam": "Clinical", "supervised": false, "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-1" } ], "sources": [ { "label": "Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists · LMSW applicant resources", "url": "https://www.swmft.ms.gov/social-work-licensure-information-0" }, { "label": "30 Miss. Code R. Part 1902 (Rules and Regulations for Social Workers)", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/title-30/part-1902" }, { "label": "Miss. Code Ann. Title 73, Chapter 53 (Board-hosted Westlaw print, current through the 2015 session)", "url": "https://swmft.ms.gov/sites/swmft2/files/73%2053%20WestlawNext%20-%2017%20full%20text%20items%20for%20Superbrowse.pdf" }, { "label": "LMSW fees · Application fee", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3" }, { "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/" } ], "records": [ { "state": { "name": "Mississippi", "postal_code": "MS" }, "license_target": { "track": "masters", "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker", "abbreviation": "LMSW" }, "board": { "name": "Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists", "source_url": "https://www.swmft.ms.gov/social-work-licensure-information-0" }, "fees": [ { "name": "Application fee", "amount_usd": 27, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "Initial license fee (LMSW & LCSW)", "amount_usd": 110, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "Renewal fee", "amount_usd": 110, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "ASWB Masters examination", "amount_usd": 230, "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" } ], "application_sequence": [ "Hold a master's or doctoral degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program.", "Pass the ASWB Masters examination.", "Submit the application with the $27 application fee.", "Pay the $110 initial license fee upon Board approval." ], "aswb_exam": { "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": null, "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": "30 Miss. Code R. Part 1902 (Rules and Regulations for Social Workers)", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/title-30/part-1902" }, { "label": "Miss. Code Ann. Title 73, Chapter 53 (Board-hosted Westlaw print, current through the 2015 session)", "url": "https://swmft.ms.gov/sites/swmft2/files/73%2053%20WestlawNext%20-%2017%20full%20text%20items%20for%20Superbrowse.pdf" } ] }, { "state": { "name": "Mississippi", "postal_code": "MS" }, "license_target": { "track": "clinical", "title": "Licensed Certified Social Worker", "abbreviation": "LCSW" }, "board": { "name": "Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists", "source_url": "https://www.swmft.ms.gov/social-work-licensure-information-0" }, "fees": [ { "name": "Application fee", "amount_usd": 27, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "Initial license fee (LMSW & LCSW)", "amount_usd": 110, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "Upgrade from LMSW to LCSW", "amount_usd": 32, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "Post-graduate Supervision Plan Approval for LCSW candidates", "amount_usd": 80, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "Renewal fee", "amount_usd": 110, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-4-3", "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 active LMSW license in good standing, with no pending complaint or disciplinary action, throughout the supervisory process.", "Submit a Plan of Supervision to the Board's Social Work Credentials Committee under a board-approved LCSW supervisor ($80 Supervision Plan Approval fee).", "Complete a minimum of 24 and not more than 36 consecutive months of professional supervision, including at least 1,000 hours of face-to-face client contact and 100 hours of supervision (at least one hour per week) with the LCSW supervisor.", "Submit written supervisor evaluations to the Board at six-month intervals.", "Pay the $32 LMSW-to-LCSW upgrade fee and receive the LCSW license." ], "aswb_exam": { "level": "Clinical", "fee_usd": 260, "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "supervision_requirement": { "experience_hours": { "value": null, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27", "notes": "The rule sets a 24 to 36 month window and a 1,000-hour client-contact floor, not a separate experience-hour total." }, "client_contact_hours": { "value": 1000, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "supervision_hours": { "value": 100, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "minimum_months": { "value": 24, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "maximum_months": { "value": 36, "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-3", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "notes": [ "Written evaluations from the supervisor must be submitted to the Board for review at six-month intervals (30 Miss. Code R. 1902-2.3).", "experience_hours left null: the rule sets a 24-36 month supervision window and a 1,000-hour face-to-face client-contact floor, but no separate aggregate total-experience-hours figure (distinct from the client-contact hours) was located.", "Settled by the verifier: 30 Miss. Code R. 1902-2.1(C) reads \"From and after 7/1/2020, only a licensed certified social worker who has completed clinical supervision and taken the ASWB clinical exam may hold himself or herself out to the public as a 'clinical social worker.' A licensed certified social worker who has completed supervision and taken the ASWB advanced exam shall not present himself or herself as a 'clinical social worker.'\" The exam level gates the title; an LCSW (macro) can be licensed with the Advanced Generalist exam. The only statute text reachable (a 2015 Westlaw print of Miss. Code Ann. 73-53-13 hosted by the Board) says \"Has satisfactorily completed the ASWB examination for this license\" without naming a level; the current code (LexisNexis) was not reachable.", "30 Miss. Code R. 1902-2.1(C): the LCSW license is earned by completing post-masters supervision and an ASWB exam; from July 1, 2020 only an LCSW who completed clinical supervision and took the ASWB Clinical exam may hold out as a \"clinical social worker,\" and one who took the ASWB Advanced exam may not. The Clinical exam therefore gates the clinical TITLE, not the LCSW license. Level \"Clinical\" is recorded because this is the clinical track." ] }, "supervisor_eligibility": [ "Board-approved LCSW supervisor; a dedicated 'who may supervise' rule was not independently located beyond the 'Certification to become LCSW Supervisor' fee ($55) and 'LCSW Supervisor Test' fee ($25) in 30 Miss. Code R. 1902-4.3, which imply supervisors must hold a separate Board certification." ], "forms": null, "processing_benchmark": null, "endorsement_rules": { "value": "Part 1902 of the Board rules contains no permanent licensure-by-endorsement rule; Rule 1902-2.6 provides only an emergency provisional permit during a declared disaster or emergency. The Board homepage addresses \"UROLA APPLICANTS\" (universal license recognition), and the 2015 statute print hosted by the Board (Miss. Code Ann. 73-53-13(c)(iv)) allowed a comparable out-of-state license; the current statute text was not reachable, so no endorsement terms are stated here.", "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/30-Miss-Code-R-SS-1902-2-6", "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": "30 Miss. Code R. Part 1902 (Rules and Regulations for Social Workers)", "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/title-30/part-1902" }, { "label": "Miss. Code Ann. Title 73, Chapter 53 (Board-hosted Westlaw print, current through the 2015 session)", "url": "https://swmft.ms.gov/sites/swmft2/files/73%2053%20WestlawNext%20-%2017%20full%20text%20items%20for%20Superbrowse.pdf" } ] } ], "dataProblems": [] }