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    "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.",
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      "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, null when none is).",
      "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.",
      "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."
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  "abbr": "NJ",
  "name": "New Jersey",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/nj",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-06",
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    "name": "New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners",
    "url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw"
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    "title": "Licensed Social Worker",
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  "summary": "The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.",
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  },
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      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
    },
    {
      "name": "Standard (non-clinical) license fee, first year of biennial period",
      "amount_usd": 120,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
    },
    {
      "name": "Standard (non-clinical) license fee, second year of biennial period",
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      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
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      "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
      "amount_usd": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
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      "New Jersey also has a bachelor-level Certified Social Worker (CSW), a certification rather than a license. It was not sourced against N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.3/4.7 in this pass and is omitted from the ladder rather than guessed."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "Supervised hours not checked yet",
  "compactMember": true,
  "applicationSequence": [
    "Earn an MSW (or DSW) from a CSWE-accredited program, or a program in CSWE candidacy.",
    "Register for and pass the ASWB Masters examination (final-semester students may sit early).",
    "Submit the LSW application, official transcript, application fee, and consent to a criminal history background check to the Board.",
    "Receive the LSW license from the Board."
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      "abbr": "LSW",
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      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-2"
    },
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      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1"
    }
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    {
      "label": "New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners · LSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw"
    },
    {
      "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.2 - Eligibility requirements; LSW",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-2"
    },
    {
      "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.5 - Endorsement",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-5"
    },
    {
      "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-14.1 - Fees",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1"
    },
    {
      "label": "N.J.S.A. 45:15BB - Social Workers' Licensing Act of 1991 (cross-referenced within regulation text; full statute text not independently fetched)",
      "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-45/section-45-15bb-1/"
    },
    {
      "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/"
    },
    {
      "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.1 - Eligibility requirements; LCSW",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1"
    },
    {
      "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-8.1 - Clinical supervision",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-8-1"
    },
    {
      "label": "NJ ASWB Clinical Level Examination Preapproval application (fee, Incapsula-blocked, not directly fetched)",
      "url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Applications/Application-for-ASWB-Clinical-Level-Examination-Preapproval.pdf"
    }
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      },
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          "name": "Standard (non-clinical) license fee, first year of biennial period",
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          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
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        {
          "name": "Standard (non-clinical) license fee, second year of biennial period",
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          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
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          "name": "ASWB Masters examination",
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        "Earn an MSW (or DSW) from a CSWE-accredited program, or a program in CSWE candidacy.",
        "Register for and pass the ASWB Masters examination (final-semester students may sit early).",
        "Submit the LSW application, official transcript, application fee, and consent to a criminal history background check to the Board.",
        "Receive the LSW license from the Board."
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        "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
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          "New Jersey also has a bachelor-level Certified Social Worker (CSW), a certification rather than a license. It was not sourced against N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.3/4.7 in this pass and is omitted from the ladder rather than guessed."
        ]
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        {
          "name": "Application for Licensure as a Licensed Social Worker (NJ-LSW-Application)",
          "source_url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Applications/NJ-LSW-Application.pdf"
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        "endorsement_fee_usd": 75,
        "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-5",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
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          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-2"
        },
        {
          "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.5 - Endorsement",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-5"
        },
        {
          "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-14.1 - Fees",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1"
        },
        {
          "label": "N.J.S.A. 45:15BB - Social Workers' Licensing Act of 1991 (cross-referenced within regulation text; full statute text not independently fetched)",
          "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-45/section-45-15bb-1/"
        },
        {
          "label": "NJ Division of Consumer Affairs - State Board of Social Work Examiners (Incapsula-blocked, not directly fetched)",
          "url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "postal_code": "NJ"
      },
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        "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LCSW"
      },
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        "name": "New Jersey State Board of Social Work Examiners",
        "source_url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Application fee",
          "amount_usd": 75,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        {
          "name": "Clinical license fee, first year of biennial period",
          "amount_usd": 160,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        {
          "name": "Clinical license fee, second year of biennial period",
          "amount_usd": 80,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Clinical Level Examination preapproval application fee (applied toward LCSW licensure application)",
          "amount_usd": 75,
          "source_url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Applications/Application-for-ASWB-Clinical-Level-Examination-Preapproval.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        {
          "name": "ASWB Clinical examination",
          "amount_usd": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        {
          "name": "Verification of licensure/certification",
          "amount_usd": 25,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        }
      ],
      "application_sequence": [
        "Hold LSW status (or practice in a setting where licensure is not required) for the duration of the supervised experience.",
        "Earn an MSW (or DSW) from a CSWE-accredited program plus 12 graduate semester hours in clinical social work practice methods.",
        "Complete 3,000 hours of supervised clinical social work over no less than 2 and no more than 4 years, with at least 1,920 hours in face-to-face client contact (half of those 1,920 in psychotherapeutic counseling).",
        "Obtain weekly clinical supervision from a Board-eligible LCSW supervisor for the duration of the supervised experience.",
        "Apply for and pass the ASWB Clinical examination (preapproval application submitted to the Board first).",
        "Submit the LCSW application, transcript, supervisor certification of hours, proof of LSW status during the experience period, application fee, and consent to a criminal history background check to the Board."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "level": "Clinical",
        "fee_usd": null,
        "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": {
          "value": 3000,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": {
          "value": 1920,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-8-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06",
          "notes": "CORRECTED from draft's 100. Full verbatim text of 13:44G-8.1(b)(1)(v) confirms only a WEEKLY cadence ('at least one hour of face-to-face individual or group clinical supervision per week, or one hour of individual clinical supervision via synchronous video conferencing for no more than half of the total supervision hours'). No aggregate/cumulative hour total appears anywhere in the regulation text. The draft's 100-hour figure was a derived guess (~2yrs x 52wks), not a sourced number, and is removed here; set to null pending a stated total."
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        "maximum_months": {
          "value": 48,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
        },
        "notes": [
          "The 1,080 hours of the 3,000 not required to be face-to-face client contact 'can include time spent in supervision or other social work services' per 13:44G-4.1(a).",
          "Transition provision (13:44G-4.1(c)): applicants who began supervised clinical experience before September 17, 2018 need only complete 1,920 hours of face-to-face client contact rather than the full 3,000/1,920 structure.",
          "13:44G-8.1(a): an LSW under supervision may not provide clinical services through a private practice they own, wholly or in part.",
          "Supervision total: N.J.A.C. 13:44G-8.1 codifies only the weekly supervision cadence. It states no cumulative supervision-hour total, so supervision_hours stays null. The 100 figure that circulates is an unsourced estimate.",
          "New Jersey issues no separate provisional or registered-supervisee credential: an LSW accrues the LCSW hours while holding the LSW itself, so the ladder carries no limited or supervisee rung.",
          "Non-path fee (not in known fees): Late renewal fee $100",
          "Non-path fee (not in known fees): Reinstatement fee $150",
          "Non-path fee (not in known fees): Endorsement fee $75",
          "Non-path fee (not in known fees): Duplicate license $25"
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Must be a clinical social worker licensed by New Jersey (an LCSW).",
        "Has been licensed as an LCSW for a minimum of three years.",
        "Has completed at least 20 continuing education credits of post-graduate coursework related to clinical supervision, approved by the Board (a SIFI course does not satisfy this, in whole or part).",
        "May supervise a maximum of six social workers pursuing the required two-year clinical experience; group supervision is capped at four social workers in any single group.",
        "Supervision by synchronous video conferencing may constitute no more than half of the required supervision hours and must comply with HIPAA confidentiality standards."
      ],
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        {
          "name": "Application for Licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (NJ-LCSW-Application)",
          "source_url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Applications/NJ-LCSW-Application.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "Application for ASWB Clinical Level Examination Preapproval",
          "source_url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Applications/Application-for-ASWB-Clinical-Level-Examination-Preapproval.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "Documentation of Supervised Clinical Experience for LCSW Candidates",
          "source_url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Applications/Documentation-of-Supervised-Clinical-Experience-for-LCSW-Candidates.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": {
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        "summary": "An applicant already licensed/registered in another U.S. state, territory, or jurisdiction whose educational and experiential requirements are substantially the same as New Jersey's LCSW requirements, and who passed a substantially similar examination, may be exempted from New Jersey's examination requirement under N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.5.",
        "endorsement_fee_usd": 75,
        "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-5",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
      },
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": false,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-06"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-06",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.1 - Eligibility requirements; LCSW",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-1"
        },
        {
          "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-8.1 - Clinical supervision",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-8-1"
        },
        {
          "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-4.5 - Endorsement",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-4-5"
        },
        {
          "label": "N.J.A.C. 13:44G-14.1 - Fees",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/N-J-A-C-13-44G-14-1"
        },
        {
          "label": "N.J.S.A. 45:15BB - Social Workers' Licensing Act of 1991 (cross-referenced within regulation text; full statute text not independently fetched)",
          "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-45/section-45-15bb-1/"
        },
        {
          "label": "NJ ASWB Clinical Level Examination Preapproval application (fee, Incapsula-blocked, not directly fetched)",
          "url": "https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Applications/Application-for-ASWB-Clinical-Level-Examination-Preapproval.pdf"
        }
      ]
    }
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}