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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."
    }
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  "abbr": "SC",
  "name": "South Carolina",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/sc",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-27",
  "board": {
    "name": "South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners",
    "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/"
  },
  "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": 275,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "Initial application fee",
      "amount_usd": 45,
      "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
      "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://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": {
      "value": null,
      "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
      "notes": "Neither Section 40-63-240 nor the Board's requirements documents state a client-contact figure separate from the 3,000-hour total."
    },
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": 100,
      "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 24,
      "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "maximum_months": {
      "value": 48,
      "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "notes": [
      "Up to 50 percent of the 100 supervision hours may be group supervision, with no more than 6 supervisees per group (LISW-CP Requirements, 11/2015).",
      "client_contact_hours left null: neither the statute (Section 40-63-240) nor the Board's requirements or supervision-guidelines documents separate out a direct-client-contact figure from the 3,000-hour total.",
      "Needs a human: South Carolina enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact in May 2025 (2025 Act No. 66), but swcompact.org does not yet list it as a member. The enacted statute controls, so member is true with compact_status.staleSource."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "3,000 hours, 100 supervision, for the LISW-CP",
  "compactMember": true,
  "compactNote": "swcompact.org does not list South Carolina as a member yet, so confirm with the board",
  "compactStatus": {
    "status": "enacted",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php",
    "checkedOn": "2026-09-27"
  },
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    "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 doctorate degree from a CSWE-accredited social work program.",
    "Submit an application and pay the $45 non-refundable application fee (LMSW Requirements, 11/2015).",
    "Have an official transcript reflecting the social work degree sent directly to the Board office.",
    "If previously or currently licensed in another state, submit the 'Verification of Social Work License' form from each such state.",
    "Board approves the candidate to sit for the masters-level ASWB examination; candidate registers directly with ASWB.",
    "License is issued once the Board has a completed application package, including a passing exam score and a transcript reflecting the conferred degree."
  ],
  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "LBSW",
      "title": "Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker (whether practice is supervised was not read on a primary page)",
      "exam": "Bachelors",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LBSW_Requirements.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LMSW",
      "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LMSW_Requirements.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "advanced",
      "abbr": "LISW-AP",
      "title": "Licensed Independent Social Worker, Advanced Practice (non-clinical independent; parallel to LISW-CP: 3,000 supervised hours and 100 supervision hours over 2 to 4 years)",
      "exam": "Advanced Generalist",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_AP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LISW-CP",
      "title": "Licensed Independent Social Worker, Clinical Practice",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf"
    }
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    {
      "label": "South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners · LMSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/"
    },
    {
      "label": "S.C. Code Chapter 63, Title 40 (Social Work Practice Act)",
      "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php"
    },
    {
      "label": "LMSW Requirements (South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners)",
      "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LMSW_Requirements.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners fee schedule",
      "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx"
    },
    {
      "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": "LISW-CP Requirements (South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners)",
      "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "Guidelines for LISW Supervision",
      "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_SUPERVISION_GUIDELINES_2015.pdf"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "state": {
        "name": "South Carolina",
        "postal_code": "SC"
      },
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        "track": "masters",
        "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LMSW"
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        "name": "South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners",
        "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Initial application fee",
          "amount_usd": 45,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 90,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Renewal late fee",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Reinstatement application fee",
          "amount_usd": 190,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "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 doctorate degree from a CSWE-accredited social work program.",
        "Submit an application and pay the $45 non-refundable application fee (LMSW Requirements, 11/2015).",
        "Have an official transcript reflecting the social work degree sent directly to the Board office.",
        "If previously or currently licensed in another state, submit the 'Verification of Social Work License' form from each such state.",
        "Board approves the candidate to sit for the masters-level ASWB examination; candidate registers directly with ASWB.",
        "License is issued once the Board has a completed application package, including a passing exam score and a transcript reflecting the conferred degree."
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        "level": "Masters",
        "fee_usd": 230,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
        "experience_hours": null,
        "client_contact_hours": null,
        "supervision_hours": null,
        "minimum_months": null,
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "Needs a human: South Carolina enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact in May 2025 (2025 Act No. 66), but swcompact.org does not yet list it as a member. The enacted statute controls, so member is true with compact_status.staleSource."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "LMSW Requirements / application (11/2015)",
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LMSW_Requirements.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": [
        "S.C. Code Section 40-63-260(A): an applicant currently licensed in another jurisdiction must submit a written application, be at least 21, be of good moral character, hold the required accredited degree, have passed a Board-prescribed examination, hold a current license in good standing with no suspension/revocation history (except nonrenewal or CE lapse), and pay all applicable fees.",
        "Section 40-63-260(B): 'An applicant for licensure under this section is only eligible for licensure at the equivalent designation recognized in the jurisdiction in which he or she is currently licensed.'",
        "Compact law enacted May 2025 (2025 Act No. 66, S.C. Code Article 3, Section 40-63-510 et seq., https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php), not yet listed as a member by swcompact.org (https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/). The enacted statute controls, so member is true; compact_status.staleSource notes the lagging list."
      ],
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
        "staleSource": "swcompact.org does not list South Carolina as a member yet, so confirm with the board"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "S.C. Code Chapter 63, Title 40 (Social Work Practice Act)",
          "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php"
        },
        {
          "label": "LMSW Requirements (South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners)",
          "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LMSW_Requirements.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners fee schedule",
          "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx"
        }
      ],
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          "note": "South Carolina enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact (S.C. Code 40-63-510 onward, effective May 22, 2025), but swcompact.org does not list South Carolina as a member yet. The statute controls.",
          "sources": [
            {
              "label": "S.C. Code 40-63-510",
              "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php",
              "says": "The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers with the goal of improving public access to competent social work services."
            }
          ],
          "controls": [
            "S.C. Code 40-63-510"
          ],
          "checked": "2026-09-29",
          "ask_the_board": "Is South Carolina an active compact member, and can multistate licenses be issued yet?"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "South Carolina",
        "postal_code": "SC"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "clinical",
        "title": "Licensed Independent Social Worker, Clinical Practice",
        "abbreviation": "LISW-CP"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners",
        "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Initial application fee",
          "amount_usd": 45,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 90,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Renewal late fee",
          "amount_usd": 50,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Reinstatement application fee",
          "amount_usd": 190,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LISW CP/AP supervisor application fee",
          "amount_usd": 45,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/fees.aspx",
          "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": [
        "Submit an application and the $45 non-refundable application fee (LISW-CP Requirements, 11/2015).",
        "Hold a master's or doctorate degree from a CSWE-accredited social work program.",
        "Have at least 45 academic contact hours each of psychopathology and psycho-diagnostics.",
        "Complete 15 academic contact hours (or 20 continuing-education contact hours) in professional ethics during the supervision period.",
        "Before starting supervision, the applicant and supervisor complete an LISW Supervision Contract, approved by the Board.",
        "Complete 3,000 hours of clinical social work practice under supervision, including 100 hours of face-to-face supervision meetings, over a minimum two-year and maximum four-year period, after LMSW licensure.",
        "Supervisor submits the 'Report of Supervised Experience Form' at the conclusion of supervision.",
        "Pass the ASWB Clinical-level examination.",
        "Board sends an approval letter; license issues once all materials are on file."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "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://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
          "notes": "Neither Section 40-63-240 nor the Board's requirements documents state a client-contact figure separate from the 3,000-hour total."
        },
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": 100,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "maximum_months": {
          "value": 48,
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "notes": [
          "Up to 50 percent of the 100 supervision hours may be group supervision, with no more than 6 supervisees per group (LISW-CP Requirements, 11/2015).",
          "client_contact_hours left null: neither the statute (Section 40-63-240) nor the Board's requirements or supervision-guidelines documents separate out a direct-client-contact figure from the 3,000-hour total.",
          "Needs a human: South Carolina enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact in May 2025 (2025 Act No. 66), but swcompact.org does not yet list it as a member. The enacted statute controls, so member is true with compact_status.staleSource."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Must hold a Master's or Doctorate degree from a Board-approved social work program (LISW Supervision Guidelines, 11/2015).",
        "Must have passed the Clinical or Advanced Generalist level of the ASWB exam.",
        "Must have a minimum of 4,500 hours of clinical/advanced practice earned over not less than 3 years beyond receiving an LISW-CP/LISW-AP.",
        "Must have obtained 45 academic contact hours or 45 continuing-education contact hours in supervision."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "LISW-CP Requirements (11/2015)",
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf"
        },
        {
          "name": "Guidelines for LISW Supervision (11/2015)",
          "source_url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_SUPERVISION_GUIDELINES_2015.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": [
        "S.C. Code Section 40-63-260: same reciprocity/endorsement terms as the masters record, at the equivalent designation held in the applicant's current jurisdiction.",
        "Compact law enacted May 2025 (2025 Act No. 66, S.C. Code Article 3, Section 40-63-510 et seq., https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php), not yet listed as a member by swcompact.org (https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/). The enacted statute controls, so member is true; compact_status.staleSource notes the lagging list."
      ],
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
        "staleSource": "swcompact.org does not list South Carolina as a member yet, so confirm with the board"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "S.C. Code Chapter 63, Title 40 (Social Work Practice Act)",
          "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php"
        },
        {
          "label": "LISW-CP Requirements (South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners)",
          "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_CP_REQUIREMENTS_2015.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Guidelines for LISW Supervision",
          "url": "https://llr.sc.gov/sw/SWAPPS/LISW_SUPERVISION_GUIDELINES_2015.pdf"
        }
      ],
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          "kind": "stale_source",
          "note": "South Carolina enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact (S.C. Code 40-63-510 onward, effective May 22, 2025), but swcompact.org does not list South Carolina as a member yet. The statute controls.",
          "sources": [
            {
              "label": "S.C. Code 40-63-510",
              "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c063.php",
              "says": "The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers with the goal of improving public access to competent social work services."
            }
          ],
          "controls": [
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          ],
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          "ask_the_board": "Is South Carolina an active compact member, and can multistate licenses be issued yet?"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
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