{ "_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": "UT", "name": "Utah", "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/ut", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "checked": true, "lastChecked": "2026-09-27", "board": { "name": "Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL), Social Work", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/laws-and-rules/" }, "firstCredential": { "abbr": "CSW", "title": "Certified Social Worker (no exam, no hours; accrues LCSW hours under supervision)", "rung": "masters", "exam": "none" }, "examRequiredFirst": false, "examOrderReason": null, "summary": "No exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.", "aswbExam": null, "knownFeesUsd": 120, "unknownFeeCount": 0, "conflictFeeCount": 0, "fees": [ { "name": "CSW application fee", "amount_usd": 120, "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" } ], "supervision": { "experience_hours": { "value": 3000, "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/licensed-clinical-social-worker/utah-applicants/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "client_contact_hours": { "value": 1200, "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "supervision_hours": { "value": 100, "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "minimum_months": null, "maximum_months": null, "notes": [ "Current path (CSW issued on or after May 1, 2024, per DOPL): 3,000 total hours, 1,200 direct client care, 100 direct clinical supervision, of which not less than 25 are direct observation and not more than 25 are group supervision (58-60-205(1)(e)).", "Legacy path: 'If your Certified Social Worker license was issued prior to May 1, 2024, you must complete the following hours: 3000 total hours, including 1000 hours of Direct Client Care, and 75 hours of Direct Clinical Supervision' (DOPL LCSW page).", "58-60-205(1)(d) ties the 3,000-hour total to federal CMS Medicare eligibility ('if required under federal law'); DOPL's page states 3,000 for every applicant.", "Hours must be earned after the master's or doctoral degree, in a public agency or private clinic, while holding an active Utah associate or CSW license or the out-of-state equivalent (R156-60e-304.1(1)).", "Alternate exam pathway: after at least one failed attempt, an applicant may instead document 500 additional direct client care hours (25 of direct clinical supervision, 5 of direct observation) and two recommendation letters (58-60-205(1)(h)(ii); R156-60e-303.1).", "No maximum duration is stated in the statute or R156-60e; left null." ] }, "hours": "3,000 hours, 1,200 client contact, 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": [ "Complete a master's degree in a CSWE-accredited (or CASWE-accredited) social work program, or an approved doctoral degree with a clinical social work concentration and practicum (Utah Code 58-60-205(2)(c)).", "Submit the DOPL application with the fee and certified transcripts (58-60-205(2)(a) to (c)).", "Consent to and complete a criminal background check (58-60-205(2)(d)).", "No examination and no supervised hours: H.B. 250 (2023 General Session, effective May 3, 2023) struck the CSW examination requirement from 58-60-205(2), and DOPL's exam page says 'There are no exam requirements for Social Service Worker or Certified Social Worker.'" ], "ladder": [ { "rung": "bachelors", "abbr": "SSW", "title": "Social Service Worker (no exam; entry-level services under general supervision of a mental health therapist)", "exam": "none", "supervised": true, "source": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S202_2024050120240501.html" }, { "rung": "masters", "abbr": "CSW", "title": "Certified Social Worker (no exam, no hours; accrues LCSW hours under supervision)", "exam": "none", "supervised": true, "source": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html" }, { "rung": "clinical", "abbr": "LCSW", "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker", "exam": "Clinical", "supervised": false, "source": "https://adminrules.utah.gov/api/public/getfile/uac-pdf%2Febaaa6ef-f3dd-4f6d-97f2-993699452436.pdf/R156-60e.pdf" } ], "sources": [ { "label": "Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL), Social Work · CSW applicant resources", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/laws-and-rules/" }, { "label": "Utah Code 58-60-205 (effective May 7, 2025)", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html" }, { "label": "H.B. 250 (2023 General Session), enrolled copy", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0250.pdf" }, { "label": "DOPL Social Work exam information", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/exam-information/" }, { "label": "DOPL Fee Schedule", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/" }, { "label": "Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictions", "url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/" }, { "label": "DOPL LCSW (Utah applicants) requirements", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/licensed-clinical-social-worker/utah-applicants/" }, { "label": "Utah Admin. Code R156-60e, Mental Health Professional Practice Act Rule (effective May 26, 2026)", "url": "https://adminrules.utah.gov/api/public/getfile/uac-pdf%2Febaaa6ef-f3dd-4f6d-97f2-993699452436.pdf/R156-60e.pdf" }, { "label": "DOPL LCSW endorsement page", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/licensed-clinical-social-worker/out-of-state-by-endorsement/" }, { "label": "LCSW fees · ASWB Clinical examination", "url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/" } ], "records": [ { "state": { "name": "Utah", "postal_code": "UT" }, "license_target": { "track": "masters", "title": "Certified Social Worker", "abbreviation": "CSW" }, "board": { "name": "Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL), Social Work", "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/laws-and-rules/" }, "fees": [ { "name": "CSW application fee", "amount_usd": 120, "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "CSW biennial renewal fee", "amount_usd": 103, "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" } ], "application_sequence": [ "Complete a master's degree in a CSWE-accredited (or CASWE-accredited) social work program, or an approved doctoral degree with a clinical social work concentration and practicum (Utah Code 58-60-205(2)(c)).", "Submit the DOPL application with the fee and certified transcripts (58-60-205(2)(a) to (c)).", "Consent to and complete a criminal background check (58-60-205(2)(d)).", "No examination and no supervised hours: H.B. 250 (2023 General Session, effective May 3, 2023) struck the CSW examination requirement from 58-60-205(2), and DOPL's exam page says 'There are no exam requirements for Social Service Worker or Certified Social Worker.'" ], "aswb_exam": { "level": null, "fee_usd": null, "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/exam-information/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "supervision_requirement": { "experience_hours": null, "client_contact_hours": null, "supervision_hours": null, "minimum_months": null, "maximum_months": null, "notes": [ "Utah Code 58-60-205(2) (effective May 7, 2025) lists only the application, fee, transcripts, and background check for the CSW; it states no exam and no supervised hours. H.B. 250 (2023) is the bill that removed the exam; its enrolled text strikes '(d) pass the examination requirement established by rule under Section 58-1-203' from subsection (2).", "A CSW practices mental health therapy only under supervision (58-60-202(3)(a): 'the supervised practice of mental health therapy'), and accrues the LCSW hours while licensed as a CSW (R156-60e-304.1(1)(d))." ] }, "supervisor_eligibility": null, "forms": [ { "name": "DOPL online social work license application", "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/" } ], "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": "Utah Code 58-60-205 (effective May 7, 2025)", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html" }, { "label": "H.B. 250 (2023 General Session), enrolled copy", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0250.pdf" }, { "label": "DOPL Social Work exam information", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/exam-information/" }, { "label": "DOPL Fee Schedule", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/" } ] }, { "state": { "name": "Utah", "postal_code": "UT" }, "license_target": { "track": "clinical", "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker", "abbreviation": "LCSW" }, "board": { "name": "Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL), Social Work", "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/laws-and-rules/" }, "fees": [ { "name": "LCSW application fee", "amount_usd": 120, "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, { "name": "LCSW biennial renewal fee", "amount_usd": 103, "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/", "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": [ "Complete a CSWE-accredited (or CASWE-accredited) master's in social work, or an approved doctoral degree with a clinical social work concentration and practicum (58-60-205(1)(c)).", "While licensed as a CSW, complete the supervised clinical hours: 3,000 total per DOPL, including 1,200 direct client care and 100 direct clinical supervision hours (58-60-205(1)(d) and (e); R156-60e-304.1).", "Complete two hours of suicide prevention training (58-60-205(1)(f); R156-60e-302.1).", "Pass the ASWB Clinical exam (R156-60e-302.2(4)); DOPL says not to apply until after passing it.", "Apply to DOPL and complete the criminal background check (58-60-205(1)(i))." ], "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://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/licensed-clinical-social-worker/utah-applicants/", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "client_contact_hours": { "value": 1200, "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "supervision_hours": { "value": 100, "source_url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html", "verified_date": "2026-09-27" }, "minimum_months": null, "maximum_months": null, "notes": [ "Current path (CSW issued on or after May 1, 2024, per DOPL): 3,000 total hours, 1,200 direct client care, 100 direct clinical supervision, of which not less than 25 are direct observation and not more than 25 are group supervision (58-60-205(1)(e)).", "Legacy path: 'If your Certified Social Worker license was issued prior to May 1, 2024, you must complete the following hours: 3000 total hours, including 1000 hours of Direct Client Care, and 75 hours of Direct Clinical Supervision' (DOPL LCSW page).", "58-60-205(1)(d) ties the 3,000-hour total to federal CMS Medicare eligibility ('if required under federal law'); DOPL's page states 3,000 for every applicant.", "Hours must be earned after the master's or doctoral degree, in a public agency or private clinic, while holding an active Utah associate or CSW license or the out-of-state equivalent (R156-60e-304.1(1)).", "Alternate exam pathway: after at least one failed attempt, an applicant may instead document 500 additional direct client care hours (25 of direct clinical supervision, 5 of direct observation) and two recommendation letters (58-60-205(1)(h)(ii); R156-60e-303.1).", "No maximum duration is stated in the statute or R156-60e; left null." ] }, "supervisor_eligibility": [ "Active license in good standing as an APRN practicing clinical mental health therapy, CMHC, LCSW, MFT, board certified or board eligible psychiatrist, psychologist, or MAC (R156-60e-305.1(1)(a)).", "Master's degree or higher, and licensed in that classification for at least two years before supervising (R156-60e-305.1(1)(b) and (c)).", "Complete a supervisor training program meeting R156-60e-306.1 and request Division-approved supervisor status (R156-60e-305.1(1)(d) and (f)).", "Within the 24 months before supervising, have supervised another licensee, provided clinical mental health therapy, or provided direct client care (R156-60e-305.1(1)(e))." ], "forms": [ { "name": "DOPL online social work license application", "source_url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/" } ], "processing_benchmark": null, "endorsement_rules": [ "DOPL: 'If you have been licensed for at least one year as a licensed clinical social worker in a state, territory, or district of the United States deemed equivalent to Utah and are in good standing, you may qualify for licensure by endorsement.' Otherwise an applicant with 'not less than 4,000 hours, of which at least 1,000 hours are in mental health therapy' may apply with license and ASWB verification (DOPL out-of-state endorsement page)." ], "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": "Utah Code 58-60-205 (effective May 7, 2025)", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter60/C58-60-S205_2025050720250507.html" }, { "label": "DOPL LCSW (Utah applicants) requirements", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/licensed-clinical-social-worker/utah-applicants/" }, { "label": "Utah Admin. Code R156-60e, Mental Health Professional Practice Act Rule (effective May 26, 2026)", "url": "https://adminrules.utah.gov/api/public/getfile/uac-pdf%2Febaaa6ef-f3dd-4f6d-97f2-993699452436.pdf/R156-60e.pdf" }, { "label": "DOPL LCSW endorsement page", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/social-work/apply-for-a-license/licensed-clinical-social-worker/out-of-state-by-endorsement/" }, { "label": "DOPL Fee Schedule", "url": "https://commerce.utah.gov/dopl/dopl-fee-schedule/" } ] } ], "dataProblems": [] }