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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."
    }
  },
  "abbr": "VT",
  "name": "Vermont",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/vt",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-27",
  "board": {
    "name": "Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, Social Work",
    "url": "https://sos.vermont.gov/social-workers/"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "LMSW",
    "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker (registers for supervised practice to accrue LICSW hours)",
    "rung": "masters",
    "exam": "Masters"
  },
  "examRequiredFirst": true,
  "examOrderReason": null,
  "summary": "The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.",
  "aswbExam": {
    "level": "Masters",
    "feeUsd": 230
  },
  "knownFeesUsd": 350,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "LMSW application/licensure fee",
      "amount_usd": 120,
      "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125",
      "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://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/26/061",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": {
      "value": 2000,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
      "notes": "Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070 sets a ratio, not a total: 1 hour of supervision for each 30 hours of supervised practice."
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 24,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "maximum_months": null,
    "notes": [
      "Rule sets a supervision ratio, not a total: 'An applicant must have one hour of supervision for each thirty (30) hours of supervised practice.' (Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070). A 100-hour total would be arithmetic, not a stated figure, so supervision_hours stays null.",
      "No fewer than half the supervised-practice hours must occur within five years of completing all licensure requirements, and no more than 1,500 hours may be claimed per year.",
      "Supervision must be face-to-face, though HIPAA-compliant electronic media satisfies the face-to-face requirement.",
      "Part-time practice of less than 16 hours per week does not count toward the supervised practice requirement (Section 4.15(c))."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "3,000 hours, 2,000 client contact, supervision: no single total, for the LICSW",
  "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 from an accredited social work education program (26 V.S.A. Section 3205(1)).",
    "Pass the examination(s) designated by the Director within five years prior to applying for licensure (26 V.S.A. Section 3205(2)) - the ASWB Masters examination.",
    "Submit the application and required fee to the Office of Professional Regulation (26 V.S.A. Section 3206)."
  ],
  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LMSW",
      "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker (registers for supervised practice to accrue LICSW hours)",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": true,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LICSW",
      "title": "Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/26/061"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, Social Work · LMSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://sos.vermont.gov/social-workers/"
    },
    {
      "label": "26 V.S.A. Section 3205 - Eligibility (Master Social Worker)",
      "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/26/061"
    },
    {
      "label": "3 V.S.A. Section 125 - Fees",
      "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125"
    },
    {
      "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": "Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070 - Administrative Rules for Licensed Clinical Social Workers",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Vermont",
        "postal_code": "VT"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "masters",
        "title": "Licensed Master Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LMSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, Social Work",
        "source_url": "https://sos.vermont.gov/social-workers/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "LMSW application/licensure fee",
          "amount_usd": 120,
          "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LMSW biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 180,
          "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125",
          "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 from an accredited social work education program (26 V.S.A. Section 3205(1)).",
        "Pass the examination(s) designated by the Director within five years prior to applying for licensure (26 V.S.A. Section 3205(2)) - the ASWB Masters examination.",
        "Submit the application and required fee to the Office of Professional Regulation (26 V.S.A. Section 3206)."
      ],
      "aswb_exam": {
        "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": [
          "Rule 04-030-070 Section 2.2(d): 'There is no supervised practice requirement for an L.M.S.W. license.'",
          "Applicants also pass the Vermont jurisprudence examination (Section 2.2(c))."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Social Worker Forms & Instructions",
          "source_url": "https://sos.vermont.gov/social-workers/forms-instructions"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": [
        "Endorsement: an active license as a master's or independent clinical social worker in a US or Canadian jurisdiction whose requirements are substantially equivalent, plus the jurisprudence exam (Rule 04-030-070 Section 2.3).",
        "Five year rule: a license from a not-substantially-equivalent jurisdiction qualifies with an active unencumbered license, 1,200 hours of practice per year for at least five years, and the jurisprudence exam (Section 2.4)."
      ],
      "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": "26 V.S.A. Section 3205 - Eligibility (Master Social Worker)",
          "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/26/061"
        },
        {
          "label": "3 V.S.A. Section 125 - Fees",
          "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Vermont",
        "postal_code": "VT"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "clinical",
        "title": "Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LICSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, Social Work",
        "source_url": "https://sos.vermont.gov/social-workers/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "LICSW application/licensure fee",
          "amount_usd": 120,
          "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LICSW biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 180,
          "source_url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125",
          "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 a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited social work education program (26 V.S.A. Section 3205a(a)(1)).",
        "Complete 3,000 hours of supervised practice of independent clinical social work under an approved supervisor, in not less than two years (26 V.S.A. Section 3205a(a)(3); Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070).",
        "Pass the examination(s) designated by the Director within five years prior to applying (26 V.S.A. Section 3205a(a)(2)) - the ASWB Clinical examination.",
        "Submit the application and required fee to the Office of Professional Regulation."
      ],
      "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://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/26/061",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": {
          "value": 2000,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27",
          "notes": "Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070 sets a ratio, not a total: 1 hour of supervision for each 30 hours of supervised practice."
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 24,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "Rule sets a supervision ratio, not a total: 'An applicant must have one hour of supervision for each thirty (30) hours of supervised practice.' (Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070). A 100-hour total would be arithmetic, not a stated figure, so supervision_hours stays null.",
          "No fewer than half the supervised-practice hours must occur within five years of completing all licensure requirements, and no more than 1,500 hours may be claimed per year.",
          "Supervision must be face-to-face, though HIPAA-compliant electronic media satisfies the face-to-face requirement.",
          "Part-time practice of less than 16 hours per week does not count toward the supervised practice requirement (Section 4.15(c))."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Must hold an unencumbered license as a licensed independent clinical social worker, licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed psychologist, psychiatrist/osteopathic physician with psychiatric residency, or a substantially equivalent license from another jurisdiction or Canada.",
        "Must have acquired 4,500 hours of licensed practice in no fewer than three years."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Social Worker Forms & Instructions",
          "source_url": "https://sos.vermont.gov/social-workers/forms-instructions"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": [
        "Endorsement: an active license for independent clinical social work in a substantially equivalent US or Canadian jurisdiction, plus the Vermont jurisprudence exam (Rule 04-030-070 Section 3.3).",
        "Five year rule: an active unencumbered license, at least 1,200 hours of practice per year for five years, Director discretion, and the jurisprudence exam (Section 3.4)."
      ],
      "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": "26 V.S.A. Section 3205a - Eligibility (LICSW)",
          "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/26/061"
        },
        {
          "label": "Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070 - Administrative Rules for Licensed Clinical Social Workers",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X"
        },
        {
          "label": "3 V.S.A. Section 125 - Fees",
          "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/03/005/00125"
        }
      ],
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          "note": "The rule is a ratio (1 hour of supervision per 30 hours of practice), not a total. Read on the Cornell LII mirror, not an official state host.",
          "sources": [
            {
              "label": "Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070",
              "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
              "says": "one hour of supervision for each thirty (30) hours of supervised practice"
            }
          ],
          "checked": "2026-09-29",
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        }
      }
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "kind": "no_single_total",
      "note": "The rule is a ratio (1 hour of supervision per 30 hours of practice), not a total. Read on the Cornell LII mirror, not an official state host.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Code of Vt. Rules 04-030-070",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/vermont/04-070-Code-Vt-R-04-030-070-X",
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}