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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": "WV",
  "name": "West Virginia",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/wv",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-29",
  "board": {
    "name": "West Virginia Board of Social Work",
    "url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "LGSW",
    "title": "Licensed Graduate Social Worker (clinical services only under clinical supervision)",
    "rung": "masters",
    "exam": "Masters"
  },
  "examRequiredFirst": true,
  "examOrderReason": null,
  "summary": "The ASWB Masters exam is required before the license.",
  "aswbExam": {
    "level": "Masters",
    "feeUsd": 230
  },
  "knownFeesUsd": 320,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "LGSW issuance fee",
      "amount_usd": 90,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3",
      "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://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-29",
      "notes": "W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6) and W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e both allow either path: 2 years of full-time employment, or 3,000 hours under the supervision of an independent clinical social worker",
      "staleSource": "the board's page says both; confirm with the board"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": {
      "value": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-1-3",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-29",
      "notes": "Neither the statute, the rule, nor the Board page states a direct-contact figure."
    },
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": 100,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-1-3",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": null,
      "source_url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-29",
      "notes": "The 24 months applies only on the full-time path of W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6); the 3,000-hour path sets no minimum."
    },
    "maximum_months": null,
    "notes": [
      "Ratio: 'An applicant should have at least one hour of supervision for each thirty (30) hours of supervised practice. At least 50% of supervision must be an individual setting and not in a group format.' (W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e).",
      "Stale source: the Board's LICSW page says two years of full-time employment and 3,000 hours (both), while W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6) and W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e both say either one. The statute and rule control; experience_hours states the either reading and carries staleSource.",
      "client_contact_hours left null: neither the statute, the rule, nor the Board page states a direct-contact figure."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "Two ways to qualify: 2 years of full-time employment, or 3,000 hours under the supervision of an independent clinical social worker (the board's page says both; confirm with the board); 100 supervision, for the LICSW",
  "compactMember": true,
  "compactNote": null,
  "compactStatus": {
    "status": "enacted",
    "sourceUrl": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
    "checkedOn": "2026-10-15"
  },
  "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": [
    "Obtain a master's degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (W. Va. Code Section 30-30-12).",
    "Submit an application to the West Virginia Board of Social Work.",
    "Pass the ASWB exam the Board calls the 'Intermediate level' (the Masters exam) (Board LGSW page; W. Va. Code 30-30-12).",
    "Pay the $90 issuance fee (W. Va. Code R. Section 25-3-3)."
  ],
  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "LSW",
      "title": "Social Worker",
      "exam": "Bachelors",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-A-LSW"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "LGSW",
      "title": "Licensed Graduate Social Worker (clinical services only under clinical supervision)",
      "exam": "Masters",
      "supervised": true,
      "source": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-B-LGSW"
    },
    {
      "rung": "advanced",
      "abbr": "LCSW",
      "title": "Licensed Certified Social Worker (two years post-master's experience; diagnosis within scope)",
      "exam": "Advanced Generalist",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-C-LCSW"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LICSW",
      "title": "Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-D-LICSW"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "West Virginia Board of Social Work · LGSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/"
    },
    {
      "label": "W. Va. Code Section 30-30-12 - License to practice as a licensed graduate social worker",
      "url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-12/"
    },
    {
      "label": "W. Va. Code R. Section 25-3-3 - Fee Schedule",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3"
    },
    {
      "label": "WV Board of Social Work, Level B LGSW",
      "url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-B-LGSW"
    },
    {
      "label": "W. Va. Code 30-1-27 (S.B. 458, 2025, enrolled)",
      "url": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb458%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&billtype=B&houseorig=S&i=458"
    },
    {
      "label": "LGSW fees · ASWB Masters examination",
      "url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictions",
      "url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/"
    },
    {
      "label": "W. Va. Code Section 30-30-8 - License to practice as an independent clinical social worker",
      "url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/"
    },
    {
      "label": "W. Va. Code R. Section 25-1-3 - Qualifications for License",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-1-3"
    },
    {
      "label": "WV Board of Social Work, Level D LICSW",
      "url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-D-LICSW"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "state": {
        "name": "West Virginia",
        "postal_code": "WV"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "masters",
        "title": "Licensed Graduate Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LGSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "West Virginia Board of Social Work",
        "source_url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "LGSW issuance fee",
          "amount_usd": 90,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LGSW biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 76,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3",
          "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": [
        "Obtain a master's degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (W. Va. Code Section 30-30-12).",
        "Submit an application to the West Virginia Board of Social Work.",
        "Pass the ASWB exam the Board calls the 'Intermediate level' (the Masters exam) (Board LGSW page; W. Va. Code 30-30-12).",
        "Pay the $90 issuance fee (W. Va. Code R. Section 25-3-3)."
      ],
      "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": [
          "Board LGSW page: 'There are no experience or supervision requirements for this level of license.' An LGSW may conduct clinical or psychotherapeutic services only 'under the clinical supervision of another experienced and credentialed behavioral health professional' (30-30-13, quoted on the Board page)."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "WV Board of Social Work license applications",
          "source_url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/Forms/Applications"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": [
        "Universal licensing (W. Va. Code 30-1-27, S.B. 458, 2025): a board must license without examination, at the same practice level, a person who establishes WV residence (or is a relocating military spouse) and holds a license in good standing in another state that had education, experience, and supervision requirements, among other criteria. The Board's home page links the enrolled bill."
      ],
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-10-15"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "W. Va. Code Section 30-30-12 - License to practice as a licensed graduate social worker",
          "url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-12/"
        },
        {
          "label": "W. Va. Code R. Section 25-3-3 - Fee Schedule",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3"
        },
        {
          "label": "WV Board of Social Work, Level B LGSW",
          "url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-B-LGSW"
        },
        {
          "label": "W. Va. Code 30-1-27 (S.B. 458, 2025, enrolled)",
          "url": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb458%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&billtype=B&houseorig=S&i=458"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "West Virginia",
        "postal_code": "WV"
      },
      "license_target": {
        "track": "clinical",
        "title": "Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LICSW"
      },
      "board": {
        "name": "West Virginia Board of Social Work",
        "source_url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "LICSW issuance fee",
          "amount_usd": 90,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "LICSW biennial renewal fee",
          "amount_usd": 76,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3",
          "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": [
        "Obtain a master's degree from a CSWE-accredited school of social work with a concentration of clinically oriented coursework, including a supervised clinical field placement at the graduate level or equivalent post-master's clinical training (W. Va. Code Section 30-30-8).",
        "Complete supervised clinical social work practice under an independent clinical social worker, including 100 hours of face-to-face clinical supervision at a ratio of at least one supervision hour per 30 practice hours, with at least 50% of supervision individual (W. Va. Code R. Section 25-1-3). The practice is either 2 years of full-time employment or 3,000 hours (Section 30-30-8(6) and Rule 25-1-3.6.1.e); the Board's LICSW page says both, so confirm with the Board.",
        "Pass an examination approved by the board (the ASWB Clinical examination) (Section 30-30-8).",
        "Submit three recommendation letters and the application, and pay the $90 issuance fee (Section 25-3-3)."
      ],
      "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://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-29",
          "notes": "W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6) and W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e both allow either path: 2 years of full-time employment, or 3,000 hours under the supervision of an independent clinical social worker",
          "staleSource": "the board's page says both; confirm with the board"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-1-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-29",
          "notes": "Neither the statute, the rule, nor the Board page states a direct-contact figure."
        },
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": 100,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-1-3",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": null,
          "source_url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-29",
          "notes": "The 24 months applies only on the full-time path of W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6); the 3,000-hour path sets no minimum."
        },
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "Ratio: 'An applicant should have at least one hour of supervision for each thirty (30) hours of supervised practice. At least 50% of supervision must be an individual setting and not in a group format.' (W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e).",
          "Stale source: the Board's LICSW page says two years of full-time employment and 3,000 hours (both), while W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6) and W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e both say either one. The statute and rule control; experience_hours states the either reading and carries staleSource.",
          "client_contact_hours left null: neither the statute, the rule, nor the Board page states a direct-contact figure."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who has completed no less than two years of clinical practice since the initial issuance of the clinical license.",
        "Must complete Board-approved clinical supervision training on supervisory practices and methods (with a grandfather exception for those who supervised within two years of the rule's effective date)."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "WV Board of Social Work license applications",
          "source_url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/Forms/Applications"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": [
        "Universal licensing (W. Va. Code 30-1-27, S.B. 458, 2025): a board must license without examination, at the same practice level, a person who establishes WV residence (or is a relocating military spouse) and holds a license in good standing in another state that had education, experience, and supervision requirements, among other criteria. The Board's home page links the enrolled bill."
      ],
      "compact_status": {
        "member": true,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-10-15"
      },
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "W. Va. Code Section 30-30-8 - License to practice as an independent clinical social worker",
          "url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/"
        },
        {
          "label": "W. Va. Code R. Section 25-1-3 - Qualifications for License",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-1-3"
        },
        {
          "label": "W. Va. Code R. Section 25-3-3 - Fee Schedule",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-3-3"
        },
        {
          "label": "WV Board of Social Work, Level D LICSW",
          "url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-D-LICSW"
        },
        {
          "label": "W. Va. Code 30-1-27 (S.B. 458, 2025, enrolled)",
          "url": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb458%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&billtype=B&houseorig=S&i=458"
        }
      ],
      "gaps": {
        "supervision_requirement.experience_hours": {
          "kind": "stale_source",
          "note": "The statute and the rule both say either path: 2 years of full-time employment, or 3,000 hours. Only the board's page says both. The statute and the rule control.",
          "sources": [
            {
              "label": "W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6)",
              "url": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/",
              "says": "Have practiced clinical social work for at least two years in full-time employment, or three thousand hours under the supervision of an independent clinical social worker, or clinical supervision that is found by the board to be equivalent"
            },
            {
              "label": "W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e",
              "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/west-virginia/W-Va-C-S-R-SS-25-1-3",
              "says": "for 100 hours, over the course of no less than two years of full-time employment or 3,000 hours of full or part time employment"
            },
            {
              "label": "WV Board, Level D LICSW page",
              "url": "https://www.wvsocialworkboard.org/Licensure/License-Types/Regular-License/Level-D-LICSW",
              "says": "a minimum of two years of full-time employment and 3,000 hours of practice in full or part time employment"
            }
          ],
          "controls": [
            "W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6)",
            "W. Va. Code R. 25-1-3.6.1.e"
          ],
          "checked": "2026-09-29",
          "ask_the_board": "Does the LICSW need 2 years of full-time employment or 3,000 hours, or both as your Level D page says?"
        },
        "supervision_requirement.minimum_months": {
          "kind": "stale_source",
          "note": "The 24 months applies only on the statute's full-time path; the 3,000-hour path sets no minimum. The board's page reads both paths as required. The statute and the rule control.",
          "sources": [
            {
              "label": "W. Va. Code 30-30-8(6)",
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