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    "about": "Social work licensing requirements per US jurisdiction, for the FIRST credential an MSW graduate holds in that jurisdiction.",
    "nullRule": "null means we have not read that figure off the board's own page. It never means zero. Do not substitute a default, an average or another state's number.",
    "attribution": "Social Work Test Prep Academy is not affiliated with any state licensing board or with ASWB. We read each board's published pages and record what they say; the board's page is the source of record. Requirements change.",
    "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": "WY",
  "name": "Wyoming",
  "url": "https://www.socialworktestprepacademy.com/licensing/wy",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "checked": true,
  "lastChecked": "2026-09-27",
  "board": {
    "name": "Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board",
    "url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/"
  },
  "firstCredential": {
    "abbr": "PCSW",
    "title": "Provisional Clinical Social Worker (no exam; supervised; accrues LCSW hours; 36-month term)",
    "rung": "masters",
    "exam": "none"
  },
  "examRequiredFirst": false,
  "examOrderReason": null,
  "summary": "No exam to register. The Clinical exam comes after your hours.",
  "aswbExam": null,
  "knownFeesUsd": 150,
  "unknownFeeCount": 0,
  "conflictFeeCount": 0,
  "fees": [
    {
      "name": "Provisional license fee",
      "amount_usd": 150,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    }
  ],
  "supervision": {
    "experience_hours": {
      "value": 3000,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "client_contact_hours": {
      "value": 1200,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "supervision_hours": {
      "value": 100,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "minimum_months": {
      "value": 18,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "maximum_months": {
      "value": 36,
      "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
      "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
    },
    "notes": [
      "Supervision must be provided monthly at a ratio of at least one hour for every twenty hours of direct clinical service (Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-5).",
      "The base statute (Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106(a)(v)) states 3,000 hours including 100 hours of face-to-face individual clinical supervision; Board rule Chapter 9 Section 9-4 refines this into the 1,200-direct-contact-hour / 18-36 month structure recorded here."
    ]
  },
  "hours": "3,000 hours, 1,200 client contact, 100 supervision, for the LCSW",
  "compactMember": false,
  "compactNote": null,
  "compactStatus": {
    "status": "no_active_legislation",
    "sourceUrl": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
    "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"
  },
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    "Hold a master's or doctoral degree in social work meeting the Board's standards; a CSWE-accredited MSW for full licensure (W.S. 33-38-106(d)(iii); Rule 078-9 Section 9-3). Up to six semester hours of deficiency may be allowed (Rule 7-1(d)(i)).",
    "Name a Designated Qualified Clinical Supervisor (DQCS) and get the supervision agreement approved before the provisional license issues (Rule 7-1(e)).",
    "Practice only under DQCS clinical supervision and employer administrative supervision (W.S. 33-38-106(d)(iv); Rule 18-5(a)) while earning the LCSW hours.",
    "The provisional license expires 36 months after issuance unless extended (W.S. 33-38-106(d)(v)); no more than two provisional licenses per discipline (Rule 7-1(f)).",
    "Move to the LCSW by passing the ASWB Clinical exam and applying for 'Licensure by completing provisional' ($200) (Rule 9-5; Rule 13-1(a)(iii))."
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  "ladder": [
    {
      "rung": "bachelors",
      "abbr": "CSW",
      "title": "Certified Social Worker",
      "exam": "Bachelors",
      "supervised": true,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-6-Wyo-Code-R-SS-6-4"
    },
    {
      "rung": "masters",
      "abbr": "PCSW",
      "title": "Provisional Clinical Social Worker (no exam; supervised; accrues LCSW hours; 36-month term)",
      "exam": "none",
      "supervised": true,
      "source": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/professionals-1/forms"
    },
    {
      "rung": "clinical",
      "abbr": "LCSW",
      "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
      "exam": "Clinical",
      "supervised": false,
      "source": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-5"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "label": "Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board · PCSW applicant resources",
      "url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/"
    },
    {
      "label": "WY Mental Health Professions Board forms (PCSW description)",
      "url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/professionals-1/forms"
    },
    {
      "label": "Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106 - Requirements for licensure and certification",
      "url": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title33.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-7 Section 7-1 - General Requirements (Provisional)",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-7-Wyo-Code-R-SS-7-1"
    },
    {
      "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-13 Section 13-1 - Fees",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1"
    },
    {
      "label": "Social Work Licensure Compact · member jurisdictions",
      "url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-9 Section 9-4 - Supervised Training/Work Experience Requirement for Licensure",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4"
    },
    {
      "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-2 - General Requirements for DQCS",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-18-Wyo-Code-R-SS-18-2"
    },
    {
      "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-5 - Requirement for Supervision",
      "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-18-Wyo-Code-R-SS-18-5"
    },
    {
      "label": "LCSW fees · ASWB Clinical examination",
      "url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/"
    }
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    {
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        "name": "Wyoming",
        "postal_code": "WY"
      },
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        "title": "Provisional Clinical Social Worker (supervised, provisional; not an independent license)",
        "abbreviation": "PCSW"
      },
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        "name": "Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board",
        "source_url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Provisional license fee",
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          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        }
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        "Hold a master's or doctoral degree in social work meeting the Board's standards; a CSWE-accredited MSW for full licensure (W.S. 33-38-106(d)(iii); Rule 078-9 Section 9-3). Up to six semester hours of deficiency may be allowed (Rule 7-1(d)(i)).",
        "Name a Designated Qualified Clinical Supervisor (DQCS) and get the supervision agreement approved before the provisional license issues (Rule 7-1(e)).",
        "Practice only under DQCS clinical supervision and employer administrative supervision (W.S. 33-38-106(d)(iv); Rule 18-5(a)) while earning the LCSW hours.",
        "The provisional license expires 36 months after issuance unless extended (W.S. 33-38-106(d)(v)); no more than two provisional licenses per discipline (Rule 7-1(f)).",
        "Move to the LCSW by passing the ASWB Clinical exam and applying for 'Licensure by completing provisional' ($200) (Rule 9-5; Rule 13-1(a)(iii))."
      ],
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        "level": null,
        "fee_usd": null,
        "source_url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/professionals-1/forms",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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        "client_contact_hours": null,
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        "minimum_months": null,
        "maximum_months": null,
        "notes": [
          "This masters-track record is the Provisional Clinical Social Worker (PCSW), a supervised provisional credential, not an independent license. Wyoming has no independent master's-level social work license. The Board's forms page: 'Provisional Clinical Social Worker - This is intended for those with a master's degree in social work who need to pass their examination and earn supervised experience.'",
          "The PCSW carries no hour requirement of its own; the holder accrues the LCSW's 3,000 hours (1,200 direct client contact, 100 supervision) during the provisional term (see the clinical record).",
          "Same limited-license-then-exam pattern the rulebook already tracks for CA and MI."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": null,
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Board application forms (Licensed Clinical Social Worker by Examination / Provisional)",
          "source_url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/professionals-1/forms"
        }
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      "endorsement_rules": null,
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        "member": false,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "WY Mental Health Professions Board forms (PCSW description)",
          "url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/professionals-1/forms"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106 - Requirements for licensure and certification",
          "url": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title33.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-7 Section 7-1 - General Requirements (Provisional)",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-7-Wyo-Code-R-SS-7-1"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-13 Section 13-1 - Fees",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "state": {
        "name": "Wyoming",
        "postal_code": "WY"
      },
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        "title": "Licensed Clinical Social Worker",
        "abbreviation": "LCSW"
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      "board": {
        "name": "Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board",
        "source_url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/"
      },
      "fees": [
        {
          "name": "Licensure by examination",
          "amount_usd": 350,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "Licensure by completing provisional (upgrade to LCSW)",
          "amount_usd": 200,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        {
          "name": "License biennial renewal fee (initial discipline)",
          "amount_usd": 125,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1",
          "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 doctorate degree in one of the Board's disciplines (clinical social work) from an accredited, professional institution (Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106(a)(iii)).",
        "Complete a minimum of 3,000 hours of supervised clinical training/work experience, including at least 1,200 direct client contact hours, over a period of 18 to 36 months (Wyo. Code R. 078-9 Section 9-4).",
        "Complete a minimum of 100 post-graduate hours of clinical supervision with a DQCS, at a ratio of at least 1 hour of supervision for every 20 hours of direct clinical service, provided monthly (Section 9-4; Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-5).",
        "Pass the ASWB examination at the Clinical Level or another Board-approved examination (Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106(a)(iv)).",
        "Submit the application and pay the $350 licensure-by-examination fee (Wyo. Code R. 078-13 Section 13-1)."
      ],
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        "level": "Clinical",
        "fee_usd": 260,
        "source_url": "https://www.aswb.org/exam/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
      "supervision_requirement": {
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          "value": 3000,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "client_contact_hours": {
          "value": 1200,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "supervision_hours": {
          "value": 100,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "minimum_months": {
          "value": 18,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "maximum_months": {
          "value": 36,
          "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4",
          "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
        },
        "notes": [
          "Supervision must be provided monthly at a ratio of at least one hour for every twenty hours of direct clinical service (Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-5).",
          "The base statute (Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106(a)(v)) states 3,000 hours including 100 hours of face-to-face individual clinical supervision; Board rule Chapter 9 Section 9-4 refines this into the 1,200-direct-contact-hour / 18-36 month structure recorded here."
        ]
      },
      "supervisor_eligibility": [
        "Designated Qualified Clinical Supervisor (DQCS): licensed in Wyoming as a licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical social worker, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed addictions therapist, licensed psychologist, licensed psychiatrist, or licensed advanced practitioner of nursing with psychiatric specialty.",
        "Licensed for independent practice for a minimum of two years prior to becoming a supervisor, with four years of post-graduate professional experience in their discipline.",
        "Must have taken a graduate-level course in clinical supervision, or have at least 3 contact hours of continuing education in clinical supervision.",
        "Must be free from disciplinary action in any jurisdiction."
      ],
      "forms": [
        {
          "name": "Board application forms (Licensed Clinical Social Worker by Examination)",
          "source_url": "https://mentalhealth.wyo.gov/professionals-1/forms"
        }
      ],
      "processing_benchmark": null,
      "endorsement_rules": [
        "W.S. 33-38-108(a): a license in good standing from a state with substantially similar requirements may, on Board approval, be issued a Wyoming license. Licensure by reciprocity costs $350 per discipline (Rule 13-1(a)(i)); the Board's forms page lists 'Licensed Clinical Social Worker by Reciprocity'."
      ],
      "compact_status": {
        "member": false,
        "multistate_licenses_available": null,
        "source_url": "https://swcompact.org/compact-jurisdictions/",
        "verified_date": "2026-09-27"
      },
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      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Stat. Section 33-38-106 - Requirements for licensure and certification",
          "url": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title33.pdf"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-9 Section 9-4 - Supervised Training/Work Experience Requirement for Licensure",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-9-Wyo-Code-R-SS-9-4"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-2 - General Requirements for DQCS",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-18-Wyo-Code-R-SS-18-2"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-18 Section 18-5 - Requirement for Supervision",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-18-Wyo-Code-R-SS-18-5"
        },
        {
          "label": "Wyo. Code R. 078-13 Section 13-1 - Fees",
          "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/wyoming/078-13-Wyo-Code-R-SS-13-1"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}