Code of Massachusetts Regulations
258 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
Title 258 CMR 9.00 - Licensure Requirements and Procedures
Section 9.03 - Licensure Requirements for a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
An applicant may be granted a license as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) if he or she submits to the Board a properly-completed application for such licensure, accompanied by all of the following:
(1) Satisfactory written or electronic documentation that he or she holds a master's or doctoral degree in social work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or a degree from a foreign educational institution which is equivalent to a master's or doctoral degree in social work as determined by the Council on Social Work Education;
(2) Satisfactory written or electronic documentation that he or she currently holds, or has at some time in the past held:
(3) Satisfactory written or electronic documentation that he or she has provided at least 3500 hours of clinical social work services in accordance with the requirements of 258 CMR 12.02(1) or (2) over a period of not less than two years from the date on which he or she was licensed by the Board as an LCSW as provided for in 258 CMR 9.04 and/or in compliance with the exemptions detailed in 258 CMR 9.02.
(4) Satisfactory written or electronic documentation that he or she has received, during the course of the post-graduate clinical social work experience required by 258 CMR 9.03(3), a minimum of 100 hours of individual face-to-face clinical supervision from:
(5) Satisfactory written or electronic documentation that he or she has passed the Clinical licensure examination administered by the Association of Social Work Boards, or its successor agency, or an equivalent examination as determined by the Board, not more than two years prior to the date of his or her application;
(6) A minimum of three professional references, on forms furnished for that purpose by the Board or its agent, from persons familiar with the applicant's professional experience in the field of social work, attesting that the applicant is of good moral character and has demonstrated that he or she will conduct his or her activities as a social worker in accordance with generally accepted standards of professional social work practice. At least one such reference shall be from a person who provided the clinical supervision required by 258 CMR 9.03(4) above. All such references shall be from:
(7) Payment of the licensure fees prescribed by the Executive Office of Administration and Finance pursuant to G.L. c. 7, s. 3B.
