{"data":{"id":"us-va/18vac140-20-70","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"18VAC140-20-70","heading":"Examination requirement","body":"A. An applicant for licensure by the board as  an LBSW, an LMSW, or clinical social worker shall pass a written examination prescribed by the board.\n\n1. The examination prescribed for licensure as a clinical social worker shall be the licensing examination of the Association of Social Work Boards at the clinical level.\n\n2. The examination prescribed for licensure as  an LBSW shall  be the licensing examination of the Association of Social Work Boards at the bachelor's level.\n\n3. The examination prescribed for licensure as an LMSW shall be the licensing examination of the Association of Social Work Boards at the master's level.\n\nB. An applicant approved by the board to sit for an examination shall take that examination within two years of the date of the initial board approval. If the applicant has not passed the examination by the end of the two-year period here prescribed, the applicant shall reapply according to the requirements of the regulations in effect at that time in order to be approved for another two years in which to pass the examination.\n\nC. If an applicant for clinical social work licensure has not passed the examination within the second two-year approval period, the applicant shall be required to register for supervision and complete one additional year as a supervisee before approval for another two-year period in which to re-take the examination may be granted.","path":["Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing","Agency 140. Board of Social Work","Chapter 20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work","Part III. Examinations"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency140/chapter20/section70/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:12Z","sha256":"0ee577cb0219a18ecd22d477dd3dc4ce8bd79683b6a7ec1ea6e7cf5f60155cfe","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/18vac140-20-60","next":"us-va/18vac140-20-100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}