{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-30-8","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 30-30-8","heading":"License to practice as an independent clinical social worker.","body":"To be eligible for a license to practice as an independent clinical social worker, the applicant must:\n(1) Submit an application to the board;\n(2) Be at least eighteen years of age;\n(3) Be of good moral character;\n(4) Have obtained a master's degree from a school of social work accredited by the council on social work education that included a concentration of clinically oriented course work as defined by the board;\n(5) Have completed a supervised clinical field placement at the graduate level, or post-master's clinical training that is found by the board to be equivalent;\n(6) 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;\n(7) Have passed an examination approved by the board;\n(8) Have satisfied the board that he or she merits the public trust by providing the board with three letters of recommendation from persons not related to the applicant;\n(9) Not be an alcohol or drug abuser, as these terms are defined in section eleven, article one-a, chapter twenty-seven of this code: Provided, That an applicant in an active recovery process, which may, in the discretion of the board, be evidenced by participation in an acknowledged substance abuse treatment and/or recovery program may be considered;\n(10) Not have been convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction within five years preceding the date of application for license which conviction remains unreversed;\n(11) Not have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in any jurisdiction if the offense for which he or she was convicted related to the practice of social work, which conviction remains unreversed; and\n(12) Meet any other requirements established by the board.","path":["CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.","ARTICLE 30. SOCIAL WORKERS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/30-30-8/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:27:26Z","sha256":"16c353feb2203fac1cd2ce1900c67e57e59376fac80dfca0c4ce69f27770cb20","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-30-7","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-30-30-8a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}