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RENEWAL INFORMATION
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Certified Master Social Worker Renewal Information

Current licenses will expire at midnight, Eastern Time, March 31, 2013

The process of renewing a license may take two to three weeks. Initiating contact to confirm the receipt of fees or the status of your license prior to this time will not expedite the renewal process.

Delinquent licenses that expired on March 31, 2011 become null and void on April 1, 2013.

Licensees in their first renewal cycle are exempt from continuing education requirements for the current biennium. All other licensees must complete 30 hours of continuing education for the biennium ending March 31, 2011. The hours must be accrued between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2011. Three of the hours must be in ethics and boundary issues and two of the hours must be in the prevention of medical errors. You are to obtain two hours of domestic violence every third renewal; therefore this requirement should be met either for the biennium ending 3/31/2011 or 3/31/2013.

Fees and Renewal Schedule

Important Dates  
Renewal Notices Mailed December 2012
Current Certificate Expiration 03/31/2013
Renewal Expiration 03/31/2015
   
Renewing During the Renewal Period
Active to Active $155.00
Inactive to Inactive $55.00
Active to Inactive $55.00
Inactive to Active  $205.00
Active to Retired $55.00
Inactive to Retired $55.00
   
Renewing AFTER the Renewal Period
(for licenses that expired on 03/31/2013)
Active to Active $260.00
Inactive to Inactive $160.00
Active to Inactive $265.00
Inactive to Active  $415.00
Active to Retired $265.00
Inactive to Retired $265.00
   
90-Day Notification Renewal
(for licenses that expired on 03/31/2011)
Active to Active $415.00
Inactive to Inactive $215.00
Active to Inactive $215.00
Inactive to Active  $465.00
Active to Retired $315.00
Inactive to Retired $215.00

Reactivation Requirements

  • Inactive to Active - contact us
  • A licensee who remains on inactive status for more than two consecutive biennial licensure cycles and who wishes to reactivate the license may be required to demonstrate the competency to resume active practice by sitting for a special purpose examination or by completing other reactivation requirements.
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