Authority, credentials, and scope
Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.
Four principal license levels
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board licenses LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, and LISW-CP, with materially different practice authority.
- Applies to
- Use for LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, LISW-CP research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Application and practice status
Application, education, examination, background check, fees, temporary authority, endorsement, and supervised versus independent practice.
LMSW clinical restriction
Published research · ConfirmedAn LMSW may provide clinical services only in a qualifying social, medical, or governmental agency under qualifying employed supervision and may not treat that status as independent private clinical practice.
- Applies to
- Use for LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, LISW-CP research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Supervision and workforce evidence
Supervisor qualifications, written agreements, settings, hours, reporting, license verification, and hiring or credentialing evidence.
Independent clinical credential
Published research · ConfirmedLISW-CP is the clinical independent-practice credential; LISW-AP is a distinct advanced-practice route.
- Applies to
- Use for LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, LISW-CP research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Cross-border and practice structure
Telehealth location rules, registration, compact privileges, ownership, entity naming, fee sharing, and multidisciplinary practice.
No temporary or provisional license
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board states that it does not issue temporary or provisional social work licenses.
- Applies to
- Use for LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, LISW-CP research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Client-facing operations and records
Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.
Clinical-equivalent telehealth registration
Published research · ConfirmedThe social work telehealth registration is a separate route for a qualifying out-of-state credential equivalent to LISW-CP and does not authorize in-person services or a South Carolina office.
- Applies to
- Use for LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, LISW-CP research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring
Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.
Four principal license levels
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board licenses LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, and LISW-CP, with materially different practice authority.
- Applies to
- Use for LBSW, LMSW, LISW-AP, LISW-CP research in SC.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11