Attention Attention
Our Applications section in the new system is up and running. At this time is is the only section that is active. All other sections are being worked on and will come out over the next year. We will keep you updated. During this time, all data will be transferred to the new system and you will be sent an email with your user name and a link to activate your account and create a password. You cannot use your email as your user name.
Please Note the folllowing:
If you will be a brand new applicant for any license type then you will create your account when you go online to apply. Be sure to apply for the correct license type. The LSW is our Bachelors level license; the CSW is our Master's level license; and the LCSW is our Clinical level license .
And if your license is issued from the new system and your license number starts with letters and not numbers (example: LCSW00001212) and you or your employer or etc., need to verify your license then they will need to call the main office line if they can accept a verbal verification or if they need it in writing they will need to email VanessaG.Jones@ky.gov and she can send the verification information needed to them.
Thank you for your patience during this time. We look forward to this new system and hope you will as well. Thanks!!
Our Purpose
It is the purpose and policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to protect the public from being misled by incompetent and unauthorized persons, and unprofessional conduct on the part of qualified social workers by providing regulatory authority over persons who hold themselves out to the public as social workers.
The purpose of
KRS Chapter 335 is to promote high standards of professional performance for those engaged in the profession of social work by regulating the title and setting standards of qualification, training, and experience for those who seek to engage in the practice of social work.
Title 201 Chapter 23 • Kentucky Administrative Regulations • Legislative Research Commission
The link to the compact rule should https://swcompact.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2025/03/SW-Compact-Rule-On-Rulemaking-Adopted.pdf
Board proposed regulations below....
201 KAR 23:012E https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/023/012/
201 KAR 23:012 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/023/012/REG/
201 KAR 23:025 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/023/025/
201KAR23:075 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/kar/titles/201/023/075/REG/