ARM 24.219.504. LCSW, LMSW, AND LBSW SUPERVISED WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

(1) LCSW applicants licensed after August 22, 2026, must complete a minimum of 3000 total hours of post-degree supervised work experience over a period of no less than 24 months. (a) At least 1500 hours of the total 3000 hours must be in direct client contact. (b) At least 100 hours must include individual or group supervision by a qualified supervisor. Of those 100 hours: (i) at least 50 hours must be individual supervision and supervised face-to-face by a supervisor who is an LCSW; and (ii) at least ten of the 50 hours must include direct observation of service delivery. (2) LCSW candidates licensed prior to August 22, 2026, must complete a minimum of 3000 hours post-degree supervised work experience. At least 100 hours of the total 3000 hours must include individual or group supervision by a qualified supervisor. (a) 50 hours must be individual supervision and supervised face-to-face by a supervisor who is an LCSW; and (b) at least ten of the 50 hours must include direct observation of service delivery. (3) LBSW applicants must complete a minimum of 500 total hours of post-degree supervised work experience over a period of no less than 18 months. Of those 500 hours: (a) at least 50 hours must include individual or group supervision by a qualified supervisor; and (b) at least ten of the 50 hours in (a) must be with the client populations that will be served by the LBSW candidate (see (6) for examples of client populations). (4) LMSW applicants must complete a minimum of 1500 total hours of post-degree supervised work experience over a period of no less than 18 months. Of those 1500 hours: (a) at least 75 hours must include individual or group supervision by a qualified supervisor; and (b) at least 25 of the 75 hours in (a) must be with the client populations that will be served by the LMSW candidate (see (6) for examples of client populations). (5) Supervisors must provide at least two hours of supervision for LCSW, LMSW, and LBSW candidates for every 160 hours of social work. (6) A supervisor must have experience and expertise with the candidate's client population (e.g., child, adolescent, adult, chemically dependent/substance use disorder) and methods of practice (i.e., individual, group, family, crisis, or brief interventions).