Social Worker Program
Overview of licensing criteria, professional standards, renewals, and credentialing for Social Workers and Clinical Social Workers in Hawaii
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Important information
- To facilitate the change in testing administration, there will be a two-week pause in testing from March 16 through March 30. This pause is necessary to allow for the transfer of candidate data from PSI to Pearson VUE.
- Candidates who register before March 3 and schedule to test by March 15 will test at a PSI test center.
- Candidates who register after March 3 will schedule to test at a Pearson VUE test center beginning March 31.
Licensing Assistance
Licensing Resources
Find application forms, requirements, deadlines, laws, as well as guides on how to manage your existing license online
Application and Licensing Information
License Continuation Info
Renewal Information
(Renew by June 30 every 3 years (2025, 2028, 2031)
On-time renewals for the licensing period of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028
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Renewals Accepted:
May 5, 2025 to June 30, 2025
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Renewal Postcard Mail Out:
May 2, 2025
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Renew By License Expiration Date:
June 30, 2025
On-Time Cost to Renew
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Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – active status
$177.00
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Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – inactive status
$12.00
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Licensed Social Worker (LSW) – active status
$222.00
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Licensed Social Worker (LSW) – inactive status
$12.00
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
$270.00
All licenses regardless of issuance date, are subject to renewal triennial by June 30, every three (3) years, (2025, 2028, 2031)
Licenses not renewed by the expiration date are unlicensed and may not practice.
Regain Active Status
Restoration Information
(Restore within 1 year after license expiration)
Forfeited licenses may be restored within 1 year and subject to meeting restoration requirements (Must restore by hardcopy only).
Failure to restore a forfeited license within 1 year after the license expiration date will result in the termination of the license and the person must apply as a new applicant and meet current licensing requirements.
Cost to Restore (late renewal)
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Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – active status
$201.00
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icensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – inactive status
$32.00
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Licensed Social Worker (LSW) – active status
$268.50
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Licensed Social Worker (LSW) – inactive status
$58.50
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
$340.50
All Social Worker (LBSW, LSW) licensees on an “active” status and all (LCSW) licensees must have completed at least 45 hours of Continuing Education (CE) credits that have been approved by the NASW or the ASWB; 3 credit hours shall be in ethics courses. prior to renewing their license pursuant to HRS §467E-11.
Note: If licensed before July 1, 2016, fifteen (45) CE hours are required. If licensed between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2019, no CE hours are required.
The Director may conduct a random audit of licensees to determine compliance with the CE requirement. If selected you will receive a notice from the Program and will have 60 days to submit proof of having complied with the CE requirement. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary action being taken against your social worker license. Licensees shall maintain their own CE records.
DO NOT SUBMIT CE CERTIFICATES WITH YOUR RENEWAL APPLICATION.