LMSW to LISW-CP in South Carolina

Verified reviewed and approved on 2026-10-09

Every rule for this pathway has been checked against the board’s published text by a named reviewer, and each one cites its source.

What South Carolina requires

Published requirements for the LMSW to LISW-CP pathway in South Carolina
Requirement	Amount	Source
Total supervised practice "three thousand hours of social work practice under clinical supervision", which "must have occurred after licensure as a Masters Social Worker and over a minimum two-year and maximum four-year period".	3,000 hours	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(A)(6) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Total supervision received "face-to-face meetings between the approved clinical supervisor and the supervisee for a minimum of one hundred hours of direct clinical supervision equitably distributed".	100 hours	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(A)(6)(b) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Time allowed "three thousand hours of social work practice under clinical supervision", which "must have occurred after licensure as a Masters Social Worker and over a minimum two-year and maximum four-year period".	At least 24 months	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(A)(6) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Time allowed "three thousand hours of social work practice under clinical supervision", which "must have occurred after licensure as a Masters Social Worker and over a minimum two-year and maximum four-year period".	At most 48 months	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(A)(6) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Who may supervise A Clinical Practice Supervisor must be an LISW-CP, pass a board examination, "have a minimum of four thousand five hundred hours of clinical practice earned over a period of not less than three years beyond receipt of an LISW-CP", and have 45 academic or CE contact hours in supervision.	A condition, not a number	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(D) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Who may supervise A Clinical Practice Supervisor must be an LISW-CP, pass a board examination, "have a minimum of four thousand five hundred hours of clinical practice earned over a period of not less than three years beyond receipt of an LISW-CP", and have 45 academic or CE contact hours in supervision.	3 years licensed	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(D) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Who may supervise A Clinical Practice Supervisor must be an LISW-CP, pass a board examination, "have a minimum of four thousand five hundred hours of clinical practice earned over a period of not less than three years beyond receipt of an LISW-CP", and have 45 academic or CE contact hours in supervision.	45 hours	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(D) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Plans and reports "documented by a plan for clinical supervision, filed with the board before beginning the period of supervision", amended on any change of supervisor, and submitted with a termination evaluation at the end. The Board's contract form adds that supervision cannot begin until the contract is approved.	A filing, not a number	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(A)(6)(c); Board contract form As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08
Plans and reports "documented by a plan for clinical supervision, filed with the board before beginning the period of supervision", amended on any change of supervisor, and submitted with a termination evaluation at the end. The Board's contract form adds that supervision cannot begin until the contract is approved.	A filing, not a number	S.C. Code § 40-63-240(A)(6)(c); Board contract form As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08

Also in the rule

South Carolina’s rule says these too. TripleRoute does not count them for you, so keep your own record of each.

Group

No limit on group supervision or group size was found in the statute or in the Board's regulations (chapter 110). The figures quoted elsewhere are not in either.

S.C. Code § 40-63-240; S.C. Code Regs. ch. 110
Ethics

15 academic contact hours or 20 CE hours in professional ethics during the supervision period.

S.C. Code § 40-63-240(A)(7)

About this reading

Rule set version: 1
In effect from: 2026-10-08
Published here: 2026-10-09
Last checked by a person: 2026-10-09
Next check due: 2027-01-07
Who decides: South Carolina’s licensing board. Each source above names the rule a figure comes from; its link opens TripleRoute’s approved research report, where that rule is set out. Confirm with the board before relying on anything here.

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