CSW to LCSW in Utah
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 Utah requires
| Requirement | Amount | Source |
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| Direct client contact "not less than 1,200 direct client care hours", obtained after the degree, "not less than 100 of which are direct clinical supervision hours under the supervision of a clinical supervisor". | 1,200 hours | Utah Code § 58-60-205(1)(e) (am. 2025 ch. 443) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08 |
| Total supervision received "not less than 1,200 direct client care hours", obtained after the degree, "not less than 100 of which are direct clinical supervision hours under the supervision of a clinical supervisor". | 100 hours | Utah Code § 58-60-205(1)(e) (am. 2025 ch. 443) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08 |
| Total supervised practice The administrative rule as last amended 25 January 2024 — before S.B. 26 took effect — reads: "the minimum 3,000 hours of clinical social work experience", at least 1,000 hours of clinical mental health therapy directly to clients, 75 hours under direct supervision, in not less than 18 months. Usable until 1 January 2027 by those who began before 1 May 2024. | 3,000 hours | Utah Admin. Code R156-60a-302c As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08 |
| Direct client contact The administrative rule as last amended 25 January 2024 — before S.B. 26 took effect — reads: "the minimum 3,000 hours of clinical social work experience", at least 1,000 hours of clinical mental health therapy directly to clients, 75 hours under direct supervision, in not less than 18 months. Usable until 1 January 2027 by those who began before 1 May 2024. | 1,000 hours | Utah Admin. Code R156-60a-302c As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08 |
| Total supervision received The administrative rule as last amended 25 January 2024 — before S.B. 26 took effect — reads: "the minimum 3,000 hours of clinical social work experience", at least 1,000 hours of clinical mental health therapy directly to clients, 75 hours under direct supervision, in not less than 18 months. Usable until 1 January 2027 by those who began before 1 May 2024. | 75 hours | Utah Admin. Code R156-60a-302c As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08 |
| Group supervision "not more than 25 of which are group supervision hours accrued concurrently with more than one other applicant". | At most 25 hours | Utah Code § 58-60-205(1)(e)(iv) As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08 |
| Who may supervise Existing supervisors may continue until 1 January 2027, then must meet the new approved-clinical-supervisor requirements; two years of experience (ASWB). | 2 years licensed | DOPL explainer; ASWB As set out in TripleRoute’s approved research report · read 2026-10-08 |
Also in the rule
Utah’s rule says these too. TripleRoute does not count them for you, so keep your own record of each.
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Direct observation
"not less than 25 of which are direct observation hours".
Utah Code § 58-60-205(1)(e)(iii)
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Prior standard
The administrative rule as last amended 25 January 2024 — before S.B. 26 took effect — reads: "the minimum 3,000 hours of clinical social work experience", at least 1,000 hours of clinical mental health therapy directly to clients, 75 hours under direct supervision, in not less than 18 months. Usable until 1 January 2027 by those who began before 1 May 2024.
Utah Admin. Code R156-60a-302c
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Total hours
A total applies only "if required under federal law ... to qualify as an eligible professional under CMS rules for Medicare payment": then 3,000 hours of clinical supervision, or two years.
Utah Code § 58-60-205(1)(d)
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Examination alternative
An applicant with one failed attempt may instead document 500 additional direct client care hours, at least 25 under direct clinical supervision and five by direct observation.
Utah Code § 58-60-205(1)(h)(ii)
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
- Utah’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.
Supervisors who can qualify you
No verified supervisors are listed in Utah yet. If you already work with one, you can invite them — we will check them against these rules just the same.
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