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West Virginia Clinical Social Worker CE category requirements

How the contact hours of continuing social work education CE requirement breaks down by category for licensed certified social workers in West Virginia, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Social Work Ethics
1h
Mental Health Conditions Specific to Veterans and Family Members
2h

30 contact hours of continuing social work education within each 2-year license period (reduced from 40 hours effective July 2022). At least 2 hours must address mental health conditions specific to veterans and family members of veterans, and at least 1 hour must be in social work ethics. At least 20 hours must be earned through WV-approved providers (Category I), of which at least 10 hours must be synchronous (in-person or live online); no more than 10 hours may be asynchronous online. The balance may be earned through individual professional activities (Category II).

Official source: West Virginia Board of Social Work (W. Va. Code R. section 25-5-3, via LII)

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