Verify a Michigan Licensed Master Social Worker license

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How Michigan Licensed Master Social Worker license verification works

A Licensed Master Social Worker in Michigan is licensed by the MI Behavioral Health / Counseling & Social Work Boards. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: name license_number license_type status issued expires county disciplinary_actions related_records.

Board note: MiPLUS: lmsw/lcsw = Masters Social Worker (MI has one LMSW licence), lpc = Licensed Professional Counselor, lmft, psychologist, bcba = Behavior Analyst; lada (substance use) is MCBAP certification, not on this site

What a Licensed Master Social Worker license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Licensed Master Social Worker license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Social Work Licensure Compact and multistate Licensed Master Social Worker licenses

Licensed Master Social Worker licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the Social Work Licensure Compact. When the Michigan record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.

Verify a Michigan Licensed Master Social Worker license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "MI", "profession": "lmsw", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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