Verify a West Virginia Licensed Master Social Worker license

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How West Virginia Licensed Master Social Worker license verification works

A Licensed Master Social Worker in West Virginia is licensed by the WV 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: status expires issued renewed license_level address disciplinary_action.

Board note: wv_bsw: Board of Social Work DNN SQLViewPro form (LICSW=lcsw; Certified/Graduate SW=lmsw; LSW mismatch). wv_psych (WV-PSYCH): Board of Examiners of Psychologists SharePoint list via POST apps.wv.gov/SharePoint/api/search (psychologist). lpc/lmft: WVBEC Certemy registry (browser-only, not built); lada, bcba: not located.

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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia Licensed Master Social Worker license by API

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

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