All licenses regardless of issuance date are subject to renewal triennial by June
30, every three (3) years, (2025, 2028)
Licenses not renewed by license expiration date are unlicensed and
may not practice.
You will
receive a renewal notice in the mail from the Dept. of Commerce and
Consumer Affairs (DCCA).
The renewal notice will be
sent to the address the Department has on file for you. If you have
moved since you received your license, you need to contact DCCA to
update your address. To contact DCCA: Address: DCCA-PVL, P.O. Box
3469, Honolulu, HI 96801, Attn: SW,
Phone: (808)
586-2704
Email: social_worker@dcca.hawaii.gov.
Licenses are a 3 year triennium and everyone expires at the same time.
The next expiration date is June 30,
2025.
- A first
time licensee is exempt from the CE requirement for
the first license
renewal
- 45 CEUs
will be required, 3 specifically on
ethics
- For
further information, please refer to HRS 467E
HRS467E-Social_Worker.ASO_.pdf
You can renew your license
online at
www.ehawaii.gov/pvlrenew
On-Time Cost to Renew
Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – active status,
$177.00
Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – inactive status, $12.00
Licensed Social Worker
(LSW) – active status, $222.00
Licensed Social Worker (LSW) – inactive status, $12.00
Licensed
Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) – $270.00
Forfeited licenses may be restored within 1 year and subject to meeting restoration
requirements.
Failure to restore a forfeited license within 1 year after the license
expiration date will result in the termination of the license and the person must apply as a new
applicant and meet current licensing requirements.
Cost to Restore (late
renewal)
Licensed Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – active status, $201.00
Licensed
Bachelor Social Worker (LBSW) – inactive status, $32.00
Licensed Social Worker (LSW) – active status,
$268.50
Licensed Social Worker (LSW) – inactive status, $58.50]
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
(LCSW) – $340.50