Fraud Alert: Impersonation of Licensing Unit or Licensing Investigations Unit

We have received reports of fraudulent communications from people claiming to be investigators or licensing examiners in our office. These include fraudulent emails asking for documents through a provided link, calls from “investigators” stating a licensee’s name is associated with criminal activity, and even calls followed by convincing license action letters.

If you receive such a call, please consider hanging up and calling our Investigations Unit at (907) 269-8124 to confirm legitimacy.

If you receive such an email, do not click the link or respond – we will never send you a link to upload your documents through.

If you are unsure of the legitimacy of the communication you received and wish to double check with our office, you can also contact our Investigations Unit via email at Investigations@Alaska.Gov. Please be sure to include your full name, license number, and a brief description of your inquiry.

Board Vacancy Announcement

The Board of Social Work Examiners currently has two vacancies. They are looking for a licensed LBSW and a licensed LMSW to join the board.
If you would like to apply for appointment for these positions, please visit the application site.
Prior to applying, you may wish to read more about the roles and responsibilities of Alaska’s volunteer licensing board members, division processes, and authority on our board resources page.
Questions regarding this vacancy? Please contact Boards@Alaska.Gov.

NOTICE OF ADOPTED CHANGES IN THE REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS FOR UPDATES REGARDING CLINICAL SUPERVISION, CODE OF ETHICS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

The Board of Social Work Examiners adopted regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 18 of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with adding regulations for clinical supervisors, and updating clinical supervision requirements, the social worker code of ethics, and continuing education hours for renewals including the following:

1. 12 AAC 18.112. Continued competency; 12 AAC 18.210. Continuing education requirement, were adopted to update regulation references to streamline the language, and to require at least ten contact hours of continuing education to be received via ‘live’, ‘live online’ or ‘synchronous training courses’ for renewals.
2. 12 AAC 18.113. Clinical supervisor requirements, was adopted to create regulations and guidelines for clinical supervisors to start after June 30, 2026, including a minimum amount of experience and continuing education requirements.
3. 12 AAC 18.115. Supervision of experience for clinical social work license, was adopted to remove an outdated reference and to update the approval process for an alternate method of supervision.
4. 12 AAC 18.150. Social worker code of ethics, was adopted to update the NASW Code of Ethics adopted by reference to the most recent version approved by NASW.

License Renewals - Expiring 6/30/2024

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• Online Renewal Instructions
• Payment and Refund Policy

To access the paper renewal form, visit the applications and forms webpage.