South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners

As a pre-requisite for biennial renewal of a practitioner’s license, all licensees are required to obtain a minimum of 40 hours of accepted professional continuing education and one of these hours must be in suicide assessment, treatment and management treatment during this renewal period, January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026. Click here to review the Board’s Continuing Education Requirements.

As a reminder, the biennial reporting period for the 2026 Renewal is January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026. CE Broker is the CE tracking system of the South Carolina State Board of Social Work Examiners.

Do not submit any CE documentation to the Board’s office. All licensees should submit their continuing education hours to CE Broker prior to renewing. You may activate your free CE Broker account using the following link: CE Broker Account Basic.

If you have questions concerning setting up your account or problems with your account with CE Broker, please contact their customer support directly from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST at 877.434.6323 or at support@cebroker.com.

Renewal applications postmarked between January 1, 2027 and January 31, 2027 will require a late fee of $50 plus the $90 renewal fee in order to complete the renewal process.

If your application is postmarked February 1, 2027 or later, you license will be in lapsed status and must be reinstated.

All licensees that fail to renew through regular or late renewal will be placed in lapsed status and must be reinstated prior to continuing practicing.

If you had a legal name change, prior to renewing your license, please submit a copy of the legal document(s) (i.e., marriage certificate, divorce decree, court order) to the Board for us to update your file. Documents should be submitted directly to the Board by clicking here: Document Submission Check the Board's Licensee Lookup page periodically for your name change. Once your file has been updated, you may then renew your license online.

Licensees may renew their license during open renewal. Failure to renew a license prior to the deadline, will result in a lapsed license.