To learn more about the licensure process, select the type of license you wish to apply for from the list of professions below.
The Board has made every effort to include the information you need to apply for licensure on this website. You can visit our Help Center, FAQs and Resources page for frequently asked questions, links, forms, applications and other helpful information.
Florida law provides that an initial application must be reviewed within 30 days. Below is the average number of days we are currently processing.
Choose a Licensure Pathway
Licensed Clinical Social Worker by Examination
This application is for those who have completed two years and 1,500 hours of supervised clinical experience, the national examination, all education requirements, and do not qualify for the MOBILE Endorsement licensure pathway.
Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern
This license is for those earning two years of supervised post-master’s experience.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist by Examination
This application is for those who have completed two years and 1,500 hours of supervised clinical experience, the national examination, all education requirements, and do not qualify for the MOBILE Endorsement licensure pathway.
Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern
This license is for those earning two years of supervised post-master’s experience.
Licensed Mental Health Counselor by Examination
This application is for those who have completed two years and 1,500 hours of supervised clinical experience, the national examination, all education requirements, and do not qualify for the MOBILE Endorsement licensure pathway.
Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern
This license is for those earning two years of supervised post-master’s experience.
MOBILE Endorsement
Provisional License
Dual Licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist
This application is for those who currently hold an unencumbered license as a Florida Mental Health Counselor, Clinical Social Worker, Psychologist, or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse specializing in psychiatric mental health for at least three years who is looking to obtain licensure as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Limited Licensure
This license is for those who have held an unencumbered clinical license in any jurisdiction in the United States for at least 10 years who is retired or close to retiring and would only like to serve indigent and critical need populations in Florida.
Certified Master Social Worker
This license is an administrative license for social work. You cannot provide clinical services with this designation.
Qualified Supervisor
This affirmation statement is for anyone who wants to supervise registered interns while they obtain supervised post-master’s experience.
Out-of-State Telehealth Provider Registration
This registration is for out of state licensees to provide services to Florida residents via Telehealth only.
Counseling Compact
The Counseling Compact is an interstate compact, or a contract among states, allowing professional counselors licensed and residing in a compact member state to practice in other compact member states without need for multiple licenses. Florida joined the Counseling Compact as the 8th member state upon the passage of House Bill 1521 during the 2022 legislative session. The Counseling Compact has more than 30 member states and is in the process of operationalizing the compact. Applications for privileges to practice are expected to open in late 2024. Under this compact, professional counselors who meet uniform licensure requirements will be able to quickly obtain a privilege to practice, which is equivalent to a license to practice counseling in another state.
