This article provides a review of current trends in social work licensure and regulation in the United States. Topics include practice regulation, the purpose of licensure, the gap between social work education and regulation, and practice mobility. Recommendations for advancing licensure and regulation practices for the future are also provided. Discussion includes narrowing the gap between Council on Social Work Education standards and Association of Social Work Boards exam content, improving licensure preparation in educational settings, resolving macro practice concerns about social work licensure, developing consistency across license titles, providing transparency in exam pass rate demographics, achieving practice mobility, and advancing empirical research on testing and practice competence.

本文回顾了美国社会工作许可和监管的当前趋势。主题包括实践监管、执照的目的、社会工作教育和监管之间的差距以及实践流动性。还提供了有关推进未来许可和监管实践的建议。讨论包括缩小社会工作教育委员会和社会工作委员会协会考试内容之间的差距，改进教育环境中的执照准备，解决对社会工作执照的宏观实践问题，发展执照标题的一致性，提供考试通过率人口统计数据的透明度，实现实践流动性，并推进关于测试和实践能力的实证研究。