Puerto Rico currently has no active Compact legislation. Puerto Rico social workers would need to make Puerto Rico their home state in the future if it joins, or hold a license in a member state.
Verified 2026-07-15 against the official Compact map (swcompact.org); bill status from the state legislature's official record.
We'll email you the day Puerto Rico social workers can apply — and if this page's status changes.
Requirements are the same in every member state (Compact model legislation, Section 4): an active unencumbered home-state license, an accredited social work degree, the ASWB exam for your category, an FBI background check — plus, for clinical licenses, 3,000 hours or 2 years of supervised postgraduate practice. Run the 60-second checker →