California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.1 - Board of Psychology › Article 10 - Continuing Education › Section 1397.61 - Continuing Education Requirements. [Effective Until December 31, 2022.]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This section is inoperative January 1, 2023, and repealed on
				  December 31, 2023.
(a) Except as
				provided in section
				2915(e)
				of the Business and Professions Code and section
				1397.62 of these regulations, each
				licensed psychologist shall certify on the application for license renewal that
				the licensee has completed the continuing education requirements set forth in
				section 2915 of the Code. A licensee who
				renews their license for the first time after the initial issuance of the
				license is only required to accrue continuing education for the number of
				months that the license was in effect, including the month the license was
				issued, at the rate of 1.5 hours of approved continuing education per month.
				Continuing education earned via independent learning pursuant to section
				1397.60(e) shall
				be accrued at no more than 75% of the continuing education required for the
				first time renewal. The required hours of continuing education may not be
				accrued prior to the effective date of the initial issuance of the license. A
				licensee who falsifies or makes a material misrepresentation of fact on a
				renewal application or who cannot verify completion of continuing education by
				producing verification of attendance certificates, whenever requested to do so
				by the Board, is subject to disciplinary action under section
				2960 of the Code.
(b) Any person renewing or reactivating their
				license shall certify under penalty of perjury to the Board of Psychology as
				requested on the application for license renewal, that the licensee has
				obtained training in the subject of laws and ethics as they apply to the
				practice of psychology in California. The training shall include recent
				changes/updates on the laws and regulations related to the practice of
				psychology; recent changes/updates in the Ethical Principles of Psychologists
				and Code of Conduct published by the American Psychological Association;
				accepted standards of practice; and other applications of laws and ethics as
				they affect the licensee's ability to practice psychology with safety to the
				public. Training pursuant to this section may be obtained in one or more of the
				following ways:
(1) Formal coursework in laws
				and ethics taken from an accredited educational institution;
(2) Approved continuing education course in
				laws and ethics;
(3) Workshops in
				laws and ethics;
(4) Other
				experience which provide direction and education in laws and ethics including,
				but not limited to, grand rounds or professional association presentation.
If the licensee chooses to apply a specific continuing
				  education course on the topic of laws and ethics to meet the foregoing
				  requirement, such a course must meet the content requirements named above, must
				  comply with section
				  1397.60(c), and
				  may be applied to the 36 hours of approved continuing education required in
				  Business and Professions Code section
				  2915(a).