California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 18 - Board of Behavioral Sciences › Article 8 - Continuing Education Requirements for Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Educational Psychologists, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors › Section 1887.3 - Continuing Education Course Requirements and Credit for Specified Activities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				During each renewal period, a licensee shall accrue at least thirty-six (36)
				hours of continuing education coursework as defined in section
				1887.4.0.
(b) A marriage and family therapist, clinical
				social worker, and professional clinical counselor licensee shall take a
				continuing education course in the characteristics and methods of assessment
				and treatment of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
				acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) during their first renewal period
				after the effective date of these regulations. The course shall be at least
				seven (7) hours in length and its content shall comply with the requirements of
				section 32 of the Code. This is a one-time
				requirement for all licensees. Equivalent HIV and AIDS courses taken prior to
				the effective date of these regulations, or proof of equivalent teaching or
				practice experience, may be submitted to the board for approval in lieu of this
				requirement; however, this coursework or experience shall not be credited as
				hours towards the continuing education requirements.
(c) Any person renewing a license shall
				complete a minimum of six (6) hours of continuing education in the subject of
				law and ethics for each renewal period. The six (6) hours shall be considered
				part of the thirty-six (36) hour continuing education requirement. A course on
				law and ethics completed by a supervisor in order to fulfill the supervisor
				training requirement pursuant to Article 3, 4 or 6 shall not be accepted toward
				meeting the minimum six (6) hours of law and ethics training but shall count
				toward the 36-hour continuing education requirement.
(d) A licensee may not claim the same course
				more than once per license type during a single renewal period for hours of
				continuing education credit.
(e) If
				a licensee teaches a course provided by a board-accepted provider, the licensee
				may claim credit for the course, receiving the same amount of hours of
				continuing education credit as a licensee who attended the course. The licensee
				may only claim the course one time during a single renewal period. A maximum of
				18 hours of continuing education may be met by teaching courses during a single
				renewal period.
(f) A licensee who
				takes a course as a condition of probation resulting from disciplinary action
				by the board may not apply the course as credit towards the continuing
				education requirement.
(g) A
				licensee who attends a Board of Behavioral Sciences enforcement case review
				training shall be credited with up to six (6) hours of continuing education in
				the renewal cycle during which the case review training was attended. The
				continuing education hours earned by attending a board enforcement case review
				training may only be used to satisfy the law and ethics portion of the
				continuing education requirement.
(h) A licensee who acts as a Board of
				Behavioral Sciences subject matter expert (SME) for an enforcement case review
				shall be credited with six (6) hours of continuing education in the renewal
				cycle during which the enforcement case review was performed. The continuing
				education hours earned by acting as a board enforcement case SME may only be
				used to satisfy the law and ethics portion of the continuing education
				requirement.
(i) A licensee who
				participates in a Board of Behavioral Sciences examination development workshop
				shall be credited with six (6) hours of continuing education in the renewal
				cycle during which the examination development workshop was attended. The
				continuing education hours earned by participating in a board examination
				development workshop may only be used to satisfy the law and ethics portion of
				the continuing education requirement.
(j) A licensee who completes a Board of
				Behavioral Sciences occupational analysis survey in full shall be credited with
				six (6) hours of continuing education for the renewal cycle during which the
				survey was completed.
(k) A
				licensee who participates in a mental health professional organization's law
				and ethics review committee shall be credited with up to six (6) hours of
				continuing education in the renewal cycle during which the participation
				occurred. The continuing education earned by participating in a professional
				organization's law and ethics review committee may only be used to satisfy the
				law and ethics portion of the continuing education requirement.
(l) Documentation of completion for the
				activities specified in subsections (g) through (j) shall consist of a letter
				or certificate issued by the board. For subsection (k), documentation of
				completion shall consist of a letter or certificate from the professional
				organization. Licensees shall maintain records of completed activities for a
				minimum of two years and shall make these records available to the board for
				auditing purposes upon request.
1. New section
				  filed 5-19-97; operative 5-19-97 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 97, No. 21).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  subsection (b) filed 4-19-99 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
3. Amendment of subsection (a)
				  and amendment of NOTE filed 2-19-2008; operative 3-20-2008 (Register 2008, No.
				  8).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 5-24-2011; operative
				  5-24-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4
				  (Register 2011, No. 21).
5. Amendment of subsection (c) filed
				  1-9-2013; operative 4-1-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(4)
				  (Register 2013, No. 2).
6. New section filed 9-16-2014. Adoption of
				  section text operative 1-1-2015; regulatory provisions contained within
				  operative July 1-1-2015 (Register 2014, No. 38).
7. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending section heading filed 3-21-2017 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2017, No. 12).
8. Amendment of section
				  heading, section and NOTE filed 8-8-2022; operative 7-1-2023 (Register 2022,
				  No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4980.60
					 and
					 4990.20,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 29,
					 32,
					 4980.54,
					 4989.34,
					 4996.22
					 and
					 4999.76,
					 Business and Professions Code.