Alabama Administrative Code › Title 255 - ALABAMA BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN COUNSELING › Chapter 255-X-7 - LICENSE RENEWAL › Section 255-X-7-.03 - Licensed Professional Counselor - Supervisor (LPC-S) Renewal

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) General. All
			 Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor certifications expire biennially and
			 on July 31st of the renewal year with the LPC license they are attached
			 to.
(2) Recertification/renewal of
			 the LPC-S certification will be a part of the LPC license the LPC-S is based
			 upon. A separate renewal of the LPC-S is not necessary.
(3) Continuing Education. Maintenance of the
			 Supervisor status shall require that the LPC-S accrue a minimum of five (5)
			 formal contact hours of relevant professional and continued education devoted
			 to supervision, and meeting the definition in Section
			 255-X-2-.18, during each two-year
			 renewal cycle of the accompanying LPC license.
(a) A minimum of five (5) formal contact
			 hours of relevant professional and continued education devoted to supervision
			 during each two-year renewal cycle of the accompanying LPC license. These five
			 (5) hours cannot be from the Continuing Education Credit for LPC-Supervisor.
			 These five (5) hours can count as part of the required forty (40) hours or
			 continuing education for LPC licensure renewal.
(b) All formal contact hours of relevant
			 professional and continued educational experience shall meet the ABEC
			 Continuing Education Guidelines, or shall be formal graduate academic course
			 work, excluding thesis or dissertation credit. Academic courses taken as
			 "audits" must be verified with an official transcript and letter from
			 instructor confirming attendance.
(c) The LPC-S is responsible for maintaining
			 documentation to verify completion of all continuing activities listed on the
			 renewal application. This documentation must be available for review by the
			 Board upon request for a period of three (3) years following the renewal period
			 in which the continuing education activities were used for licensure
			 renewal.
(d) Real-Time
			 Participation in Continuing Education Activities. A minimum of seventy-five
			 percent (75%) of the continuing education activities required for any licensure
			 renewal period must consist of real-time interactive participation in seminars,
			 classes, workshops, presentations, training programs, or similar activities.
			 Such real-time interactive participation must involve licensee presence in the
			 location of the activity as it occurs or use of interactive technology by the
			 licensee for the activity as it occurs. Self-contained or asynchronous
			 activities (e.g., recorded presentations, reading, online study} that do not
			 feature opportunities for dialogue and interaction for the licensee as the
			 activity occurs do not qualify as real-time participation in continuing
			 education.
(e) Documentation of
			 Continuing Education Activities. All certificates of completion/verification of
			 attendance must contain: licensee's name, name of workshop/seminar/training,
			 name of sponsoring entity, dates of the activity, CE privier number or
			 documentation of the provider, and number of contact hours granted.
(f) Review of LPC-S's compliance for
			 continuing education in supervision will be a part of the LPC audit
			 process.
(g) Non-Compliance. In the
			 case of non-compliance with continuing education requirements, the audited
			 LPC-S will have a three (3) month compliance period to meet continuing
			 education requirements. During the three (3) month compliance period, the Board
			 may initiate a complaint citing the licensee with failure to meet continuing
			 education requirements for renewal. During the three (3) month compliance
			 period, the licensee may request an immediate hearing before the board
			 concerning the continuing education requirements in question. Failure to meet
			 continuing education requirements within the three month compliance period may
			 result in formal disciplinary action by the board.