Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 26 - BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINERS › Article 2 - LICENSURE › Section R4-26-207 - Continuing Education

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A
				licensee shall complete at least 40 hours of continuing education during each
				license period. Unless specified otherwise, one clock hour of instruction,
				training, or making a presentation equals one hour of continuing
				education.
B. A licensee shall
				ensure the continuing education hours obtained include at least four hours in
				professional ethics
C. During the
				license period in which an individual is initially licensed, the Board shall
				pro-rate the number of continuing education hours, including a pro-rated number
				of hours addressing ethics, that the new licensee must complete during the
				initial license period. To calculate the number of continuing education hours
				that a new licensee must obtain, the Board shall divide the 40 hours of
				continuing education required in a license period by 24 and multiply the
				quotient by the number of whole months from the date of initial licensure until
				the end of the license period. During the first license period, for every six
				months from the month of license issuance to the end of the license period, the
				Board shall require one hour of continuing education in ethics.
D. If the standards in subsection (F) are
				met, the Board shall accept the following for continuing education hours.
1. Post-doctoral study sponsored by a
				university or college that is regionally accredited under A.R.S. §
										32-2071(A)(1)
				 and provides a graduate-level degree
				program;
2. A course, seminar,
				workshop, or home study for which a certificate of attendance or completion is
				provided;
3. A continuing education
				program offered by a national, international, regional, or state association,
				society, board, or continuing education provider;
4. Teaching a graduate-level course in
				applied psychology at a university or college that is regionally accredited
				under A.R.S. §
										32-2071(A)(1).
				A licensee who teaches a graduate-level course in applied psychology receives
				the same number of continuing education hours as number of classroom hours for
				those who take the graduate-level course;
5. Organizing and presenting a continuing
				education activity. A licensee who organizes and presents a continuing
				education activity receives the same number of continuing education hours as
				those who attend the continuing education activity;
6. Serving as a complaint consultant. During
				a license period, a licensee who serves as a Board complaint consultant to
				review Board complaints and provides written reports to the Board or provides
				expert testimony on behalf of the Board may receive continuing education hours
				equal to the actual number of hours served as a complaint consultant to a
				maximum of 20 hours. A licensee who is paid by the Board for services rendered
				shall not receive continuing education credit for the time or services for
				which payment was made;
7. The
				Board shall allow a maximum of 10 continuing education hours for each of the
				following during a license period:
a.
				Attending a Board meeting or serving as a member of the Board. A licensee
				receives up to six continuing education hours in professional ethics for
				attending both morning and afternoon sessions of a Board meeting and three
				continuing education hours for attending either the morning or afternoon
				session or at least four hours of a Board meeting. A licensee shall complete
				documentation provided by the Board at the time the licensee attends a Board
				meeting;
b. Having an authored or
				co-authored psychology book, psychology book chapter, or article in a
				peer-reviewed psychology journal published. A licensee who has an authored or
				co-authored psychology book, psychology book chapter, or article in a
				peer-reviewed psychology journal published receives 10 continuing education
				hours in the year of publication;
c. Participating in a study group for professional
				growth and development as a psychologist. A licensee receives one hour of
				continuing education for each hour of participation to a maximum of 10
				continuing education hours for participating in a study group. The Board shall
				allow continuing education hours for participating in a study group only if the
				licensee maintains the documentation required under subsection
				(G)(5);
d. Presenting a symposium
				or paper at a state, regional, national, or international psychology meeting. A
				licensee who presents a symposium or paper receives the same number of
				continuing education hours as hours of the session, as published in the agenda
				of the meeting, at which the symposium or paper is presented to a maximum of 10
				continuing education hours;
e.
				Presenting a poster during a poster session at a state, regional, national, or
				international psychology meeting. A licensee who presents a poster receives an
				hour of continuing education for each hour the licensee is physically present
				with the poster during the poster session, as published in the agenda of the
				meeting, to a maximum of 10 continuing education hours; and
f. Serving as an elected officer of an
				international, national, regional, or state psychological association or
				society. A licensee who serves as an elected officer may receive continuing
				education hours equal to the actual number of hours served to a maximum of 10
				continuing education hours.