Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 8 - APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS › Section 102-8-9 - Continuing education

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
					Each licensed assistant behavior analyst shall complete 30 hours of documented
					and approved continuing education oriented to the enhancement of the licensee's
					practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge during each two-year renewal
					period. Continuing education hours accumulated in excess of the requirement
					shall not be carried over to the next renewal period.
(b) Each licensed behavior analyst shall
					complete 30 hours of documented and approved continuing education oriented to
					the enhancement of the licensee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or
					knowledge during each two-year renewal period. Continuing education hours
					accumulated in excess of the requirement shall not be carried over to the next
					renewal period.
(c) During each
					two-year renewal period and as a part of the required continuing education
					hours, each licensee shall complete four hours of professional ethics. These
					hours shall be obtained from any of the activities specified in paragraphs
					(e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), (e)(9), and (e)(10).
(d) One hour of continuing education credit
					shall consist of at least 50 minutes of classroom instruction or at least one
					clock-hour of any other type of acceptable continuing education experience
					listed in subsection (e). One-quarter hour of continuing education credit may
					be granted for each 15 minutes of acceptable continuing education. Credit shall
					not be granted for fewer than 15 minutes.
(e) Acceptable continuing education, whether
					taken in Kansas or outside the state, shall consist of the following:
(1) An academic applied behavior analysis
					course or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of the licensee's
					practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge that is taken for academic
					credit. Each licensee shall be granted 15 continuing education hours for each
					semester credit hour or the academic equivalent of a semester credit hour that
					the licensee successfully completes;
(2) an academic applied behavior analysis
					course or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of the licensee's
					practice that is audited. Each licensee shall receive continuing education
					credit on the basis of the actual contact time that the licensee spends
					attending the course, up to a maximum of 15 hours per academic credit
					hour;
(3) a seminar, institute,
					conference, workshop, or course;
(4) an activity consisting of completing a
					computerized interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape,
					listening to an audiotape, or reading with a posttest;
(5) an activity consisting of completing a
					computerized interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape,
					listening to an audiotape, or reading without a posttest;
(6) a cross-disciplinary offering in
					medicine, law, a foreign or sign language, computer science, professional or
					technical writing, business administration, management sciences, or any other
					discipline if the offering is clearly related to the enhancement of the
					licensee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge. The maximum number
					of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(7) a self-directed learning project
					preapproved by the board. The maximum number of allowable continuing education
					hours shall be 10;
(8) providing
					supervision to practicum or intern students. The maximum number of allowable
					continuing education hours shall be 10;
(9) the first-time preparation and
					presentation of an applied behavior analysis seminar, institute, conference,
					workshop, or course, or the substantial revision of an applied behavior
					analysis seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or course. The maximum
					number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10 for documented
					preparation and presentation time;
(10) the preparation of a professional
					applied behavior analysis article published for the first time in a
					professional journal, a book chapter published by a recognized publisher, or a
					written presentation given for the first time at a statewide or national
					professional meeting. If more than one licensee or other professional authored
					the material, the continuing education credit shall be prorated among the
					authors. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be
					10; and
(11) participation in a
					professional organization or appointment to a professional credentialing board,
					if the goals of the organization or board are clearly related to the
					enhancement of applied behavior analysis practice, values, ethics, skills, and
					knowledge. Participation may include holding office or serving on committees of
					the organization or board. The maximum number of allowable continuing education
					hours shall be 10.