Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 7 - LICENSING OF ADDICTION COUNSELORS › Section 102-7-9 - Continuing education

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
					Each licensee shall complete 30 hours of documented and approved continuing
					education oriented to the enhancement of an addiction counselor'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) During each two-year renewal period and
					as a part of the required continuing education hours, each licensee shall
					complete three hours of professional ethics and each clinical addiction
					counselor licensee shall complete six hours related to the diagnosis and
					treatment of substance use disorders. These hours shall be obtained from any of
					the activities specified in paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), (d)(9),
					and (d)(10).
(c) One hour of
					continuing education credit shall consist of at least 50 minutes of classroom
					instruction or at least one clock-hour of other types of acceptable continuing
					education experiences listed in subsection (d). 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.
(d) Acceptable continuing education, whether
					taken within the state or outside the state, shall include the following:
(1) An academic addiction counseling course
					or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of addiction counselor's
					practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge that is taken for academic
					credit. Each licensee shall be granted 15 continuing education hours for each
					academic credit hour that the licensee successfully completes. The maximum
					number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 30;
(2) an academic addiction counseling course,
					or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of an addiction counselor's
					practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge, 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. The maximum numbers of allowable continuing education
					hours shall be 30;
(3) a seminar,
					institute, conference, workshop, or course. The maximum number of allowable
					continuing education hours shall be 30;
(4) if a posttest is provided, an activity
					consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning module, viewing a
					telecast or videotape, listening to an audiotape, or reading. The maximum
					number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 30;
(5) if a posttest is not provided, an
					activity consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning module,
					viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an audiotape, or reading. The
					maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be five;
(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 an
					addiction counselor'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, applicants for licensure as
					clinical addiction counselors, or other clinical mental health practitioners.
					The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be
					10;
(9) the first-time preparation
					and presentation of an addiction seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or
					course, or the substantial revision of an addiction counseling 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 addiction counseling 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 addiction counseling 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.