Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 1902 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS › Chapter 4 - Continuing Education and Licensure Renewal; Reinstatement › Rule 30-1902-4.1 - CONTINUING EDUCATION

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Philosophy
Continuing education means instruction and learning which
				  fosters the enhancement of general or specialized social work practice, values,
				  knowledge, and skills.
B.
				Definitions
1. Continuing Education: The
				continuing education offerings for each discipline (social workers and marriage
				and family therapists) are approved independently. Licensees should NOT assume
				that an approved offering for one discipline is also approved for the other
				discipline. The Board website maintains separate lists of approved continuing
				education offerings for social workers and marriage and family therapists. The
				Board shall credit continuing education for social workers as follows. Parts of
				programs which meet the criteria set forth in these rules and regulations
				(relating to Types of Continuing Education and Criteria for Approval of
				Continuing Education Activities) shall be credited on a one-for-one basis with
				one clock-hour credit for each one clock-hour spent in the continuing education
				activity, unless otherwise designated by the Board or the Board's designee.
				Time devoted to registration, organizational business, breakfasts, luncheons,
				dinners, or other refreshments shall not be counted as instructional or
				continuing education credit time. When there is a luncheon speaker, only the
				time of the speaker's presentation may be calculated for continuing education
				credit. Forty (40) clock hours are required each renewal period.
2. DESIGNATED PROVIDERS (DPs): are
				organizations or institutions determined by the MS Board of Examiners SW
				Continuing Education Committee (SWCEC) to meet the standards for continuing
				education
.
These organizations hold standing by application,
				review and approval for a two (2) year period of time, during which they must
				consistently comply with all requirements. Complaints and random audits by
				Board members or their designees may result in removal from the status at any
				time and may prohibit renewal. Organizations who are approved for this status
				shall have their DP number and dates of approval on all documentation, and will
				be listed with this information for public review and continuing education
				resources on the Board website (
www.swmft.ms.gov
) and any publications therein.
Only those organizations that have previously held three
				  successful programs approved for social worker continuing education by the
				  Board, SWCEC, or its designee may apply for DP status. Applications for DP
				  status may be obtained from the Board's office or through the Board's website
				  at
www.swmft.ms.gov
.
The following organizations are automatically approved for
				  social worker continuing education and do not need to complete DP application
				  process for program approval:
a. Any
				program approved by the national NASW office, or any NASW Chapter;
b. American Association for Marriage &
				Family Therapy or any of its state chapters;
c. Any state chapter of Council on Social
				Work Education approved schools of social work (In order for continuing
				education offerings to be approved by this type of designated provider, the
				school of social work must be actively engaged in the planning and presentation
				of the offering);
d. Association of
				Social Work Boards or any state licensing board affiliated with;
e. International Association of Social
				Workers or any program approved by member countries; or
f. International Federation of Schools of
				Social Work and member schools.
SWCEC reserves the right to void approval of a specific
				  program that has been previously granted approval by any of the above listed
				  organizations or the current DP listing, should content and speaker be
				  determined upon review to contain content that is not post-baccalaureate level
				  or is in serious conflict with social work values and education.
Organizations that are approved for Designated Provider
				  status must be actively engaged in the planning, development and presentation
				  of the continuing education programs they provide. Co-Sponsorship will not be
				  accepted.