Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 3 - Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) Division of Professional Licensure and Certification (PLACE) Professional Credentialing Rules and Requirements › Chapter 16 - Renewal › Rule 24-3-16.10 - Renewal Continuing Education (CE) Requirement - CCSS/CCSS-II

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
A minimum of 24 successfully
				completed continuing education (CE) hours
(12 hours per year) is
				required for renewal.
B.
				Continuing education hours or college course work counted for renewal must have
				been successfully completed
during the current two-year certification
				period
. Renewal periods run from October 1 st
				to September 30 th of the appropriate two-year
				renewal cycle.
C. CEs earned
				outside of the current two-year certification period will not be counted; CEs
				may not be carried over from one renewal cycle to the next.
D. One continuing education hour is equal to
				60 consecutive minutes in an appropriate CE activity.
E. At least 20 of the 24 required hours must
				be
behavioral health and/or intellectual disabilities/developmental
				disabilities (ID/DD)-related;
(Individuals may count up to four
				(4) of the 24 CE hours in non-behavioral health/ID/DD-related areas, such as
				technology or administrative types of training or non-behavioral
				health/ID/DD-related annual training, which they or their programs deem
				important or necessary for continued professional enhancement; the Division
				and/or the PLACE Review Board makes the determination as to whether a CE
				activity is considered "behavioral health/ID/DD-related.")
F. Up to 5 of the required 24 hours may be
				obtained by
presenting
applicable (behavioral
				health/ID/DD-related) training events.
G. At least two (2) of the required CE hours
				must be in the area of cultural competency. (These hours can be counted as part
				of the required number of "behavioral health and/or intellectual
				disabilities/developmental disabilities-related" hours.)
H. At least two (2) of the required CE hours
				must be in the area of ethics. (These hours can be counted as part of the
				required number of "behavioral health and/or intellectual disabilities/
				developmental disabilities-related" hours.)
I. At least 20 percent of the required CE
				hours (5 hours) must be accrued through participation in live, face-to-face
				continuing education activities; thus, no more than 80 percent of the required
				CE hours may be earned through online or distance learning continuing education
				(CE) activities (applicable behavioral health/intellectual
				disabilities/developmental disabilities-related online college courses from an
				approved educational institution taken during the appropriate certification
				time period are exempt from this provision).
J. One three-semester hour (or equivalent)
behavioral
health/intellectual disabilities/developmental
				disabilities-related
college course from an approved educational
				institution, taken during the appropriate certification time period,
will
				be considered to meet the entire continuing education hour (CE) requirement for
				renewal.
K. Courses claimed
				for continuing education hours must be beyond the course work necessary to meet
				the educational requirement for DMH professional credentialing.
L. CE hours will not be prorated.
M. The renewal fee is not prorated.
N. DMH allows for the preapproval
				of various conferences, workshops/educational activities, etc., for DMH
				professional credentialing continuing education hours.
Information on
				activities which have received CE preapproval will be maintained by DMH and may
				also be maintained on the agency (DMH) website.
O. For continuing education activities which
				have not been through the CE preapproval process, the continuing education
				activities will be subject to the approval of the Division at the time of
				renewal.
P. Within the parameters
				outlined above, opportunities for CE accrual include, but are not limited to:
				training provided through the certified individual's place of employment
				(including DMH-required training as indicated in the
DMH Operational
				Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and
				Substance Use Disorders Community Service Providers
), DMH-sponsored
				training opportunities, and/or conferences/workshops approved by the Division.
Q. Relevant training which is
				completed on an annual basis may only be counted once during the two-year
				renewal cycle period.
R.
				Continuing education activities should be presented by a qualified presenter
				and contain clearly-outlined learning objectives. Meetings, regular work
				activities, staffing sessions, breaks, social activities, etc., do not count
				towards fulfilling the CE requirement.
S. Any activity completed for the purpose of
				achieving the Community Support Specialist certification (such as the web-based
				Exam/Training component for upgrade from PCCSS to CCSS) is not eligible for CE
				credit.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated