Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 3 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS; FEES › Section 102-3-10a - Continuing education for licensees

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 a professional 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 six hours related to the
					diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
(c) One hour of continuing education credit
					shall consist of at least 50 minutes of classroom instruction between
					instructor and participant or a minimum of an actual 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 professional counseling course, or an academic course oriented to the
					enhancement of professional 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
					professional counseling course, or an academic course oriented to the
					enhancement of a professional counselor's practice, values, ethics, skills, or
					knowledge, that is audited. Each licensee may 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, workshop, course,
					or minicourse. 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, the behavioral sciences, 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 a professional 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 graduate
					practicum or intern students, applicants for licensure as clinical professional
					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 a professional counseling course, seminar, institute, workshop,
					or mini-course. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
					shall be 10 for documented preparation and presentation time;
(10) the first-time publication of a
					professional counseling article in a juried professional journal. The maximum
					number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10; and
(11) participation in professional
					organizations or appointment to professional credentialing boards, if the goals
					of the organizations or boards are clearly related to the enhancement of
					professional 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.