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 24-3-16.11 - Renewal Continuing Education (CE) Requirement - LA

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
A minimum of 40 successfully
				completed continuing education (CE) hours
(20 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 licensure
				period
. Renewal periods run from July 1 st to
				June 30 th of the appropriate two-year renewal
				cycle.
C. CEs earned outside of
				the current two-year licensure 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. Up to 8 of the required 40 hours may be
				obtained by
presenting
applicable (management/behavioral
				health/ID/DD-related) training events.
F. At least two (2) of the required CE hours
				must be in the area of cultural competency.
G. At least two (2) of the required CE hours
				must be in the area of ethics.
H.
				At least 20 percent of the required CE hours (8 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
				management/behavioral health/intellectual disabilities/developmental
				disabilities-related online college courses from an approved educational
				institution taken during the appropriate licensure time period are exempt from
				this provision).
I. One
				three-semester hour (or equivalent) graduate-level
management/behavioral
				health/ intellectual disabilities/developmental disabilities-related
college course from an approved educational institution, taken during the
				appropriate licensure time period, will be considered
to meet the entire
				continuing education hour (CE) requirement for renewal.
J. Courses claimed for continuing education
				hours must be beyond the course work necessary to meet the educational
				requirement for DMH professional credentialing.
K. CE hours will not be prorated.
L. The renewal fee is not prorated.
M. 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.
N. 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.
O. Within the parameters
				outlined above, opportunities for CE accrual include, but are not limited to:
				training provided through the licensed 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.
P. Relevant training
				which is completed on an annual basis may only be counted once during the
				two-year renewal cycle period.
Q.
				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.
R. Any activity completed for the purpose of
				achieving the DMH Licensed Administrator credential is not eligible for CE
				credit.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated