Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 102 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD › Article 5 - LICENSING OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS › Section 102-5-10 - Continuing education for licensees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each licensee shall
			 complete 40 hours of documented and approved continuing education during each
			 two-year renewal period. Continuing education hours accumulated in excess of the
			 required number of hours shall not be carried over to the next renewal
			 period.
(b) During each two-year renewal
			 period as a part of the required continuing education hours, each licensee shall
			 complete a program on professional ethics that consists of at least three hours of
			 formal training. This program shall meet the defnition of continuing education in
			   K.A.R. 102-5-1, and  the program shall focus on ethical issues of the marriage and
			 family therapy profession. These hours shall be obtained from any of the activities
			 specified in paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), (e)(10), and
			 (e)(11).
(c) During each two-year
			 renewal period as a part of the required continuing education hours, each licensee
			 shall complete a program on diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders that
			 consists of at least six hours of formal training. This program shall meet the
			 defnition of continuing education in   K.A.R. 102-5-1. These hours shall be obtained
			 from any of the activities specified in paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4),
			 (e)(10), and (e)(11).
(d) Any licensee
			 may receive continuing education credit for atending approved programs. Continuing
			 education credit shall be granted on the basis of the actual contact time that the
			 licensee spends atending each instructional activity. One-quarter continuing
			 education hour may be granted for atending at least 15 but fewer than 25 minutes.
			 Continuing education credit shall not be granted for fractional units of fewer than
			 15 minutes.
(e) Acceptable continuing
			 education, whether taken within the state or outside the state, shall include the
			 following:
(1) An academic marriage and family
			 therapy course, or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of a marriage and
			 family therapist'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 40;
(2) an academic marriage and family therapy
			 course, or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of a marriage and family
			 therapist's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge, that is audited. The
			 licensee may receive continuing education credit on the basis of the actual contact
			 time that the licensee spends atending the course, up to a maximum of 15 hours per
			 academic credit hour. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
			 shall be 40;
(3) a seminar, institute,
			 workshop, course, or mini-course. The maximum number of allowable continuing
			 education hours shall be 40;
(4) if a
			 postest is provided, an activity consisting of completing of a computerized
			 interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an
			 au-diotape, or reading. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
			 shall be 40;
(5) if a postest is not
			 provided, an activity consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning
			 module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an au-diotape, or reading. The
			 maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(6) a cross-disciplinary ofering 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 ofering is clearly related to the enhancement of a marriage and
			 family therapist's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge. The maximum
			 number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(7) a self-directed learning project that is
			 preapproved by the board. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
			 shall be 10;
(8) providing supervision
			 to undergraduate or graduate practicum or intern students, applicants for licensure
			 as clinical marriage and family therapists, or other clinical mental health
			 practitioners. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be
			 15;
(9) receiving supervision from a
			 board-approved clinical supervisor while the licensee is providing supervision to
			 become a board-approved clinical supervisor. The maximum number of allowable
			 continuing education hours shall be eight;
(10) preparing for and presenting for the frst
			 time a marriage and family therapy course, seminar, institute, workshop, or
			 mini-course. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10
			 for documented preparation and presentation time;
(11) the frst-time publication of a marriage and
			 family therapy article in a juried professional journal. The maximum number of
			 allowable continuing education hours shall be 10; and
(12) 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 marriage and
			 family therapy practice, values, ethics, skills, and knowledge. Participation may
			 include holding ofce or serving on commitees of the organization or board. The
			 maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10.