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 24-3-16.8 - Renewal Continuing Education (CE) Requirement - CMHT/LCMHT

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
A minimum of 30 successfully
				completed continuing education (CE) hours
(15 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/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
				certification/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. At least 26 of the 30 required hours must
				be
mental health-related
;
(Individuals may count up to
				four (4) of the 30 CE hours in non-mental health-related areas, such as
				technology or administrative types of training or non-mental health-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 "mental
				health-related.")
F. Up
				to 6 of the required 30 hours may be obtained by
presenting
applicable (mental health-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 "mental health-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 "mental health-related" hours.)
I. At least 20 percent of the required CE
				hours (6 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 mental health-related online college courses from
				an approved educational institution taken during the appropriate
				certification/licensure time period are exempt from this provision).
J. One three-semester hour (or equivalent)
				graduate-level
mental health-related
college course from an
				approved educational institution, taken during the appropriate
				certification/licensure 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/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.
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 Mental Health Therapist
				certification (such as the web-based training component for upgrade from PCMHT
				to CMHT) is not eligible for CE credit.
Section
				  41-4-7
				  of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated