Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2095 - Committee for Professional Counselors › Chapter 1 - General Rules › Section 20 CSR 2095-1.064 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the requirements for
				  continuing education.
(1)
				Pursuant to section 337.510.5, RSMo, all licensed professional counselors shall
				complete at least forty (40) hours of continuing education (CE) prior to the
				expiration date of the license. Such hours shall be relevant to the practice of
				professional counseling as defined in sections
				337.500(5), (6), and
				(7), RSMo.
(2) For the purpose of the regulation an hour
				of continuing education shall be defined as fifty (50) minutes of instruction
				or study.
(3) For the license
				renewal due on June 30, 2007, and each renewal cycle thereafter, the licensee
				shall certify completion of the required continuing education hours on the
				renewal form.
(4) A licensee shall
				obtain forty (40) hours of continuing education prior to the expiration date of
				a license, and such hours shall consist of at least twenty (20) hours of formal
				continuing education hours and not more than twenty (20) hours of self
				study.
(5) Formal continuing
				education is defined as follows:
(A)
				Post-graduate course work offered by an acceptable education institution as
				defined in
				20 CSR
				2095-2.010(4)(A)-(J). Such course
				work shall be relevant to professional counseling as defined in section
				337.500(5), (6), and
				(7), RSMo, and shall not be part of the
				graduate course work required for licensure. One (1) semester hour of graduate
				credit constitutes fifteen (15) hours of continuing education;
(B) Presenting research at a formal
				professional meeting. A presentation shall include a paper presented in a
				professional journal, book, or original chapter in an edited book. Credit will
				be given at the rate of four (4) hours for each paper or presentation. No
				credit shall be granted for any subsequent presentation on the same subject
				matter during the same renewal period;
(C) Attending relevant professional meetings
				when such meetings include verification of attendance. Such meetings can be
				international, national, regional, state, or local and must be related to the
				profession. The licensee shall receive three (3) hours of continuing education
				credit for a full day of meeting attendance;
(D) Attending workshops, seminars, or
				continuing education courses relevant to counseling as defined in section
				337.500(5), (6), and
				(7), RSMo. The licensee shall provide
				verification of attendance such as a certificate or letter of attendance
				indicating the date, time, and number of hours of continuing education from the
				workshop, seminar, or course provider;
(E) Written contributions to relevant
				professional books, journals, or periodicals. A licensee is eligible to receive
				three (3) hours of continuing education for publication in a non-referee
				journal, six (6) hours of continuing education for publication in a referee
				journal, eight (8) continuing education hours for each chapter in a book, ten
				(10) continuing education hours for editing a book, and fifteen (15) continuing
				education hours for the publication of a book;
(F) Presenting at relevant professional
				meetings such as international, national, regional, state, or local
				professional associations. A licensee shall be eligible for a maximum of three
				(3) hours per presentation. No credit shall be granted for any subsequent
				presentation on the same subject matter during the same renewal
				period;
(G) Licensees who are
				faculty members at an approved educational institution as defined in
				20 CSR
				2095-2.010(4)(A) may receive up to a
				maximum of twenty (20) hours per year of continuing education credit for
				teaching at the educational institution. The areas of study shall be in
				compliance with
				20 CSR
				2095-2.010(4)(A)-(J). For the purpose
				of this regulation, the licensee must teach for a minimum of four (4) clock
				hours as defined in
				20 CSR
				2095-1.064(2); and
(H) A licensee who teaches formal continuing
				education hours may receive up to a maximum of four (4) hours per biennial
				cycle of continuing education credit for teaching courses relating to core
				areas as defined in
				20 CSR
				2095-2.010(4)(A)-(J). For the purpose
				of this regulation the licensee must teach for a minimum of four (4) clock
				hours as defined in
				20 CSR
				2095-1.064(2).