Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 86 - State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure › Chapter 16 - Licensed Marital and Family Therapists › Subchapter 15 - Issuance and Maintenance of License › Section 86:16-15-4 - Continuing education

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Purpose.
The purpose of the requirements in this Section is to
				establish the continuing education requirements necessary for license
				renewal.
(b)
Number of hours
				required.
(1) Licensees shall complete
				and furnish documentation to the Department of twenty (20) clock hours of
				acceptable continuing education per year. One college credit hour is equal to
				fifteen (15) clock hours. Current LMFT Advisory Board members shall receive
				clock hours of acceptable continuing education for attendance and participation
				in advisory board or LMFT Advisory Board Chair appointed sub-committee
				meetings.
(2) A minimum of three
				(3) clock hours of continuing education hours must be in mental health ethics
				from programs pre-approved by the Department or its designee. Continuing
				education in mental health ethics is acceptable as meeting the pre-approval
				requirements by the Department when the continuing education program:
(A) Addresses ethics issues specifically
				pertaining to the practice of therapy, as defined in Section 1925.2(7) of this
				Act;
(B) Addresses regulations as
				promulgated in Subchapter 5 of this Chapter; and
(C) Meets all requirements of subsections (b)
				through (e) of OAC
				310:400-15-4
				of this Chapter.
(D) Beginning
				renewal year 2009, the three clock hours of mental health ethics continuing
				education must be accrued in a face-to-face setting.
(E) Current LMFT Advisory Board members shall
				receive clock hours of acceptable continuing education in mental health ethics
				for attendance and participation in advisory board or LMFT Advisory Board Chair
				appointed sub-committee meetings.
(3) Approved LMFT Supervisors are required to
				complete a minimum of three (3) clock hours, every three (3) years, of
				continuing education in therapy supervision specific to Oklahoma law provided
				by the LMFT Advisory Board, or its designee. Continuing education in Therapy
				Supervision is acceptable as meeting the pre-approval requirements by the
				Department when the continuing education program:
(A) Addresses issues specifically related to
				the practice of therapy supervision pursuant to regulations promulgated in
				Subchapter 11 of this Chapter; and
(B) Contains content in one or more of the
				following knowledge areas:
(i) Overview of a
				supervision model;
(ii)
				Supervisors' areas of focus and roles in supervision;
(iii) Supervisors' process and practical
				application;
(iv) Ethical dilemmas
				involved in therapy supervision;
(v) Methods of effectively addressing and
				preventing ethical dilemmas in therapy supervision;
(vi) Overview of AAMFT standards of
				supervision; or
(vii) Overview of
				Oklahoma LMFT Rules and Regulations regarding therapy supervision;
				and
(C) Meets all
				requirements of subsections (b) through (e) of OAC
				310:400-15-4
				of this Chapter.