West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 27 - Counseling › Title 27 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN COUNSELING › Series 27-10 - Marriage and Family Therapist License Renewal and Continuing Professional Education Requirements › Section 27-10-6 - Approved programs of continuing professional education

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. The goal of the Board's continuing
				professional education requirements are to: enable licensees to maintain and/or
				expand professional expertise in marriage and family therapy; become aware of
				new professional developments; provide responsible and quality service to
				clients and community; and continue to conduct professional practice in an
				ethical and appropriate manner. The Board will not grant credit for continuing
				education to promote personal growth of the licensee.
6.2. A licensee may obtain continuing
				education credits in 5 ways: Programs offered by approved providers; approved
				programs of continuing professional education; post-approved programs; home
				study programs and publications and presentations as cited in subsections 4.3.
				and 4.4. of this rule. The Board or its designee shall approve providers,
				programs, and home study programs and offer post-program approval according to
				the following guidelines:
6.2.a. Guidelines
				for program approval:
6.2.a.1. Academic course
				offered in accredited education institutions by marriage and family therapy
				degree programs are automatically granted program approval; and,
6.2.a.2. Approved programs may be sponsored
				by departments of accredited educational institutions; national, regional,
				state, or local professional organizations or associations; public or private
				human service agencies or organization; private consultants; or individuals.
				The organization or individual shall make application for approval on a form
				designated by the Board and pay the appropriate fee. In order to obtain
				approved status from the Board, a program shall meet the following
				requirements:
6.2.a.2.A. Competent individuals
				as documented by appropriate academic training, master's level or above and
				professionally recognized experience shall present the program. Presenters
				should have an identifiable involvement with human services. In approving a
				particular presenter, the Board shall be guided by the following range of
				presenter qualifications:
6.2.a.2.A.1.
				Therapists/counselors with appropriate credentials and appropriate expertise in
				the content area shall clearly be accepted;
6.2.a.2.A.2. A related presenter with the
				ability to connect content to therapy/counseling practice shall usually be
				accepted;
6.2.a.2.A.3. Expert
				presenters with no apparent link to therapy/counseling may or may not be
				acceptable based upon the content to be presented and intended
				audience;
6.2.a.2.A.4. A presenter
				with no apparent professional qualifications nor link to therapy/counseling or
				human services shall not be accepted; and,
6.2.a.2.A.5. A presenter providing training
				in a practice area that would require licensure shall show evidence of current
				licensure in West Virginia or another state.
6.2.a.2.B. The program shall meet the
				professional needs of the intended clientele, which shall include marriage and
				family therapists;
6.2.a.2.C. The
				program shall have a minimum duration of 1 contact hour;
6.2.a.2.D. The program shall have written
				goals and objectives that are responsive to the needs of prospective marriage
				and family therapist attendees;
6.2.a.2.E. The program shall have an agenda,
				clearly listing the time and date of the program, including starting and ending
				times and refreshment and meal breaks;
6.2.a.2.F. The program shall be related to
				marriage and family therapist profession as cited in subsection 2.6. in this
				rule;
6.2.a.2.G. The program shall
				be disseminated via appropriate instructional methods, such as lecture, group
				discussion, video, film, interactive webinar or interactive
				teleconferencing;
6.2.a.2.H. The
				program shall include an evaluation component directly related to its stated
				goals and objectives;
6.2.a.2.I.
				The program shall be offered in a site that shall be accessible under the
				provisions of the American's With Disabilities Act;
6.2.a.2.J. The organization or individual
				shall submit their program approval request for review, on a form designated by
				the Board, at least 60 days prior to the scheduled program date;
6.2.a.2.K. The program's promotional
				information shall state that program approval has either been applied for or
				has been granted; and,
6.2.a.2.L.
				The provider of the program shall provide program participants certificates of
				completion, which contain the following information:
6.2.a.2.L.1. The title and dates of the
				program and the Board's program approval number;
6.2.a.2.L.2. The name of the sponsoring
				agency or organization;
6.2.a.2.L.3. The name of the participant and
				the number of contact hours of continuing professional education earned by the
				participant;
6.2.a.2.L.4. The
				presenters name and his or her credentials; and,
6.2.a.2.L.5. The signature of the presenter
				and/or the official representative of the sponsoring organization.