Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. A
licensee shall complete at least 40 hours of continuing education during each
license period. Unless specified otherwise, one clock hour of instruction,
training, or making a presentation equals one hour of continuing
education.
B. A licensee shall
ensure the continuing education hours obtained include at least four hours in
professional ethics
C. During the
license period in which an individual is initially licensed, the Board shall
pro-rate the number of continuing education hours, including a pro-rated number
of hours addressing ethics, that the new licensee must complete during the
initial license period. To calculate the number of continuing education hours
that a new licensee must obtain, the Board shall divide the 40 hours of
continuing education required in a license period by 24 and multiply the
quotient by the number of whole months from the date of initial licensure until
the end of the license period. During the first license period, for every six
months from the month of license issuance to the end of the license period, the
Board shall require one hour of continuing education in ethics.
D. If the standards in subsection (F) are
met, the Board shall accept the following for continuing education hours.
1. Post-doctoral study sponsored by a
university or college that is regionally accredited under A.R.S. §
32-2071(A)(1)
and provides a graduate-level degree
program;
2. A course, seminar,
workshop, or home study for which a certificate of attendance or completion is
provided;
3. A continuing education
program offered by a national, international, regional, or state association,
society, board, or continuing education provider;
4. Teaching a graduate-level course in
applied psychology at a university or college that is regionally accredited
under A.R.S. §
32-2071(A)(1).
A licensee who teaches a graduate-level course in applied psychology receives
the same number of continuing education hours as number of classroom hours for
those who take the graduate-level course;
5. Organizing and presenting a continuing
education activity. A licensee who organizes and presents a continuing
education activity receives the same number of continuing education hours as
those who attend the continuing education activity;
6. Serving as a complaint consultant. During
a license period, a licensee who serves as a Board complaint consultant to
review Board complaints and provides written reports to the Board or provides
expert testimony on behalf of the Board may receive continuing education hours
equal to the actual number of hours served as a complaint consultant to a
maximum of 20 hours. A licensee who is paid by the Board for services rendered
shall not receive continuing education credit for the time or services for
which payment was made;
7. The
Board shall allow a maximum of 10 continuing education hours for each of the
following during a license period:
a.
Attending a Board meeting or serving as a member of the Board. A licensee
receives up to six continuing education hours in professional ethics for
attending both morning and afternoon sessions of a Board meeting and three
continuing education hours for attending either the morning or afternoon
session or at least four hours of a Board meeting. A licensee shall complete
documentation provided by the Board at the time the licensee attends a Board
meeting;
b. Having an authored or
co-authored psychology book, psychology book chapter, or article in a
peer-reviewed psychology journal published. A licensee who has an authored or
co-authored psychology book, psychology book chapter, or article in a
peer-reviewed psychology journal published receives 10 continuing education
hours in the year of publication;
c. Participating in a study group for professional
growth and development as a psychologist. A licensee receives one hour of
continuing education for each hour of participation to a maximum of 10
continuing education hours for participating in a study group. The Board shall
allow continuing education hours for participating in a study group only if the
licensee maintains the documentation required under subsection
(G)(5);
d. Presenting a symposium
or paper at a state, regional, national, or international psychology meeting. A
licensee who presents a symposium or paper receives the same number of
continuing education hours as hours of the session, as published in the agenda
of the meeting, at which the symposium or paper is presented to a maximum of 10
continuing education hours;
e.
Presenting a poster during a poster session at a state, regional, national, or
international psychology meeting. A licensee who presents a poster receives an
hour of continuing education for each hour the licensee is physically present
with the poster during the poster session, as published in the agenda of the
meeting, to a maximum of 10 continuing education hours; and
f. Serving as an elected officer of an
international, national, regional, or state psychological association or
society. A licensee who serves as an elected officer may receive continuing
education hours equal to the actual number of hours served to a maximum of 10
continuing education hours.
E. The Board shall not allow continuing
education credit more than once in a license period for:
1. Teaching the same graduate-level
course,
2. Organizing and
presenting a continuing education activity on the same topic or content area,
or
3. Presenting the same symposium
or paper at a state, regional, national, or international psychology
meeting.
F. Standards for
continuing education. To be acceptable for continuing education credit, an
activity identified in subsections (D)(1) through (4) shall:
1. Focus on the practice of psychology, as
defined at A.R.S. §
32-2061,
for at least 75 percent of the program hours; and
2. Be taught by an instructor who is readily
identifiable as competent in the subject of the continuing education by having
an advanced degree, teaching experience, work history, published professional
articles, or previously presented continuing education on the same
subject.
G. The Board
shall accept the following documents as evidence of completion of continuing
education hours:
1. A certificate of
attendance or completion;
2.
Statement signed by the provider verifying participation in the
activity;
3. Copy of transcript of
course completed under subsection (D)(1);
4. Documents indicating a licensee's
participation as an elected officer or appointed member as specified in
subsection (D)(7)(f); or
5. An
attestation signed by all participants of a study group under subsection
(D)(7)(c) that includes a description of the activity, subject covered, dates,
and number of hours.
H. A
licensee shall maintain the documents listed in subsection (G) through the
license period following the license period in which the documents were
obtained.
I. The Board may audit
a licensee's compliance with continuing education requirements. The Board may
deny renewal or take other disciplinary action against a licensee who fails to
obtain or document required continuing education hours.
The Board may discipline a licensee who commits fraud,
deceit, or misrepresentation regarding continuing education
hours.
J. A licensee who
cannot meet the continuing education requirement for good cause may seek an
extension of time to complete the continuing education requirement by
submitting a written request to the Board with the timely submission of the
renewal application required under
R4-26-205.
1. Good cause includes but is not limited to
illness or injury of the licensee or a close family member, death of a close
family member, birth or adoption of a child, military service, relocation,
natural disaster, financial hardship, or residence in a foreign country for at
least 12 months of the license period.
2. The Board shall not grant an extension
longer than one year.
3. A licensee
who cannot complete the continuing education requirement within the extension
may apply to the Board for inactive license status under A.R.S. §
32-2073(G).
K. No continuing
education hours may be carried over to the next licensing period.
L. The Board shall not accept for continuing
education hours a course, workshop, seminar, or symposium designed to increase
income or office efficiency.
