California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 13.1 - Board of Psychology
Article 10 - Continuing Education
Section 1397.60.1 - Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
This section shall be applicable to both a license that expires on or after January 1, 2023, and an application for license renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement received on or after January 1, 2023.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) means required learning activities approved for the purpose of license renewal. The four categories of CPD are Professional Activities (section 2915(c)(1) of the Code); Academic (section 2915(c)(2) of the Code); Sponsored Continuing Education (section 2915(c)(3) of the Code); and Board Certification (section 2915(c)(4) of the Code).
(a) Acceptable CPD learning activities under "Professional Activities" include:
"Practice Outcome Monitoring" (POM) means the application of outcome assessment protocols with clients/patients, in order to monitor one's own practice process and outcomes, with the goal of assessing effectiveness. All outcome measures must be sensitive to cultural and diversity issues.
"Professional Services" means ongoing participation in services related to the field of psychology, or other related disciplines, separate and apart from a fee-for-service arrangement, including the following: serving on psychological association boards or committees, editorial boards of peer reviewed journals related to psychology or other related disciplines, scientific grant review teams, and boards of regulatory bodies; program development; and evaluation activities.
"Conference/Convention Attendance" means attending a professional gathering, either in person or via electronic means, that consists of multiple concurrent or sequential free-standing presentations related to the practice of psychology, or that may be applied to psychological practice, where the licensee interacts with professional colleagues and participates in the social, interpersonal, professional, and scientific activities that are part of the environment of those gatherings. CPD credit may be accrued for "Conference/Convention Attendance" separate from credit earned for completing sponsored CE coursework or sessions at the same conference/convention.
"Examination Functions" means serving in any function related to examination development for the Board or for the development of the EPPP.
"Expert Review/Consultation" means serving in any expert capacity for the Board.
"Attendance at a California Board of Psychology Meeting" means attendance, either in person or via electronic means, at a full-day Board meeting or a separately noticed committee meeting of the Board.
(b) Acceptable CPD learning activities under "Academic" include:
"Academic Coursework" means completing and earning academic credit for a graduate-level course related to psychology from an institution whose degree meets the requirements of section 2914 of the Code.
"Supervision" means overseeing the professional experience of a trainee who is accruing hours toward licensure as a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social worker, licensed professional clinical counselor, licensed educational psychologist, or physician and surgeon.
"Publications" means authoring or co-authoring peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, or books, or editing or co-editing a book, related to psychology or a related discipline.
"Self-Directed Learning" means independent educational activities focused on maintaining, developing, or increasing conceptual and applied competencies that are relevant to psychological practice, education, or science, such as reading books or peer-reviewed journal articles, watching videos or webcasts, listening to podcasts, attending a webinar that is not sponsor-approved for CE credit, taking academic coursework provided by institutions that do not meet the requirements in section 1397.61.1(b)(1), and conference/convention attendance that does not meet the requirements of section 1397.60.1(a)(4).
(c) Acceptable CPD learning activities under "Sponsored Continuing Education" means Sponsor-Approved Continuing Education, which includes any approved structured, sequenced learning activity, whether conducted in-person or online. "Course" and "presentation" mean a sponsor-approved systematic learning experience. "Provider" means an organization, institution, association, university, or other person or entity assuming full responsibility for the CE program offered, and whose courses are accepted for credit pursuant to section 1397.61.1(j)(1) and (2).
(d) Acceptable CPD learning activities under "Board Certification" are defined as the initial earning of a specialty certification in an area of psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
1. New section filed 6-29-2022; operative 10-1-2022 (Register 2022, No. 26). Transmission deadline specified in Government Code section 11346.4(b) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20. Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2915(g) and 2930, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 29 and 2915, Business and Professions Code.
