California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 18 - Board of Behavioral Sciences
Article 8 - Continuing Education Requirements for Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Educational Psychologists, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors
Section 1887.3 - Continuing Education Course Requirements and Credit for Specified Activities
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) During each renewal period, a licensee shall accrue at least thirty-six (36) hours of continuing education coursework as defined in section 1887.4.0.
(b) A marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, and professional clinical counselor licensee shall take a continuing education course in the characteristics and methods of assessment and treatment of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) during their first renewal period after the effective date of these regulations. The course shall be at least seven (7) hours in length and its content shall comply with the requirements of section 32 of the Code. This is a one-time requirement for all licensees. Equivalent HIV and AIDS courses taken prior to the effective date of these regulations, or proof of equivalent teaching or practice experience, may be submitted to the board for approval in lieu of this requirement; however, this coursework or experience shall not be credited as hours towards the continuing education requirements.
(c) Any person renewing a license shall complete a minimum of six (6) hours of continuing education in the subject of law and ethics for each renewal period. The six (6) hours shall be considered part of the thirty-six (36) hour continuing education requirement. A course on law and ethics completed by a supervisor in order to fulfill the supervisor training requirement pursuant to Article 3, 4 or 6 shall not be accepted toward meeting the minimum six (6) hours of law and ethics training but shall count toward the 36-hour continuing education requirement.
(d) A licensee may not claim the same course more than once per license type during a single renewal period for hours of continuing education credit.
(e) If a licensee teaches a course provided by a board-accepted provider, the licensee may claim credit for the course, receiving the same amount of hours of continuing education credit as a licensee who attended the course. The licensee may only claim the course one time during a single renewal period. A maximum of 18 hours of continuing education may be met by teaching courses during a single renewal period.
(f) A licensee who takes a course as a condition of probation resulting from disciplinary action by the board may not apply the course as credit towards the continuing education requirement.
(g) A licensee who attends a Board of Behavioral Sciences enforcement case review training shall be credited with up to six (6) hours of continuing education in the renewal cycle during which the case review training was attended. The continuing education hours earned by attending a board enforcement case review training may only be used to satisfy the law and ethics portion of the continuing education requirement.
(h) A licensee who acts as a Board of Behavioral Sciences subject matter expert (SME) for an enforcement case review shall be credited with six (6) hours of continuing education in the renewal cycle during which the enforcement case review was performed. The continuing education hours earned by acting as a board enforcement case SME may only be used to satisfy the law and ethics portion of the continuing education requirement.
(i) A licensee who participates in a Board of Behavioral Sciences examination development workshop shall be credited with six (6) hours of continuing education in the renewal cycle during which the examination development workshop was attended. The continuing education hours earned by participating in a board examination development workshop may only be used to satisfy the law and ethics portion of the continuing education requirement.
(j) A licensee who completes a Board of Behavioral Sciences occupational analysis survey in full shall be credited with six (6) hours of continuing education for the renewal cycle during which the survey was completed.
(k) A licensee who participates in a mental health professional organization's law and ethics review committee shall be credited with up to six (6) hours of continuing education in the renewal cycle during which the participation occurred. The continuing education earned by participating in a professional organization's law and ethics review committee may only be used to satisfy the law and ethics portion of the continuing education requirement.
(l) Documentation of completion for the activities specified in subsections (g) through (j) shall consist of a letter or certificate issued by the board. For subsection (k), documentation of completion shall consist of a letter or certificate from the professional organization. Licensees shall maintain records of completed activities for a minimum of two years and shall make these records available to the board for auditing purposes upon request.
1. New section
filed 5-19-97; operative 5-19-97 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 97, No. 21).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
subsection (b) filed 4-19-99 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 99, No. 17).
3. Amendment of subsection (a)
and amendment of NOTE filed 2-19-2008; operative 3-20-2008 (Register 2008, No.
8).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 5-24-2011; operative
5-24-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2011, No. 21).
5. Amendment of subsection (c) filed
1-9-2013; operative 4-1-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)
(Register 2013, No. 2).
6. New section filed 9-16-2014. Adoption of
section text operative 1-1-2015; regulatory provisions contained within
operative July 1-1-2015 (Register 2014, No. 38).
7. Change without
regulatory effect amending section heading filed 3-21-2017 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2017, No. 12).
8. Amendment of section
heading, section and NOTE filed 8-8-2022; operative 7-1-2023 (Register 2022,
No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 4980.60 and 4990.20, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 29, 32, 4980.54, 4989.34, 4996.22 and 4999.76, Business and Professions Code.
