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 1887.4.0 - Continuing Education Course Content

Universal Citation: 16 CA Code of Regs 1887.4.0

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024

(a) Courses shall meet the requirements set forth in sections 4980.54, 4989.34, 4996.22, and 4999.76 of the Code.

(b) The content of the course shall:

(1) Be relevant to the profession's scope of practice;

(2) Be supported by evidence-based practice;

(3) Be consistent with the profession's current standards of care;

(4) Be consistent with the profession's ethical, legal, statutory, and regulatory standards; and,

(5) Do one or both of the following:
(A) Demonstrate credibility through support from mental health practices, current educational standards, and current research; or

(B) Be directly related to the profession's ethical, legal, statutory or regulatory standards.

(c) Each continuing education course shall have both of the following:

(1) A syllabus that contains a general outline of the main points for each topic, one or more educational goals, and specific learning objectives that are measurable and serve as a basis for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the course; and,

(2) A mechanism that allows each participant to evaluate the continuing education course.

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. Amendment of 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 4980.54, 4989.34, 4996.22 and 4999.76, Business and Professions Code.

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