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 - Definitions
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
As used in this article:
(a) A continuing education "course" means a form of systematic learning at least one hour in length. This may include, but is not limited to, academic studies, extension studies, lectures, conferences, seminars, workshops, written, audio, or visual instruction or activities, including interactive video instruction and activities electronically transmitted from another location, that have been verified and approved by the continuing education provider.
(b) A "provider" means an organization, institution, association, university, or other person or entity assuming full responsibility for the course offered.
(c) A "renewal period" means the two-year period that spans from the first day after the license's prior expiration date to the current license expiration date.
(d) An "approval agency" means an organization recognized by the board that evaluates and approves providers of continuing education, ensures courses offered by its providers meet the board's continuing education requirements, and monitors the quality of each approved continuing education course.
1. New article
8 (sections
1887-1887.12) and section filed
5-19-97; operative 5-19-97 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 97, No. 21).
2. Editorial correction of article heading
(Register 98, No. 9).
3. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed
1-16-2003; operative 2-1-2003 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2003, No. 3).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending
article heading filed 4-25-2005 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2005, No. 17).
5. Amendment of article
heading, new subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of NOTE filed
5-24-2011; operative 5-24-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2011, No. 21).
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 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.
