Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 27, 2024
(a) Annual time requirements.
(1) To renew a license, a licensee shall earn
during each annual renewal period a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of continuing
education credit from approved education courses as defined in Section
4444 subject to the conditions of
this Article.
(2) Courses
qualifying for continuing education credit must be completed following
licensure and within the one-year renewal period each cycle.
(3) A licensee who serves as an instructor in
an approved education course for continuing education as provided for in
subdivision (a) of Section
4444, may receive 1.5 hours of
continuing education course participation credit for each hour of new course
instruction presented. A maximum of 6 of the fifteen (15) hours of continuing
education credit may be earned under this paragraph.
(4) A maximum of 4 of the fifteen (15) hours
of continuing education credit may be earned through independent study under
the supervision of an approved education provider pursuant to Section
4446 that supplies evidence of
completion.
(b) Annual
subject topic requirements.
(1) Continuing
education credit shall be earned by taking approved education courses in at
least one of the subject topics as provided for in Section
4444.
(2) As part of the continuing education
credit requirements for renewal in subdivision (a)(1), a licensee shall
complete at least either two hours of instruction in ethics or cultural
competency every year, or alternatively a total of two hours of instruction in
both ethics and cultural competency combined every year.
1. New section
filed 11-2-2007 as an emergency; operative 11-2-2007 (Register 2007, No. 44). A
Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-30-2008 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-26-2007 order, including
amendment of section, transmitted to OAL 4-24-2008 and filed 5-19-2008
(Register 2008, No. 21).
3. Amendment of subsection (b)(2) filed
12-28-2022; operative 1-1-2023 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2022, No. 52).
Note: Authority cited: Section
6517,
Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
6538,
Business and Professions Code.
