Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) For purposes of renewing or reactivating
a license, credit is approved for the following:
(a) Completion of graduate level courses
provided by an institution of higher education fully accredited by a regional
accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary
Accreditation or its successor or an institution which is publicly recognized
as a member in good standing with the Association of Universities and Colleges
of Canada, provided such courses are offered by a graduate program in
psychology, counselor education, rehabilitation counseling, guidance or
personnel counseling, marriage and family therapy, agency counseling, community
mental health counseling or a school or program offering doctoral training in
social work.
(b) Completion of
graduate level courses in theory of human behavior and practice methods as
courses in clinically-oriented services provided by programs of social work
accredited by the Council on Social Work, Education Commission on Accreditation
by the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work.
(c) Completion of graduate level courses
provided by marriage and family therapy training institutions accredited by the
Commission on Accreditation of Marriage and Family Therapy Education
(COAMFTE).
(d) Programs offered by
providers approved by the Board under Rule
64B4-6.004, F.A.C.
1. Credit for hypnosis training will be given
only for a program that clearly advertised it met the requirements of Rule
64B4-7.002, F.A.C., and was
offered by an approved provider for hypnosis training as determined by Rule
64B4-6.006, F.A.C.
2. Credit for sex therapy training will be
given only for a program that clearly advertised it met the requirements of
Rule 64B4-7.004, F.A.C., and was
offered by an approved provider for sex therapy training as determined by Rule
64B4-6.005,
F.A.C.
(e) Continuing
education programs offered and approved by the following entities as long as
such entities impose requirements similar to or more stringent than those
imposed by the Board in subparagraphs
64B4-6.004(2)(a)
1.-5., F.A.C.:
1. National Board of Certified
Counselors (NBCC),
2. American
Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists (AASECT),
3. American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
(ASCH),
4. National Association of
Social Work (NASW),
5. American
Psychological Association (APA),
6.
Clinical Social Work Federation (CSWF),
7. Association of Social Work Boards
(ASWB),
8. American Board of
Professional Psychology (ABPP),
9.
American Psychiatric Association,
10. International Association of Marriage and
Family Therapy Counselors (AMFC),
11. American Association of State Counseling
Boards (AASCB),
12. American
Counseling Association (ACA),
13.
American Mental Health Counseling Association (AMHCA),
14. American Association for Marriage and
Family Therapy (AAMFT); and,
15.
Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards
(AMFTRB).
(2)
Presenters/moderators of approved continuing education activities shall receive
credit on a one-time basis for programs where they are actually in attendance
for the complete program, provided they receive a certificate of attendance in
compliance with this rule. A maximum of 10 hours of credit per biennium shall
be received for presenting/moderating approved continuing education
activities.
(3) Instructors of
graduate level courses in the curricula of an institution as described in
Section 491.005, F.S., shall receive
continuing education credit on a one time basis at the rate of 5 hours of
continuing education credit per semester hour of coursework taught.
(4) Three (3) hours of continuing education
credit in risk management may be obtained once per biennium by attending one
day of a Board meeting at which disciplinary hearings are conducted by the
Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health
Counseling, in compliance with the following:
(a) The licensee must sign in with the
Executive Director of the Board before the meeting day begins.
(b) The licensee must remain in continuous
attendance.
(c) The licensee must
sign out with the Executive Director of the Board at the end of the meeting day
or at such other earlier time as affirmatively authorized by the Board. The
licensee may only receive CE credit for attending the Board meeting for that
purpose solely. The licensee may not receive credit for that purpose if they
are required or are attending the Board meeting for any other
purpose.
(5) For the
purpose of this rule chapter, distance learning continuing education activities
are home study, correspondence, computer interactive, tele-conferences, video
cassette, and audio cassette courses. A distance learning continuing education
activity offered by a provider approved under this rule chapter must meet the
standards for approved courses outlined in this rule chapter and, furthermore,
must include a testing mechanism on which a passing score must be attained by
the licensee prior to the issuing of credit.
(6) Continuing education credit will not be
received for the following:
(a) The licensee's
regular activities;
(b) Membership,
office in, or participation on boards or committees, or at business meetings of
professional organizations;
(c)
Attendance at professional conventions or meetings, unless session meets the
requirements of this rule;
(d)
Independent, unstructured or self-structured learning;
(e) Personal psychotherapy or growth
experience;
(f) Authorship or
editing of books or articles;
(g)
Obtaining supervision or consultation unless provided by a structured program
meeting the requirements of this rule.
Rulemaking Authority
456.013(6),
491.004(5),
491.0085 FS. Law Implemented
456.013(6),
491.007(2),
491.0085(1)
FS.
New 4-4-89, Amended 10-16-90, 6-19-91, 9-2-91, 8-24-92,
Formerly 21CC-6.002, Amended 1-9-94, Formerly 61F4-6.002, Amended 10-4-94,
12-22-94, 1-7-96, 12-29-96, Formerly 59P-6.002, Amended 12-11-97, 2-9-99,
8-9-00, 6-30-02, 7-8-03, 2-8-05, 5-14-06, 12-17-06, 8-13-08,
9-30-15.
