Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
Each holder of a temporary permit or certificate shall submit
proof of training and continuing education hours to the attorney general for
approval.
(a) Each batterer
intervention program agent or employee thereof shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) Complete the training as
required in "the essential elements and standards of batterer intervention
programs in Kansas," which is adopted in K.A.R. 16-12-4; and
(2) complete 12 hours of documented and
approved continuing education as required in "the essential elements and
standards of batterer intervention programs in Kansas," during each two-year
certification period. Continuing education hours accumulated in excess of the
requirement shall not be carried over to the next renewal period.
(b) One hour of training or
continuing education credit shall consist of at least 50 minutes of classroom
instruction or at least one clock-hour of other types of acceptable training or
continuing education experiences listed in subsection (c). One-half hour of
training or continuing education credit may be granted for each 30 minutes of
acceptable training or continuing education. Credit shall not be granted for
less than 30 minutes.
(c)
Acceptable training and continuing education, subject to approval, whether
taken within the state or outside the state, shall include the following:
(1) An academic course at an institution that
is nationally or regionally accredited for education or training, if the
content is clearly related to the enhancement of a batterer intervention
program agent's or employee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge
and the course is taken for academic credit. Each agent or employee shall be
granted 15 training or continuing education hours for each academic credit hour
that is successfully completed. The maximum number of allowable training or
continuing education hours shall be 15;
(2) an academic course at an institution that
is nationally or regionally accredited for education or training, if the
content is clearly related to the enhancement of a batterer intervention
program agent's or employee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge
and the course is audited. Each agent or employee shall receive training or
continuing education credit on the basis of the actual contact time that the
agent or employee spends attending the course, up to a maximum of 15 hours per
academic credit hour. The maximum number of allowable training or continuing
education hours shall be 15;
(3) a
seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or non-academic course oriented to
the enhancement of a batterer intervention program agent's or employee's
practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge; and
(4) an activity oriented to the enhancement
of a batterer intervention program agent's or employee's practice, values,
ethics, skills, or knowledge, consisting of completing a computerized
interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an
audiotape, or reading, if a posttest is successfully completed. The maximum
number of allowable training or continuing education hours shall be
15.
(d) Approval of
training or continuing education credit shall not be granted for the second or
any subsequent identical program if the programs are completed within the same
renewal period.
(e) Training or
continuing education credit shall not be granted for the following:
(1) In-service training, if the training is
for job orientation or job training or is specific to the employing agency;
and
(2) any activity for which the
agent or employee cannot demonstrate that the program's goals and objectives
are to enhance the practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge in batterer
intervention.
(f) Each
agent or employee shall maintain individual, original training or continuing
education records for at least two years. These records shall document the
agent's or employee's attendance at, participation in, or completion of each
training or continuing education activity.
(g) Each of the following forms of
documentation may be submitted as proof that an agent or employee has completed
that training or continuing education activity:
(1) An official transcript or other document
indicating the agent's or employee's passing grade for an academic course taken
at an institution that is nationally or regionally accredited;
(2) a statement signed by the instructor of
an academic course indicating the number of actual contact hours that the agent
or employee attended for an audited academic course from an institution that is
nationally or regionally accredited;
(3) a signed statement from the provider of a
seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or course indicating that the agent
or employee attended the training or continuing education program;
and
(4) for each videotape,
audiotape, computerized interactive learning module, or telecast that the agent
or employee utilized for training or continuing education purposes, a written
statement from the agent or employee specifying the media format, content
title, presenter or sponsor, content description, length, activity date, and
copy of the agent's or employee's completed posttest or score.
