Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
210.366,
335.625,
335.640,
335.650
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
335.615(6) requires the
board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the purposes of
KRS
335.600 to
335.699.
KRS
335.625(1) requires the
board to establish the renewal fee in an administrative regulation.
KRS
210.366 requires a board licensee to complete
a minimum of six (6) hours of continuing education in suicide assessment,
treatment, and management at least once every six (6) years.
KRS
335.625(1)(b) requires
licensees to obtain twenty (20) hours of continuing education each renewal
cycle. This administrative regulation establishes all fees charged by the board
necessary for renewal of licenses and establishes all required continuing
education necessary for renewal of licenses.
Section 1. Renewal. Each license holder of
the board shall renew his or her license as required by
KRS 335.625
on or before a date that is three (3) years from the date of his or her
original license or last renewal by submitting to the board a completed Renewal
Application.
Section 2. Renewal
Fees and Penalties. The following fees shall be paid in connection with all
renewals of licenses of the board.
(1) The
renewal fee for licensure shall be $300.
(2) The late renewal fee, including penalty,
for renewal of licensure during the three (3) month grace period shall be
$400.
(3) The reinstatement fee for
reinstatement and renewal of licensure after the expiration of the three (3)
month grace period and before the expiration of one (1) year after the renewal
date, including penalty, shall be $500.
Section 3. Continuing Education.
(1) Each license holder of the board, before
his or her license renewal date, shall obtain twenty (20) clock or credit hours
of continuing education completed since the date of the last renewal of the
license or the date of the original issuance of the license, whichever is
later. Continuing education shall be obtained from any of the following
providers or for any of the following activities:
(a) Individual or group supervision of other
license holders of this board at the supervisory level;
(b) Attendance at any mental health
educational conferences, continuing education seminars, or educational meetings
where seminars are provided in a live or two (2) way video presentation format
and which are approved for continuing education by:
1. The American Association of Pastoral
Counselors;
2. The Kentucky Board
of Licensure of Marriage and Family Therapists;
3. The Kentucky Board of Medical
Licensure;
4. The Kentucky Board of
Examiners of Psychology;
5. The
Kentucky Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors;
6. The Kentucky Board of Licensure for
Professional Art Therapists;
7. The
Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors;
8. The Kentucky Board of Social
Work;
9. The Kentucky Board of
Nursing;
10. Kentucky Association
of Pastoral Counselors;
11. The
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education;
12. Interactive CE Training, LLC;
or
13. A mental health
credentialing agency or board of any other state in the United States for which
continuing education credit is awarded in that state;
(c) Writing and publishing
professionally-related articles in mental health publications regarding
pastoral counseling which shall not be counted for more than five (5)
hours.
(2) A person
holding a license shall complete a minimum of six (6) hours of continuing
education in suicide assessment, treatment, and management within the first
year of licensure and at least once every six (6) years thereafter as required
by
KRS
210.366. A person holding a license shall be
exempt from the requirement to complete a continuing education course in
suicide assessment, treatment, and management at least once every six (6) years
if, during the six (6) year requirement, the licensee teaches a:
(a) Graduate-level psychology course in
suicide assessment, training, and management; or
(b) Continuing education course in suicide
assessment, training, and management at least once during the six (6) year
period.
(3) If audited
by the board, the license holder shall submit written proof of compliance with
this section to the board within ten (10) days of notice from the board that
this proof is required.
Section
4. Expired Licenses.
(1) A person
holding a license shall not represent himself or herself as a licensed pastoral
counselor in this state after the renewal date of his or her license unless:
(a) That license has been renewed as provided
by this administrative regulation;
(b) The license holder has retained proof of
continuing education as set forth by Section 3 of this administrative
regulation; and
(c) The prescribed
fee has been paid as set forth by Section 2 of this administrative
regulation.
(2) All
licenses not renewed within three (3) months after the renewal date shall be
expired for nonrenewal.
Section
5. Duplicate License Fees. The fee for a duplicate certificate
shall be twenty-five (25) dollars.
Section
6. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) "Renewal Application for Licensure as a
Pastoral Counselor", December 2016, edition, is incorporated by
reference.
(2) This material may be
inspected, copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the
Kentucky Board of Licensure for Pastoral Counselors, 500 Mero Street, 2 SC 32,
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
210.366,
335.615(6),
335.625
