Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Board shall grant credit only for
continuing education courses or programs that are at least one contact hour long, and are directly related to
the practice of marriage, family and individual therapy. For purposes of this subchapter, a contact hour
represents a 60-minute clock hour containing no less than 50 minutes of content within the hour. Programs may
include one 10-minute break for each contact hour.
(b) A licensee
shall complete and be able to verify completion of a continuing education course, program or article as set
forth in N.J.A.C.
13:34-5.3 in order to receive continuing education credit. The Board shall
grant continuing education credit to a licensee in each biennial renewal period as follows:
1. Completing graduate or post-graduate coursework at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education: 15 contact hours of continuing education for each semester course
credit awarded beyond the required educational standards which an applicant must complete for licensure as
set forth in N.J.S.A.
45:8B-18 and
N.J.A.C.
13:34-2.2;
2. Teaching graduate
or post-graduate courses or programs offered at a regionally accredited institution of higher education: 15
contact hours of continuing education for each semester course credit awarded for each new course which a
licensee teaches. For the purposes of this subsection, "new" means a course that the licensee has not taught
previously in any educational setting;
3. Authoring an article
published in a professional refereed journal within the preceding biennial period: 15 contact hours of
continuing education per article with a maximum of 30 contact hours of continuing education per biennial
period;
4. Completion and acceptance of a doctoral dissertation
verified by letter of committee chairperson accepting the dissertation for a doctoral degree in marriage and
family therapy or a closely related field: 40 contact hours of continuing education per biennial
period;
5. Attending conferences, programs, courses or workshops:
one contact hour of continuing education for each hour of attendance, or the number of contact hours of
continuing education as calculated by the organization, whichever is greater;
6. Presenting a course, program or workshop: one and one-half contact hours
of continuing education for each new course, program or workshop, up to a maximum of nine contact hours of
continuing education. For the purposes of this subsection, "new" means a course that the licensee has not
taught previously in any educational setting; and
7. Developing
and completing programs that provide distance learning opportunities, such as Internet, video, audio, or
CD-Rom, through the use of integrated technology/communication systems, verified with details of the program,
such as learning objectives, verification of assignments completed, achievements of stated learning
objectives, inclusive dates and number of enrollees: the amount of continuing education contact hours as
calculated by the endorsing organization, up to a maximum of 20 contact hours of continuing education per
biennial period.
