New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 27 - COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS
Part 16 - CONTINUING EDUCATION
Section 16.27.16.9 - ACCEPTABLE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.27.16.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. approved by local, state, national, or international mental health related professional associations such as the national board for certified counselors, the American marriage and family therapy regulatory board, American art therapy association, art therapy credentials board, international certification reciprocity consortium, or the national association of alcohol and drug abuse council;

B. approved by other state regulatory boards of related mental health or substance abuse fields, including psychiatry, psychology and social work;

C. sponsored by international, national, regional or state mental health professional associations including psychiatry, psychology and social work, or state and federal divisions of substance abuse;

D. approved by the New Mexico counseling and therapy practice board;

E. college coursework will be accepted for continuing education as follows:

(1) Semester hour for the purpose of calculating continuing education units means that one semester credit hour of graduate coursework is equal to 15 continuing education units and one quarter hour of coursework is equal to 11.25 continuing education units;

(2) License types requiring a master's degree or higher may utilize only graduate or postgraduate-level coursework beyond their initial master's degree that is related to counseling and therapy. Undergraduate coursework is not acceptable toward continuing education requirements;

(3) License types requiring an associate's degree or higher can utilize undergraduate coursework taken as part of a bachelor's degree program that is related to counseling and therapy or substance use disorders. If the licensee possesses a bachelor's degree, the licensee can only utilize graduate and postgraduate-level coursework toward continuing education requirements for license renewal.

F. Pro Bono work shall be accepted for up to twenty continuing education credits during each renewal cycle. Such work shall be non-remunerated clinical in nature and performed only by independently licensed clinicians. To qualify for continuing education hours, work must be performed for a non-profit organization or government entity by which the clinician is not currently employed, or otherwise associated. Service sites shall be engaged in provision of substantial service to their community and the people of New Mexico. Continuing education hours shall be awarded on the basis of one continuing education credit hour per four clock hours of service. Clinicians will be supervised by site-based administrative staff and documented on service hour continuing education work sheet and documentation form available from the New Mexico counseling and therapy practice board.

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