(1) Under Section
58-60-105, the continuing
education (CE) requirements for each two-year renewal cycle beginning October 1
of each even-numbered year, for a marriage and family therapist licensed under
Title 58, Chapter 60, Part 3, Marriage and Family Therapist Licensing Act,
shall be 40 hours and include:
(a) six hours
in ethics of clinical practice, law, or technology with a minimum three of the
hours directly related to marriage and family therapy; and
(b) two hours in suicide prevention, this
course shall meet the requirements of Section
R156-60b-302d.
(2) At least 15 of the required 40
CE hours must be directly related to the practice of marriage and family
therapy.
(3) An individual who
completes more than the required number of CE hours during a two-year renewal
cycle may carry over up to ten hours of excess to the next two-year renewal
cycle.
(4) CE shall be:
(a) approved, conducted, or under the
sponsorship of one of the following:
(i)
accredited college or university;
(ii) county, state, or federal
agency;
(iii) professional
association, or similar body, involved in clinical mental health therapy;
or
(iv) mental health agency that
provides clinical mental health services;
(b) completed in not less than 50-minute
blocks of time in one of the following formats:
(i) college or university lecture and
discussion up to a maximum of:
(A) three CE
hours per semester hour; or
(B) 1.5
CE hours per quarter hour;
(ii) conference;
(iii) lecture or instruction up to a maximum
of two times per course, up to a maximum of 14 CE hours for an MFT;
(iv) seminar;
(v) training session;
(vi) synchronous distance learning course
that is clearly documented as real-time and interactive;
(vii) asynchronous distance learning course
that is not realtime and interactive, up to a maximum of 15 CE hours for an
MFT;
(viii) specialty
certification;
(ix) certifiable
clinical readings, up to a maximum of 15 hours;
(x) direct supervision of an ACMHC, CSW, or
AMFT completing the experience requirements for licensure, up to a maximum of
14 hours for an MFT; and
(xi)
volunteer service on a board, committee, or in a leadership role in any state,
national, or international organization for the development and improvement of
the licensee's profession; one CE hour may be counted as a regular credit,
ethics of clinical practice, law, or technology credit, up to a maximum of six
CE hours during each two-year period;
(c) prepared and presented by individuals who
are qualified by education, training, and experience to provide CE;
(d) relevant to the licensee's scope of
practice; and
(e) verified by a
certificate of course completion that shall include:
(i) name of the attendee;
(ii) name of the course provider;
(iii) name of instructor;
(iv) date of the course;
(v) title of the course;
(vi) number of CE hours;
(vii) course objectives; and
(viii) type of CE, for example seminar,
real-time interactive, distance learning, teaching.
(5) An individual shall maintain
adequate documentation as proof of compliance with this section for a period of
two years after the end of the renewal cycle for which the CE is due.
(6) An individual may not carry forward any
CE hours received before a granted license, including professional
upgrades.
(7) CE hours shall be
decreased proportionately according to the date of obtaining marriage and
family therapist licensure within the two-year renewal cycle.
(8) The Division may defer or waive CE
requirements in accordance with Section
R156-1-308d.
