(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 CMHC licensed under Title 58, Chapter 60,
Part 4, Clinical Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act shall be 40 hours and
include:
(a) six hours in ethics of clinical
practice, law, or technology; and
(b) two hours in suicide prevention, this
course shall meet the requirements of Section
R156-60c-302d.
(2) 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.
(3) 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 ten CE hours for a CMHC;
(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 ten CE hours for a CMHC;
(viii)
specialty certification;
(ix)
certifiable clinical readings, up to a maximum of ten hours;
(x) direct supervision of an ACMHC, CSW, or
AMFT completing the experience requirements for licensure, up to a maximum of
ten hours for a CMHC; 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 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.
(4) 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.
(5) An individual may not carry forward any
CE hours received before a granted license, including professional
upgrades.
(6) CE hours shall be
decreased proportionately according to the date of obtaining clinical mental
health counselor licensure within the two-year renewal cycle.
(7) The Division may defer or waive CE
requirements in accordance with Section
R156-1-308d.
