Conn. Agencies Regs. § 20-195cc-3 - Basic requirements for qualifying continuing education activities
(a)
Qualifying continuing education
activities are the following:
(1)
courses offered or approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors, the
American Counseling Association, the American Association of Marriage and
Family Therapy, the National Association of Social Workers, the Association of
Social Work Boards, the American Psychological Association, or their
affiliates, or the Connecticut Department of Education or the Connecticut
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services;
(2) graduate coursework in or related to the
discipline of professional counseling offered by a regionally accredited
academic institution, either audited or by credit; or
(3) programs in or related to the discipline
of professional counseling sponsored or approved by a regionally accredited
academic institution, provided the coursework is clearly related to maintaining
skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of professional
counseling.
(b)
Continuing education activities shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) the activity involves
face-to-face instruction or a home study program;
(2) the provider implements a mechanism to
monitor and document physical attendance at such instruction or to verify
licensee completion in the case of a home study program;
(3) the provider retains written records for
a period of three years from the participant's actual successful completion of
the activity, including but not limited to: content description; instructor;
date of activity; location of activity; list of participants; participant's
evaluation of instruction presented and number of contact hours; and
(4) the provider issues a certificate of
completion after the participant's successful completion of the activity. Such
certificate shall include the participant's name, provider's name, title or
subject area of the activity, date and location of attendance and number of
contact hours completed.
(c) Subject matter for qualifying continuing
education activities shall reflect the scope of practice authorized under
Chapter 383c of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(d) Activities which do not qualify for award
of contact hours include: professional organizational business meetings;
speeches delivered at luncheons or banquets; reading of books, articles, or
professional journals; correspondence courses and other mechanisms of self
instruction, except when used as a component of a home study program; and
audio-visual materials, except when the latter is used as a component of a
qualifying continuing education activity identified in subsections (a) and (b)
of this section. Home study programs may include distance learning and
Internet-based educational programs.
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