Iowa Admin. Code r. 645-32.3 - Standards
(1)
General
criteria. A continuing education activity which meets all of the
following criteria is appropriate for continuing education credit if the
continuing education activity:
a. Constitutes
an organized program of learning which contributes directly to the professional
competency of the licensee ;
b.
Pertains to subject matters which integrally relate to the practice of the
profession;
c. Is conducted by
individuals who have specialized education, training and experience by reason
of which said individuals should be considered qualified concerning the subject
matter of the program. At the time of audit , the board may request the
qualifications of presenters.
d.
Fulfills stated program goals, objectives, or both; and
e. Provides proof of attendance to licensees
in attendance including:
(1) Date(s),
location, course title, presenter(s);
(2) Number of program contact hours;
and
(3) Certificate of completion
or evidence of successful completion of the course provided by the course
sponsor.
(2)
Specific criteria. Continuing education hours of credit may be
obtained by completing the following:
a.
Attendance at workshops, conferences, symposiums and webinars.
b. Academic courses. Official transcripts
indicating successful completion of academic courses which apply to the field
of mental health counseling or marital and family therapy, as appropriate, will
be necessary in order to receive the following continuing education credits:
1 academic semester hour = 15
1 academic quarter hour = 10
c. Completion of
independent study courses that meet the general criteria in subrule
32.3(1).
d. A maximum of 20 hours
of continuing education credit may be granted for any of the following
activities not to exceed a combined total of 20 hours:
(1) Presenting professional programs which
meet the criteria in rule
645-32.3 (272C). Two hours of
credit will be awarded for each hour of presentation. A course schedule or
brochure must be maintained for audit . Presentation at a professional program
does not include teaching a class at an institution of higher learning at which
the applicant is regularly and primarily employed. Presentations to lay public
are excluded.
(2) Scholarly
research or other activities, the results of which are published in a
recognized professional publication such as a refereed journal, monograph or
conference proceedings. The scholarly research must be integrally related to
the practice of the professions.
(3) Publication in a refereed journal. The
article in a refereed journal for which the licensee is seeking continuing
education credit must be integrally related to the practice of the
professions.
(4) Teaching in an
approved college, university, or graduate school. The licensee may receive
credit on a one-time basis for the first offering of the course.
(5) Authoring papers, publications, and
books. The licensee will receive 5 hours of credit per page with a maximum of
20 hours of credit.
(6) Serving on
a state or national professional board . The licensee will receive a maximum of
three hours of credit.
(3)
Required specific
criteria:
a. Three hours of the 40
continuing education hours will be in ethics.
b. Effective with the biennial continuing
education compliance period that begins October 1, 2022, persons serving in a
supervisory role must complete three hours of continuing education in
supervision.
c. Effective July 1,
2019, a licensee who regularly examines, attends, counsels or treats adults in
Iowa shall complete, within six months of employment or prior to the expiration
of a current certification, an initial two-hour course in dependent adult abuse
training for mandatory reporters offered by the department of health and human
services. Thereafter, all mandatory reporters shall take a one-hour
recertification training every three years, prior to the expiration of a
current certification.
d. Effective
July 1, 2019, a licensee who regularly examines, attends, counsels or treats
children in Iowa shall complete, within six months of employment or prior to
the expiration of a current certification, an initial two-hour course in child
abuse training for mandatory reporters offered by the department of health and
human services. Thereafter, all mandatory reporters shall take a one-hour
recertification training every three years, prior to the expiration of a
current certification.
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