Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-2-4a - Continuing education for licensees
(a) During each
two-year renewal period, each licensee shall complete 40 units of documented
and board-approved continuing education oriented to the enhancement of a social
worker's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge during each two-year
renewal period. Continuing education units accumulated in excess of the 40-unit
requirement shall not be carried over to the next renewal period.
(b) As part of the 40 continuing education
units required for each renewal cycle, each applicant for renewal or
reinstatement of a license shall complete a program on professional ethics
consisting of not less than a total of three units. Each ethics program shall
meet the following requirements:
(1) Fall
within one of the types of continuing education experiences listed in
subsection (e), except for those identified in paragraphs (e)(5), (6), (7),
(8), (12), and (13);
(2) focus on
ethical issues of the behavioral sciences; and
(3) be clearly related to the enhancement of
social work practice, values, skills, and knowledge.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2002, as part of the
40 continuing education units required for each renewal cycle, each applicant
for renewal or reinstatement of a license as a master social worker or a
specialist clinical social worker shall complete not less than a total of six
units of continuing education related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental
disorders. The continuing education units shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) Fall within one of the
types of continuing education experiences listed in subsection (e), except for
those identified in paragraphs (e)(5), (6), (7), (8), (12), and (13); and
(2) relate to the diagnosis and
treatment of mental disorders consistent with the principles and values of the
social work profession.
(d) One unit shall consist of a minimum of 50
minutes of classroom instruction between instructor and participant or a
minimum of an actual hour of other types of acceptable continuing education
experiences listed in subsection (e).
(e) Acceptable continuing education, as
defined in K.A.R. 102-2-1a and whether taken within the state or outside the
state, shall include the following types of experiences:
(1) An academic social work course or an
academic course oriented to the enhancement of social work for academic credit.
Each licensee shall be granted 15 continuing education hours for each academic
credit hour that the licensee successfully completes. The maximum number of
allowable continuing education hours shall be 40;
(2) an academic social work course, or an
academic course oriented to the enhancement of a social worker's practice,
values, ethics, skills, or knowledge, that is audited. Continuing education
credit shall be computed on the basis of the actual contact time that the
licensee spends attending the course, up to a maximum of 15 hours for each
academic credit hour. The maximum number of allowable continuing education
hours shall be 40;
(3) a program,
seminar, institute, workshop, or minicourse. The maximum number of allowable
continuing education hours shall be 40;
(4) if a posttest is provided, an activity
consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning module, viewing a
telecast or videotape, listening to an audiotape, or reading. The maximum
number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 40;
(5) if a posttest is not provided, an
activity consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning module,
viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an audiotape, or reading. The
maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(6) a cross-disciplinary offering in
medicine, law, the behavioral sciences, a foreign or sign language, a computer
science, professional or technical writing, business administration, management
sciences, or other disciplines if the offering is clearly related to the
enhancement of social work practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge. The
maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(7) a self-directed learning project approved
by the board. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall
be 10;
(8) supervision of
undergraduate and graduate practicum students or specialty applicants.
Continuing education credit for this supervision shall not exceed four
continuing education hours per semester. The maximum number of allowable
continuing education hours shall be 16;
(9) a program presented by an approved
program provider. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
shall be 40;
(10) a single program
approved by the board. The maximum number of allowable continuing education
hours shall be 40;
(11) the
first-time preparation and presentation of a social work course, seminar,
institute, or workshop, or the substantial revision and presentation of a
social work course, seminar, institute, or workshop. Ten hours may be given for
each initial preparation and presentation and for each substantial revision.
The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 20;
(12) the preparation of a
professional social work article published for the first time in a recognized
professional journal, a book chapter published by a recognized publisher, or a
written presentation given for the first time at a statewide or national
professional meeting. If more than one licensee or other professional authored
the material, the continuing education credit shall be prorated among the
authors. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be
10;
(13) participation in a
professional organization or appointment to the board of directors of a
professional organization, if the goals of the organization or board are
clearly related to the enhancement of social work practice, skills, values, and
knowledge. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be
12 and shall not exceed six continuing education hours per year.
(f) Approval shall not be granted
for any of the following:
(1) Identical
programs if the programs are completed within the same license renewal period;
(2) first aid, CPR, infection
control, or occupational health and safety courses;
(3) in-service training if the training is
for job orientation or on-the-job training, or is specific to the employing
agency; or
(4) any activity for
which the licensee cannot demonstrate that the program's goals and objectives
reasonably appear to enhance the licensee's social work practice, knowledge,
values, skills, or ethics.
(g) Each licensee shall maintain individual
continuing education records. Continuing education records shall document the
licensee's attendance as required by K.A.R. 102-2-5. In addition to the
specific submission requirements set forth in K.A.R. 102-2-11, any licensee may
be required to submit these records to the board before the license renewal.
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