Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-3-10a - Continuing education for licensees
(a) Each
licensee shall complete 30 hours of documented and approved continuing
education oriented to the enhancement of a professional counselor's practice,
values, ethics, skills, or knowledge during each two-year renewal period.
Continuing education hours accumulated in excess of the requirement shall not
be carried over to the next renewal period.
(b) During each two-year renewal period and
as a part of the required continuing education hours, each licensee shall
complete three hours of professional ethics and six hours related to the
diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
(c) One hour of continuing education credit
shall consist of at least 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 (d).
One-quarter hour of continuing education credit may be granted for each 15
minutes of acceptable continuing education . Credit shall not be granted for
fewer than 15 minutes.
(d)
Acceptable continuing education , whether taken within the state or outside the
state, shall include the following:
(1) An
academic professional counseling course, or an academic course oriented to the
enhancement of professional counselor's practice, values, ethics, skills, or
knowledge, that is taken 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 30;
(2) an academic
professional counseling course, or an academic course oriented to the
enhancement of a professional counselor's practice, values, ethics, skills, or
knowledge, that is audited. Each licensee may receive continuing education
credit on the basis of the actual contact time that the licensee spends
attending the course, up to a maximum of 15 hours per academic credit hour. The
maximum numbers of allowable continuing education hours shall be 30;
(3) a seminar, institute, workshop, course,
or minicourse. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall
be 30;
(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
30;
(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
five;
(6) a cross-disciplinary
offering in medicine, law, the behavioral sciences, a foreign or sign language,
computer science, professional or technical writing, business administration,
management sciences, or any other discipline if the offering is clearly related
to the enhancement of a professional counselor's practice, values, ethics,
skills, or knowledge. The maximum number of allowable continuing education
hours shall be 10;
(7) a
self-directed learning project preapproved by the board. The maximum number of
allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(8) providing supervision to graduate
practicum or intern students, applicants for licensure as clinical professional
counselors, or other clinical mental health practitioners. The maximum number
of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(9) the first-time preparation and
presentation of a professional counseling course, seminar, institute, workshop,
or mini-course. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
shall be 10 for documented preparation and presentation time;
(10) the first-time publication of a
professional counseling article in a juried professional journal. The maximum
number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10; and
(11) participation in professional
organizations or appointment to professional credentialing boards, if the goals
of the organizations or boards are clearly related to the enhancement of
professional counseling practice, values, ethics, skills, and knowledge.
Participation may include holding office or serving on committees of the
organization or board. The maximum number of allowable continuing education
hours shall be 10.
(e)
Continuing education credit approval shall not be granted for identical
programs if the programs are completed within the same renewal period.
(f) Continuing education credit
shall not be granted for the following:
(1)
First aid, CPR, infection control, or occupational health and safety courses;
(2) in-service training, if the
training is for job orientation or job training, or is specific to the
employing agency; or
(3) any
activity for which the licensee cannot demonstrate to the board's satisfaction
that the program's goals and objectives are to enhance the licensee's practice,
values, ethics, skills, or knowledge in professional counseling.
(g) Each licensee shall maintain
individual, original continuing education records. These records shall document
the licensee's continuing education activity attendance, participation, or
completion as specified in K.A.R. 102-3-11a. Any licensee may be required to
submit these records to the board at least 30 days before the expiration date
of each current licensure period.
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