Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-5-10 - Continuing education for licensees
(a) Each licensee shall
complete 40 hours of documented and approved continuing education during each
two-year renewal period. Continuing education hours accumulated in excess of the
required number of hours shall not be carried over to the next renewal
period.
(b) During each two-year renewal
period as a part of the required continuing education hours, each licensee shall
complete a program on professional ethics that consists of at least three hours of
formal training. This program shall meet the defnition of continuing education in
K.A.R. 102-5-1, and the program shall focus on ethical issues of the marriage and
family therapy profession. These hours shall be obtained from any of the activities
specified in paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), (e)(10), and
(e)(11).
(c) During each two-year
renewal period as a part of the required continuing education hours, each licensee
shall complete a program on diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders that
consists of at least six hours of formal training. This program shall meet the
defnition of continuing education in K.A.R. 102-5-1. These hours shall be obtained
from any of the activities specified in paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4),
(e)(10), and (e)(11).
(d) Any licensee
may receive continuing education credit for atending approved programs. Continuing
education credit shall be granted on the basis of the actual contact time that the
licensee spends atending each instructional activity. One-quarter continuing
education hour may be granted for atending at least 15 but fewer than 25 minutes.
Continuing education credit shall not be granted for fractional units of fewer than
15 minutes.
(e) Acceptable continuing
education, whether taken within the state or outside the state, shall include the
following:
(1) An academic marriage and family
therapy course, or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of a marriage and
family therapist'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 40;
(2) an academic marriage and family therapy
course, or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of a marriage and family
therapist's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge, that is audited. The
licensee may receive continuing education credit on the basis of the actual contact
time that the licensee spends atending the course, up to a maximum of 15 hours per
academic credit hour. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
shall be 40;
(3) a seminar, institute,
workshop, course, or mini-course. The maximum number of allowable continuing
education hours shall be 40;
(4) if a
postest is provided, an activity consisting of completing of a computerized
interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an
au-diotape, or reading. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
shall be 40;
(5) if a postest is not
provided, an activity consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning
module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an au-diotape, or reading. The
maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(6) a cross-disciplinary ofering 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 ofering is clearly related to the enhancement of a marriage and
family therapist's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge. The maximum
number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;
(7) a self-directed learning project that is
preapproved by the board. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours
shall be 10;
(8) providing supervision
to undergraduate or graduate practicum or intern students, applicants for licensure
as clinical marriage and family therapists, or other clinical mental health
practitioners. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be
15;
(9) receiving supervision from a
board-approved clinical supervisor while the licensee is providing supervision to
become a board-approved clinical supervisor. The maximum number of allowable
continuing education hours shall be eight;
(10) preparing for and presenting for the frst
time a marriage and family therapy course, seminar, institute, workshop, or
mini-course. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10
for documented preparation and presentation time;
(11) the frst-time publication of a marriage and
family therapy article in a juried professional journal. The maximum number of
allowable continuing education hours shall be 10; and
(12) 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 marriage and
family therapy practice, values, ethics, skills, and knowledge. Participation may
include holding ofce or serving on commitees of the organization or board. The
maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10.
(f) Approval shall not be granted for
identical programs if the programs are completed within the same renewal
period.
(g) Approval shall not be
granted for any of the following activities:
(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 specifc 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, ethics, values, skills, or
knowledge in marriage and family therapy.
(h) Each licensee shall maintain individual
continuing education records. Continuing education records shall document the
licensee's continuing education activity atendance, participation, or completion as
specified in K.A.R. 102-5-11. Any licensee may be required to submit these records
to the board at least 30 days before the date the individual's license
expires.
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