Nev. Admin. Code § 641A.131 - Requirements to renew license; failure to comply; reactivation of inactive license
1. Except as
otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 6, to maintain licensure, a marriage
and family therapist or clinical professional counselor must complete at least
40 hours of continuing education during each licensing period, which must
include, without limitation:
(a) At least 6
hours of continuing education on ethics issues specifically pertaining to the
practice of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling, as
applicable;
(b) At least 4 hours of
continuing education on evidencebased suicide prevention and awareness;
and
(c) At least 4 hours of
continuing education on cultural competency and diversity, equity and
inclusion.
2. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection 6, to maintain licensure, a licensee who has
been licensed for less than 18 months at the end of his or her first licensing
period must have completed the continuing education required by this subsection
during that licensing period. A licensee who, on the last day of his or her
first licensing period, will have been licensed for:
(a) At least 12 months but not more than 18
months must complete at least 30 hours of continuing education which must
include, without limitation:
(1) At least 6
hours of continuing education on ethics specifically relating to the practice
of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling;
(2) At least 4 hours of continuing education
on evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness; and
(3) At least 4 hours of continuing education
on cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion.
(b) At least 6 months but not more than 12
months must complete at least 20 hours of continuing education which must
include, without limitation:
(1) At least 2
hours of continuing education on ethics specifically relating to the practice
of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional counseling;
(2) At least 2 hours of continuing education
on evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness; and
(3) At least 2 hours of continuing education
on cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion.
(c) Not more than 6 months must complete at
least 10 hours of continuing education which must include, without limitation:
(1) At least 2 hours of continuing education
on ethics specifically relating to the practice of marriage and family therapy
or clinical professional counseling;
(2) At least 2 hours of continuing education
on evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness; and
(3) At least 2 hours of continuing education
on cultural competency and diversity, equity and
inclusion.
3. If
the marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor is an
approved supervisor, at least 2 hours of the requirements of subsection 1 or 2,
as applicable, must be on issues specifically pertaining to supervising in the
field of practice of the approved supervisor and must include education in at
least one of the following:
(a) An overview of
a supervision model;
(b) Areas of
focus for a supervisor and the roles of a supervisor;
(c) The process of supervising and the
practical application of that process;
(d) Ethical dilemmas involved in
supervising;
(e) Methods of
effectively addressing and preventing ethical dilemmas in supervising;
or
(f) An overview of the
supervision standards of the American Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy, the National Board for Certified Counselors or the Association for
Counselor Education and Supervision, or the provisions of this chapter and
chapter 641A of NRS relating to the practice of marriage and family therapy or
the practice of clinical professional counseling, as
applicable.
4. A marriage
and family therapist or clinical professional counselor shall not use more than
20 hours of distance education that is not interactive to satisfy the
requirements of subsection 1 or 2, as applicable.
5. With the approval of the Board, a marriage
and family therapist or clinical professional counselor may satisfy the
requirements of subsection 1 or 2, as applicable, by:
(a) Teaching not more than 20 hours at an
institution, seminar, workshop, conference or other program. The content of the
teaching material must be related to the practice of marriage and family
therapy or clinical professional counseling and may be part of the primary or
regular employment of the marriage and family therapist or clinical
professional counselor. For each such hour taught, 2 hours of continuing
education may be credited pursuant to this paragraph annually.
(b) Completing graduate-level course work
specifically pertaining to the practice of marriage and family therapy or
clinical professional counseling, as applicable. Such course work may be
credited pursuant to this paragraph at 15 hours of continuing education for 1
graduate semester hour or 12 hours of continuing education for 1 graduate
quarter hour.
(c) Attending any
meeting of the Board except a meeting at which the Board is considering
disciplinary or other administrative action against the marriage and family
therapist or clinical professional counselor. For each such authorized meeting
attended, 1 hour of continuing education may be credited pursuant to this
paragraph, but not more than 4 hours of continuing education may be credited
for such meetings pursuant to this paragraph during each licensing
period.
(d) Attending a meeting or
event of a coalition, committee or board related to community health care. For
each such meeting or event attended, 1 hour of continuing education may be
credited pursuant to this paragraph, but not more than 6 hours of continuing
education may be credited for such meetings and events pursuant to this
paragraph during each licensing period. Documentation of attendance at a
meeting or event described in this paragraph must be an official record of
attendance at the meeting or event obtained from the coalition, committee or
board holding the meeting or hosting the event, or a ticket or receipt for
admission to the event or any additional documentation requested by the
Board.
6. Upon the request
of a licensee who has been licensed for less than a full licensing period, the
Board may waive or pro-rate continuing education requirements prescribed by
subsection 1 or 2.
7. Except as
otherwise provided in
NRS
641A.265, a marriage and family therapist or
clinical professional counselor is subject to disciplinary action by the Board
if he or she fails to satisfy the requirements for continuing education set
forth in subsection 1 or 2, as applicable.
8. To reactivate an inactive license, an
inactive licensee must complete at least 20 hours of continuing education in
the year immediately preceding his or her application for reactivation, which
must include, without limitation:
(a) At
least 6 hours of continuing education on ethics specifically pertaining to the
practice of marriage and family therapy or clinical professional
counseling;
(b) At least 4 hours of
continuing education on evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness;
and
(c) At least 4 hours of
continuing education on cultural competency and diversity, equity and
inclusion.
9. As used in
this section, "distance education" means education, training, courses or
programs that are delivered to a student who is geographically separate from
the instructor.
Notes
NRS 641A.160, 641A.170, 641A.260
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