Wis. Admin. Code Psychology Examining Board Psy 4.035 - Approved continuing education
(1) The board shall
approve all of the following programs and courses, if relevant to the
professional practice of psychology:
(a)
Continuing education programs and courses sponsored by an organization approved
by one of the following:
1. American
Psychological Association.
2.
National Association of School Psychologists.
3. Canadian Psychological
Association.
(b)
Continuing education programs and courses sponsored by one of the following:
1. Wisconsin Psychological
Association.
2. Wisconsin School
Psychologists Association.
(c) Educational programs recognized as
approved at the time of attendance as "category I" continuing medical education
programs by the council on medical education of the American Medical
Association or the American Osteopathic Association.
(d) Continuing education courses approved by
the psychology licensing board in another state where the psychologist is also
licensed.
(e) Graduate level courses
of two semester or three quarter credits, or more, relevant to the professional
practice of psychology offered by a regionally accredited college or university
in which a person receives a passing grade shall be granted 20 continuing
education hours.
(2) No
more than eight hours of continuing education hours may be credited per day for
courses and programs in sub. (1) (a) through (d).
(3) Continuing education hours shall be
granted for teaching or presenting any of the programs or courses in sub. (1)
but no credit will be granted for any subsequent presentations of the same
program or course. A teacher or presenter shall receive 2 continuing education
hours for each hour of presentation with a maximum of 20 continuing education
hours per biennium.
(4) Continuing
education hours shall be granted for professional activity consisting of 1 year
of service with a minimum of 6 total contact hours. A licensee shall receive 6
hours of continuing education for each professional activity, with a maximum of
12 continuing education hours per biennium.
(5) Continuing education hours shall be
granted for serving as a reviewer for a peer reviewed publication. A licensee
shall receive 3 hours per publication, with a maximum of 12 continuing
education hours per biennium.
(6)
Continuing education hours shall be granted for first or second authorship of a
publication relevant to psychology if the publication is contained in an
academic or professional book or book chapter or peer-reviewed journal article.
A licensee shall receive 10 continuing education hours per authorship, with a
maximum of 20 continuing education hours per biennium.
(7) Continuing education hours shall be
granted for earning board certification by the American Board of Professional
Psychology. A licensee who successfully completes board certification shall
receive 40 continuing education hours. The ethics, risk management, or
jurisprudence requirement may not be met unless the board certification process
included at least six hours on those topics.
(8) Continuing education hours shall be
granted for completion of a master's or doctoral degree in psychopharmacology
from a regionally accredited college or university. Licensees who complete a
master's or doctoral degree in psychopharmacology shall receive 40 continuing
education hours. The ethics, risk management or jurisprudence requirement may
not be met unless the coursework included those topics.
(9) Continuing education hours shall be
granted for providing supervision to one or more psychological trainees. The
supervisor shall receive 1 continuing education hour for every 4 hours of
supervision, with a maximum of 20 continuing education hours.
(10)
(a)
Continuing education hours shall be granted for the evaluation of a community
mental health program, as defined in s.
51.01(3n),
Stats., and approved by the department of health services according to rules
promulgated under s.
51.42(7) (b), Stats. Four hours of assistance,
including hours in training required by the department of health services, are
equal to one continuing education hour for the purposes of this
section.
(b) A licensee wishing to
apply for continuing education credit under this subsection shall register in
advance with the board, and shall notify the board on a form provided by the
board of the dates and the total number of hours in any biennium for which the
applicant will be available to provide assistance. The board shall make
referrals to the department of health services in the order applicants are
received.
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