Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-8-9

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 102-8-9 - Continuing education

(a) Each licensed assistant behavior analyst shall complete 30 hours of documented and approved continuing education oriented to the enhancement of the licensee'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) Each licensed behavior analyst shall complete 30 hours of documented and approved continuing education oriented to the enhancement of the licensee'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.

(c) During each two-year renewal period and as a part of the required continuing education hours, each licensee shall complete four hours of professional ethics. These hours shall be obtained from any of the activities specified in paragraphs (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), (e)(9), and (e)(10).

(d) One hour of continuing education credit shall consist of at least 50 minutes of classroom instruction or at least one clock-hour of any other type of acceptable continuing education experience listed in subsection (e). 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.

(e) Acceptable continuing education, whether taken in Kansas or outside the state, shall consist of the following:

(1) An academic applied behavior analysis course or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of the licensee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge that is taken for academic credit. Each licensee shall be granted 15 continuing education hours for each semester credit hour or the academic equivalent of a semester credit hour that the licensee successfully completes;

(2) an academic applied behavior analysis course or an academic course oriented to the enhancement of the licensee's practice that is audited. Each licensee shall 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;

(3) a seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or course;

(4) an activity consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an audiotape, or reading with a posttest;

(5) an activity consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an audiotape, or reading without a posttest;

(6) a cross-disciplinary offering in medicine, law, 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 the licensee'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 practicum or intern students. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10;

(9) the first-time preparation and presentation of an applied behavior analysis seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or course, or the substantial revision of an applied behavior analysis seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or course. The maximum number of allowable continuing education hours shall be 10 for documented preparation and presentation time;

(10) the preparation of a professional applied behavior analysis article published for the first time in a 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; and

(11) participation in a professional organization or appointment to a professional credentialing board, if the goals of the organization or board are clearly related to the enhancement of applied behavior analysis 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.

(f) Continuing education credit approval shall not be granted for identical programs if the programs are completed within the same renewal period.

(g) Continuing education credit shall not be granted for the following:

(1) In-service training, if the training is for job orientation or job training or is specific to the employing agency; and

(2) 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 applied behavior analysis.

(h) Each licensee shall maintain individual, original continuing education records for three years after the renewal date. These records shall document the licensee's continuing education activity attendance, participation, or completion as specified in K.A.R. 102-8-10.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 102-8-9

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 65-7505; effective, T-102-6-29-16, June 29, 2016; effective amended by Kansas Register Volume 35, No. 43; effective 11/14/2016.