Section 514-7-A-3 - Eligible Continuing Education Activities; DocumentationContinuing education activities directly relating to the theory and practice of professional counseling may be offered by departments of regionally-accredited institutions, by national, state or local professional organizations or associations, by public or private human services organizations, or by private consultants or individuals. All continuing education activities completed by a licensee, including informal home study, formal home study courses and on line, internet and other distance learning programs, must be documented by a signed certificate issued by the sponsor or peer consultant, an official academic transcript, or other reliable written proof of completion that is acceptable to the board. The documentation must include the date and time span of the activity, the name of the presenter, course or program, and the number of contact hours earned. The licensee's attestation of completion of continuing education is subject to audit pursuant to Chapter 13 of the rules of the Office of Licensing and Registration, entitled "Uniform Rule for the Substantiation of Continuing Education Requirements."
The following activities are eligible for continuing education credit for purposes of license renewal:
1. Peer consultation as authorized by Section 2(1) of this chapter; 2. Graduate academic courses from a regionally-accredited institution, including any such courses taught through established distance learning procedures; 3. Institutes, workshops, seminars, conferences, employer-sponsored in-service training, formal home study courses, and on line, internet and other distance learning programs; 4. Up to five contact hours for informal home study or prerecorded programs, combined; 5. Professional writing published in book form or journal articles, provided that: A. Professional writing may account for no more than 2 0 contact hours; andB. The date on which the book or journal article was accepted for publication must fall within the license biennium for which the contact hours are claimed; 6. Teaching graduate academic courses at a regionally-accredited institution, or presenting at institutes, workshops, seminars and conferences, provided that the total of such teaching or presentation activity may account for no more than five contact hours, exclusive of preparation time; and 7. Field supervision of interns enrolled in a counseling program that meets the criteria of Chapter 2, Section 2, Chapter 3, Section 2, Chapter 4, Section 2, or Chapter 5, Section 3 of the board's rules, for no more than five contact hours. Conditional licensees are not eligible to earn continuing education credit under this subsection. 02-514 C.M.R. ch. 7, § A-3