N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-15.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:34-15.5 - Continuing education credits and contact-hour calculation

(a) The Committee shall grant credit only for continuing education courses and programs that are at least one contact hour long and are directly related to professional counseling practice. For purposes of this subchapter, a "contact hour" means a 60-minute clock hour with no less than 50 minutes of content within the hour. Courses and programs may include one 10-minute break for each contact hour.

(b) A professional counselor shall complete and be able to verify the completion of a continuing education course, program or article as set forth in 13:34-15.4 in order to receive continuing education credit. The Committee shall grant a professional counselor continuing education credit for each biennial renewal period as follows:

1. Completing graduate coursework at a regionally accredited institution of higher education: 15 continuing education contact hours for each semester course credit awarded beyond the required educational standards which the professional counselor must complete for licensure as set forth in 13:34-11.3;

2. Teaching graduate courses offered at a regionally accredited institution of higher education: 15 continuing education contact hours for each semester course credit awarded for each new course which a professional counselor teaches. For the purposes of this subsection, "new" means a course that the professional counselor has not taught previously in any educational setting;

3. A refereed article published in a professional journal within the preceding biennial period: four continuing education contact hours per article with a maximum of eight contact hours per biennial period; and

4. Course or program presentation: one and one-half continuing education contact hours for each hour of a new offering up to a maximum of nine continuing education contact hours. For the purposes of this subsection, "new" means a course or program that the professional counselor has not previously presented.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34-15.5