Section 246-924-240 - Approved continuing education activities(1) All continuing education (CE) activities must be directly relevant to maintaining or increasing professional or scientific competence in psychology.(2) Courses or workshops primarily designed to increase practice income or office efficiency, are specifically noneligible for CE credit.(3) The board does not review individual courses for preapproval.(4) Courses, seminars, workshops, and postdoctoral institutes offered or sponsored by the following qualify for CE credit for a licensed psychologist: (a) Educational institutions chartered by a state and recognized (accredited) by a regional association of schools, colleges and universities as providing graduate level course offerings. Documentation must be recorded on an official transcript or certificate of completion;(b) The American Psychological Association;(c) Regional or state psychological associations or their sub-chapters;(d) Psychology internship training centers;(e) Other professionally or scientifically recognized behavioral science organizations; and(f) The Washington state examining board of psychology.(5) A licensed psychologist may earn credit toward the CE requirement through teaching an approved CE program. The CE credit earned may not exceed 30 hours every three years. Credit for teaching an approved CE program may be earned on the following basis:(a) One credit hour for each 60 minutes actually spent teaching the program for the first event. Credit may be conferred for teaching similar subject matter only if the psychologist has actually spent an equal or greater amount of preparation time updating the subject matter to be taught on a later occasion.(b) One credit hour for each 60 minutes actually spent participating in a panel presentation.Wash. Admin. Code § 246-924-240
Amended by WSR 14-01-071, filed 12/16/13, effective 1/1/2014Amended by WSR 24-01-125, Filed 12/19/2023, effective 1/19/2024Statutory Authority: RCW 18.83.090. 99-14-075, § 246-924-240, filed 7/6/99, effective 8/6/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.83.050(5). 94-12-039, § 246-924-240, filed 5/25/94, effective 6/25/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.83.050. 91-04-021 (Order 129B), § 246-924-240, filed 1/28/91, effective 2/28/91; 91-04-020 (Order 117B), recodified as § 246-924-240, filed 1/28/91, effective 2/28/91; Order PL 276, § 308-122-520, filed 11/16/77.