Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 27-3-2 - Definitions2.1. "Approved program of continuing professional education" means a formally organized educational program sponsored by an approved provider and offered in the form of a class, course, workshop, seminar, staff development or training activity, or formally structured discussion. Programs shall be designed to enhance counseling skills, values, knowledge, and/or ethical considerations in the counseling practice.2.2. "Approved provider" means an agency, organization, person, institution, or professional association or its local affiliates which has applied to and received approval by the Board to provide approved programs of continuing professional education under its own auspices, and which remains approved by complying with the provisions of subdivision 6.2.b. of this rule.2.3. "Biennium" means the two-year reporting period for continuing education beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2017 and every two-year period thereafter.2.4. "Contact hour" means 60 minutes spent in an approved program offered by an approved provider. Contact hours exclude travel time, meeting time devoted to business, refreshment breaks, receptions, award banquets and other social gatherings and meals that do not include an acceptable program.2.5. "Continuing professional education" means a program to enable the licensee to maintain and/or expand professional expertness, to become more aware of new professional developments and to provide responsible and quality service to clients and the community including, but not limited to, educational programs in the following areas: Counseling theories; counseling techniques; human growth and development; social and cultural foundations; supervised practicum; supervised internship; addictions; crisis intervention; group dynamics, processes, counseling and consulting; life-style and career development; marriage and/or family therapy; research and evaluation; principles of etiology, diagnosis, treatment planning, prevention of mental and emotional disorders and dysfunctional behavior; and community resources and rehabilitation services.2.6. "Formal program" means a program attended in person with a presenter.