1. (a) Category A CE hours shall be earned by:

   1. (1) Participation in seminars, workshops, or live, interactive webinars;

   2. (2) Participation in home study courses shall be limited to:

      1. a. Up to a maximum of 30 CE hours for pastoral psychotherapists, licensed independent clinical social workers, school social workers, clinical mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists;
      2. b. Up to a maximum of 20 CE hours for licensed social workers; and
      3. c. Up to a maximum of 7 CE hours for social work associates;
   3. (3) Preparation of a seminar, workshop, or live, interactive webinar which shall count as 10 CE hours;

   4. (4) Completion of:

      1. a. Graduate level coursework by pastoral psychotherapists, licensed independent clinical social workers, clinical mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and school social workers; or
      2. b. Bachelor level coursework for licensed social workers, and social work associates;
   5. (5) Publication of a peer reviewed professional book which shall count as 10 CE hours; and
   6. (6) Each publication of an article in a peer reviewed professional journal which shall count as 6 CE hours.
2. (b) Category A seminars, workshops, on-line, home study, or other CE shall be provided by a state, regional, national, or international professional association offering education relevant to the mental health practice as defined in RSA 330-A:2, VI.
3. (c) Category A graduate academic coursework shall include graduate courses from a department of psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or any other department in the behavioral sciences at a regionally accredited school, college, or university, or theological school. Each semester based hour of course credit shall count as equivalent to 6 hours of CE. Each quarter based hour of course credit shall equate to 4 hours of CE.

4. (d) Category A CE may be obtained by licensees for the teaching of academic coursework at the baccalaureate or graduate level from a department of psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or any other department in the behavioral sciences at a regionally accredited school, college or university, or theological school. Each semester based hour of course credit shall count as equivalent to 6 hours of CE. Each quarter based hour of course credit shall equate to 4 hours of CE.

   1. (1) Preparation of a syllabus and teaching of a new course shall count as equivalent to 10 hours of CE; and
   2. (2) Thorough updating of a course, including preparation of a new syllabus, review of the literature, preparation of reading lists and course assignments shall count as equivalent to 5 hours of CE.

5. (e) Category B CE hours shall be earned through:

   1. (1) Participation in mental health seminars or workshops not meeting the requirements of Category A;
   2. (2) Publication of professional books which shall count as 6 hours of CE; and
   3. (3) Publication of articles in professional journals not to exceed 5 hours of CE per year.

Source. (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Mhp 100) #5675, eff 7-22-93; EXPIRED: 7-22-99 New. #7625, eff 1-10-02, EXPIRED: 1-10-10 New. #9854, eff 1-25-11 (formerly Mhp 403.02); ss by #10762, eff 1-22-15; ss by #13311, eff 12-18-21; ss by #14273, eff 8-19-25, EXPIRES: 8-19-35 (formerly Mhp 402.02)