The board and its volunteers shall be awarded continuing education credits in the following manner:
- (a) All continuing education credits awarded shall be considered ethics credits and may be rolled forward to meet licensing requirements up to 6 years from the date awarded, except as otherwise indicated herein;
- (b) School psychologist volunteers’ shall be issued as continuing education units or Department of Education (DOE) contact hours for the purpose of fulfilling continuing professional development to renew licenses;
(c) Licensed members of the board shall:
- (1) Be awarded 2 continuing education units for the initial appointment to the board and new board member training;
- (2) Be awarded 2 continuing education units for each monthly meeting attended for a maximum of 24 hours per calendar year; and
- (3) The continuing education credits may be rolled forward up to 6 years from the date the board member’s appointment expires or the board member’s resignation date; and
(d) Professional conduct investigators and board investigators, whether psychologists or school psychologists, shall:
- (1) Be awarded 2 continuing education units for initial appointment as a professional conduct investigator and new investigator training; and
(2) Be awarded for each case assigned the following:
- a. For each report of investigation completed 18 continuing education units; and
- b. For each summary of investigation completed 2 continuing education units.
- (3) Credits from one case shall be used within 6 years;
- (4) Credits from additional cases may be rolled forward as the investigator wishes to apply them to requirements, up to 10 years.
Source. #13403, eff 7-16-22