                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTINUING EDUCATION (§ 54.1-3606.1)

A. The Board shall promulgate regulations governing continuing education
requirements for psychologists licensed by the Board. Such regulations shall
require the completion of the equivalent of 14 hours annually in Board-approved
continuing education courses for any license renewal or reinstatement after the
effective date.

B. The Board shall include in its regulations governing continuing education
requirements for licensees a provision allowing a licensee who completes
continuing education hours in excess of the hours required by subsection A to
carry up to seven hours of continuing education credit forward to meet the
requirements of subsection A for the next annual renewal cycle.

C. The Board shall approve criteria for continuing education courses that are
directly related to the respective license and scope of practice of school
psychology, applied psychology and clinical psychology. Approved continuing
education courses for clinical psychologists shall emphasize, but not be limited
to, the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with moderate and severe
mental disorders. Any licensed hospital, accredited institution of higher
education, or national, state or local health, medical, psychological or mental
health association or organization may submit applications to the Board for
approval as a provider of continuing education courses satisfying the
requirements of the Board&#8217;s regulations. Approved course providers may be
required to register continuing education courses with the Board pursuant to
Board regulations. Only courses meeting criteria approved by the Board and
offered by a Board-approved provider of continuing education courses may be
designated by the Board as qualifying for continuing education course credit.

D. All course providers shall furnish written certification to licensed
psychologists attending and completing respective courses, indicating the
satisfactory completion of an approved continuing education course. Each course
provider shall retain records of all persons attending and those persons
satisfactorily completing such continuing education courses for a period of four
years following each course. Applicants for renewal or reinstatement of licenses
issued pursuant to this article shall retain for a period of four years the
written certification issued by any course provider. The Board may require
course providers or licensees to submit copies of such records or certification,
as it deems necessary to ensure compliance with continuing education
requirements.

E. The Board shall have the authority to grant exemptions or waivers or to
reduce the number of continuing education hours required in cases of certified
illness or undue hardship.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 83; 2015, c. 359.