Florida Psychology Continuing Education Requirements.

• Each licensee must complete forty (40) hours of continuing psychological education.

• Domestic Violence CE is now a 2-hour requirement every third renewal. For example, if you renewed your license on May 31, 2006, you are required to complete the Domestic Violence CE before the May 30, 2010 renewal.

• Three (3) of the forty (40) hours must be on professional ethics and Florida statutes and rules affecting the practice of psychology.

• Two (2) of the forty (40 hours must relate to prevention of medical errors, including a study of root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. If the course is offered by a facility licensed pursuant to chapter 395 for its employees, the Board will approve up to one (1) hour of the two (2) hour course to be specifically related to error reduction and prevention methods used in that facility.

• Passage of the laws and rules examination of the Board constitutes forty (40) hours of continuing education credit, including credit for professional ethics and Florida Statutes and rules affecting the practice of psychology.

• Passage of the laws and rules examination, however, does not satisfy the requirement for one (1) credit of continuing education on domestic violence, nor the requirement for two (2) hours relating to prevention of medical errors.

School Psychology Continuing Education Requirements

• Every applicant for licensure renewal shall complete thirty (30) hours of continuing education credit.

• Two (2) of the thirty (30) hours, must be on the prevention of medical errors consistent with Section 456.013, F.S

• The licensee shall retain for four (4) years certificates of attendance or other records to document the completion of the continuing education requirement.

• Domestic Violence is not required for initial licensure. However, it is mandated by statute that two-hour (2) Domestic Violence course must be completed for every third (3rd) biennial license renewal.

Social Work, Mental Health, Marriage and Family Continuing Education Requirements

• The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling has developed a rule that will require licensees to obtain a three hour course relating to ethics and boundary issues as part of their continuing education requirements. This requirement will begin for the biennium of 4/1/05-3/31/07.

• As of July 1, 2006, you are not required to obtain one hour of domestic violence for CE renewal. You will be required to complete two hours of domestic violence every third biennium. This means you are not required to have two hours of domestic violence until the biennium ending March 31, 2011. (The course must be taken between 4/1/09 and 3/31/11).

• If this is not your first renewal, you are to obtain 30 hours of continuing education from our board-approved providers for the biennium ending March 31, 2007. These hours must be obtained between 4/1/05 and 3/31/07. Five of the hours must be as follows: