Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-12-3

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Section 16-12-3 - Training and continuing education

Each holder of a temporary permit or certificate shall submit proof of training and continuing education hours to the attorney general for approval.

(a) Each batterer intervention program agent or employee thereof shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Complete the training as required in "the essential elements and standards of batterer intervention programs in Kansas," which is adopted in K.A.R. 16-12-4; and

(2) complete 12 hours of documented and approved continuing education as required in "the essential elements and standards of batterer intervention programs in Kansas," during each two-year certification period. Continuing education hours accumulated in excess of the requirement shall not be carried over to the next renewal period.

(b) One hour of training or continuing education credit shall consist of at least 50 minutes of classroom instruction or at least one clock-hour of other types of acceptable training or continuing education experiences listed in subsection (c). One-half hour of training or continuing education credit may be granted for each 30 minutes of acceptable training or continuing education. Credit shall not be granted for less than 30 minutes.

(c) Acceptable training and continuing education, subject to approval, whether taken within the state or outside the state, shall include the following:

(1) An academic course at an institution that is nationally or regionally accredited for education or training, if the content is clearly related to the enhancement of a batterer intervention program agent's or employee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge and the course is taken for academic credit. Each agent or employee shall be granted 15 training or continuing education hours for each academic credit hour that is successfully completed. The maximum number of allowable training or continuing education hours shall be 15;

(2) an academic course at an institution that is nationally or regionally accredited for education or training, if the content is clearly related to the enhancement of a batterer intervention program agent's or employee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge and the course is audited. Each agent or employee shall receive training or continuing education credit on the basis of the actual contact time that the agent or employee spends attending the course, up to a maximum of 15 hours per academic credit hour. The maximum number of allowable training or continuing education hours shall be 15;

(3) a seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or non-academic course oriented to the enhancement of a batterer intervention program agent's or employee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge; and

(4) an activity oriented to the enhancement of a batterer intervention program agent's or employee's practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge, consisting of completing a computerized interactive learning module, viewing a telecast or videotape, listening to an audiotape, or reading, if a posttest is successfully completed. The maximum number of allowable training or continuing education hours shall be 15.

(d) Approval of training or continuing education credit shall not be granted for the second or any subsequent identical program if the programs are completed within the same renewal period.

(e) Training or continuing education credit shall not be granted for the following:

(1) In-service training, if the training is for job orientation or job training or is specific to the employing agency; and

(2) any activity for which the agent or employee cannot demonstrate that the program's goals and objectives are to enhance the practice, values, ethics, skills, or knowledge in batterer intervention.

(f) Each agent or employee shall maintain individual, original training or continuing education records for at least two years. These records shall document the agent's or employee's attendance at, participation in, or completion of each training or continuing education activity.

(g) Each of the following forms of documentation may be submitted as proof that an agent or employee has completed that training or continuing education activity:

(1) An official transcript or other document indicating the agent's or employee's passing grade for an academic course taken at an institution that is nationally or regionally accredited;

(2) a statement signed by the instructor of an academic course indicating the number of actual contact hours that the agent or employee attended for an audited academic course from an institution that is nationally or regionally accredited;

(3) a signed statement from the provider of a seminar, institute, conference, workshop, or course indicating that the agent or employee attended the training or continuing education program; and

(4) for each videotape, audiotape, computerized interactive learning module, or telecast that the agent or employee utilized for training or continuing education purposes, a written statement from the agent or employee specifying the media format, content title, presenter or sponsor, content description, length, activity date, and copy of the agent's or employee's completed posttest or score.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 16-12-3

Authorized by and implementing L. 2012, ch. 162, secs. 5, 11; effective, T-16-6-28-12, June 28, 2012; effective, T-16-10-25-12, Oct. 26, 2012; effective Jan. 25, 2013.