Nev. Admin. Code § 641.137

Current through October 11, 2024

Section 641.137 - Continuing education: Requirements for course or program; subjects

1. A continuing education course or program must be approved by the Board pursuant to NAC 641.136 or 641.138 and:

(a) Be presented in accordance with accepted educational principles at a doctoral or postdoctoral level which is appropriate for professional psychologists;

(b) Be at least 1 hour in length, not including breaks; and

(c) Be primarily related to the study of psychology or have a potential application to the practice of psychology.

2. The subjects acceptable for a continuing education course or program include, but are not limited to:

(a) Scientific and professional ethics and standards;

(b) Forensic issues;

(c) Research design and methodology;

(d) Tests and measurements;

(e) Psychotherapeutic techniques;

(f) Biological bases of behavior, including physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, human sexuality and psychopharmacology;

(g) Cognitive and emotional bases of behavior, including learning, memory, perception, cognition, thinking, motivation and emotion;

(h) Social bases of behavior, including social, group, cultural and ethnic processes, sex roles, and organization and systems therapy;

(i) Differences in persons, including personality therapy, human development, abnormal psychology, psychopathology and the psychology of persons with disabilities;

(j) Evidence-based suicide prevention and awareness; and

(k) Cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion. Instruction in cultural competency and diversity, equity and inclusion:

(1) May include the training provided pursuant to NRS 449.103, where applicable.

(2) Must be based upon a range of research from diverse sources.

(3) Must address persons of different cultural backgrounds, including, without limitation:

(I) Persons from various gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds;

(II) Persons from various religious backgrounds;

(III) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons;

(IV) Children and senior citizens;

(V) Veterans;

(VI) Persons with a mental illness;

(VII) Persons with an intellectual disability, developmental disability or physical disability; and

(VIII) Persons who are part of any other population that the holder of a license may need to better understand, as determined by the Board.

Nev. Admin. Code § 641.137

Added to NAC by Bd. of Psychological Exam'rs, eff. 12-28-95; A by R090-01, 2-7-2002; R038-16, 12-21-2016

; A by R127-21A, eff. 9/20/2022

NRS 641.100 and 641.220, as amended by section 4 of Assembly Bill No. 327, chapter 188, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 889