N.M. Admin. Code § 16.27.16.8

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 16.27.16.8 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

Continuing education credit. Effective for the renewal period beginning October 1, 1997, 40 contact hours of continuing education approved by the New Mexico counseling and therapy practice board will be required to be documented during each two-year renewal period.

A. Continuing education must be obtained during the expiring licensing period.

B. One contact hour of continuing education is 60 minutes.

C. Specific continuing education which must be obtained and verified:

(1) 12 hours of ethics related to counseling/mental health for all licensees;

(2) nine hours in supervision related to counseling/mental health for all licensees who are supervisors.

D. Semester hour for the purpose of calculating continuing education units means that one semester credit hour of graduate coursework is equal to 15 continuing education units and one quarter hour of coursework is equal to 11.25 continuing education units.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.27.16.8

16.27.16.8 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 27.11.8, 6-15-01; A, 2-10-06, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, November 30, 2021, eff. 11/30/2021