Definitions

For the purposes of sections 20-195c-1 to 20-195c-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies: (1) \"Active practice\" means the treatment in Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration period; (2) \"Certificate of completion\" means a document issued to a participant by a provider which certifies that the participant has successfully completed a continuing education activity; (3) \"Contact hour\" means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education activity; (4) \"Department\" means the Department of Public Health; (5) \"Face-to-face instruction\" means in-person, live instruction which a participant physically attends, either individually or as a part of a group of participants; (6) \"Home study program\" means continuing education activities clearly related to maintaining skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of marital and family therapy that include a proficiency examination and are sponsored, endorsed or approved by a regionally accredited academic institution, or the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy or its affiliates; (7) \"Licensee\" means a marital and family therapist licensed pursuant to section 20-195c of the Connecticut General Statutes; (8) \"License renewal due date\" means the last day of the month of the licensee's date of birth; (9) \"Participant\" means a licensee who successfully completes a continuing education activity; (10) \"Provider\" means the individual educator or sponsoring organization conducting a continuing education activity; and (11) \"Registration period\" means the one-year period for which a license has been renewed in accordance with section 19a-88 of the Connecticut General Statutes and is current and valid.