LAC 46:LXIII.805. Acceptable Sponsorship, Offerings and Activities

A. The board shall automatically approve credit for those continuing education activities defined in this Section, without requiring the licensee to apply for credit approval under Section 806, provided that the activity is presented by an acceptable sponsor and meets the content criteria outlined in this Section. B. Content Criteria. Criteria for acceptable continuing education activities shall be as follows: 1. relevant to psychological practice, education and science; 2. enable licensees to keep pace with emerging issues and technologies; 3. enable licensees to maintain, develop, and increase competencies in order to improve services to the public and enhance contributions to the profession; 4. at the graduate or post-graduate level in terms of content, quality, organization, and presentation; and 5. structured to ensure objectivity, independent evaluation, and absent of conflicts of interest. C. Acceptable Sponsors. The board will recognize the following as acceptable sponsors for fulfilling the continuing education requirements: 1. accredited institutions of higher education; 2. hospitals and medical centers which have approved regional medical continuing education centers; 3. hospitals which have APA approved doctoral internship training programs; 4. international, national, regional, or state professional associations, or divisions of such associations, which specifically offer or approve graduate or post-doctoral continuing education training; 5. American Psychological Association (APA) approved sponsors and activities offered by APA (including home study courses); 6. American Medical Association (AMA) PRA Category 1 credit offered by an Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) approved sponsor; 7. activities sponsored by the Board of Examiners of Psychologists; and 8. activities sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Health or its subordinate units. D. The board will recognize the following activities offered for credit by acceptable sponsors: 1. Workshops - this category includes live workshops attended in-person or by video conference/virtual format, APA Homestudy and approved prerecorded workshops. 2. Conference Workshops/Training Activities - Conferences are trainings lasting longer than one day (eight hours). Conference training may be attended in person or by video conference/virtual format. 3. Academic Courses—a graduate-level course related to the licensee’s discipline and practice, taken for credit from a regionally accredited university or one pre-approved by the board. One three-hour course or equivalent equals 3 continuing education credits. E. Sponsors who are approved under this Section may not advertise an activity as board-approved, or endorsed, or otherwise purport that the activity satisfies the licensure requirements set forth in this Chapter unless the Board has expressly approved the specific activity in accordance with Section 806.