Continuing Education

PURPOSE: This rule implements the continuing education mandates. (1) Every psychologist licensed in Missouri shall, complete for each two- (2-) year reporting cycle at least forty (40) hours, of accredited “continuing education credits” (herein CE credits) relevant to the practice of psychology. The continuing education reporting cycle is the twenty-four- (24-) month period beginning on December 1 of odd numbered years and ending on November 30 of odd numbered years. Continuing education credits earned after November 30 for the immediately preceding reporting cycle shall not be applied to the next two- (2-) year reporting cycle. (2) At least fifteen (15) of the forty (40) CE credits must be completed within Category A (i.e., formal programs which meet the requirements of 20 CSR 2235-7.030(1)(A)); and the remaining twenty-five (25) CE credits must be completed in either Category A or in Category B (i.e., informal programs or hours which meet the requirements of 20 CSR 2235-7.030(1)(B)). (A) Three (3) of the forty (40) CE credits are to be in ethics (ethics credits). The three (3) ethics credits can be in either Category A or in Category B. (3) A psychologist who becomes licensed during the middle of a reporting cycle shall be entitled to receive a “pro-rata” reduction in the number of required credits at the rate of five (5) hours for every three (3) full months between the date of licensing and what would be the normal date of commencement for the reporting cycle. (4) If in any two- (2-) year cycle, the number of continuing education credits earned from Category A in 20 CSR 2235-7.030 exceeds forty (40) credits, the excess credits over forty (40) may be carried over to the next two- (2-) year cycle, up to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours. AUTHORITY: section 337.050.12, RSMo Supp. 2020.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 235-7.010. Original rule filed Dec. 31, 1998, effective Aug. 30, 1999. Moved to 20 CSR 2235-7.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed July 9, 2008, effective Jan. 30, 2009. Amended: Filed March 2, 2021, effective Sept. 30, 2021. *Original authority: 337.050, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2020.