Article archive / November 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 11. Source pages: 6.
The state psychology board published a Rule in the October 2016 Louisiana Register having to do with Continuing Education, Chapter 8, §801, 803, and 807, and other sections.
The Rule addresses corrections and changes to the previous extensive change to the continuing education Rule, providing for new categories of development activities, referred to as continuing professional development or CPD.
The October information includes the increases from 30 hours to 40 hours planned for the years 2016 and 2017 and henceforth. Corrections were made to categories for Professional, Academic, and Traditional Continuing Education.
Also included were changes to §807. Unacceptable Offerings and/or Activities. “A. The board will not recognize: 1. activities unrelated to the field of psychology even though such activities may be valuable for other professional purposes;”
Also, the Rule directs psychologists to retain “corroborative documentation” of CPD for six years.
“Any misrepresentation of continuing professional development will be cause for disciplinary action by the board.”
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