21 NCAC 45 .0501. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

(a)  A form for continuing education requirements shall be mailed with the annual renewal form.  Each Fee-Based Practicing Pastoral Counselor and Pastoral Counseling Associate shall complete a total of 50 hours of continuing education each year in the following identified areas:

(1)           Category I - Pastoral Theology;

(2)           Category II - Clinical Theory and Practice;

(3)           Category III - Pastoral, Psychological and Psychiatric Diagnosis;

(4)           Category IV - Consultation and Supervision;

(5)           Category V - Reading Books and Professional Journals in the field of Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy.

(b)  In a continuing education year, 20 hours of the 50 hours required shall be contact hours in either Category I - Pastoral Theology, Category II - Clinical Theory and Practice or Category III - Pastoral, Psychological and Psychiatric Diagnosis.

(c)  A continuing education year shall be June 1 to May 31 of the following year.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-385(f); 90-389;

Eff. May 1, 1996.