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Continuing Education Provider Information

The Board approves providers to offer courses to MFTs and LCSWs for continuing education. Accredited and approved schools are authorized to provide continuing education as well and are not required to have a continuing education provider number.

Coursework must be related to the MFT’s/LCSW’s scope of practice and incorporate at least one of the following:

• Aspects of marital and family therapy or social work that are fundamental to the understanding or practice of marital and family therapy or social work;
• Aspects of marital and family therapy or social work in which significant recent developments have occurred; or
• Aspects of other related disciplines that enhance the understanding or practice of marital and family therapy or social work

 If the provider has an approval number (accredited and approved schools are exempt), the provider must renew the approval number every two years and pay a $200 fee. If the renewal application is sent after the expiration date, please include the $100 delinquency fee with your application and renewal fee.  A provider approval that has expired may be renewed at any time within one (1) year after its expiration upon completing all of the following:

 (a) Filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board.

 (b) Paying the renewal fee in effect on the last regular renewal date.

 (c) Paying the delinquency fee in effect on the last regular renewal date.

(d) Submission of a letter stating that no courses were presented while the provider’s approval status was expired. If a course was presented during that time, the letter shall state that all participants have been notified that the provider’s approval status at the time of completion of the continuing education was expired and that continuing education hours will not be disallowed by the Board if the provider renews within one (1) year after its expiration.

Approvals that are not renewed within one (1) year after expiration may not be renewed and will be cancelled.  Any course offered after your approval is cancelled will not be accepted towards Board required CE or coursework.  Cancelled providers will need to apply for a new provider number by submitting the Continuing Education (CE) Provider Application and application fee.

For more information, please refer to the Continuing Education Provider Application.

• Continuing Education Provider List

Updated: September 5, 2011