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| Rules on Continuing Education |
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This revised rule was filed with the Secretary of State and became effective January 1, 2011.
Division 25: Continuing Education Reporting Requirements
CEU Requirements
| LCSW |
40 credit hours every 2 years
(includes 6 ethics CEUs)
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| LCSW - Semi-Retired |
20 credit hours every 2 years
(includes 6 ethics CEUs)
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| LCSW - Inactive |
No CEUs required |
| CSWA |
No CEUs required |
| LMSW |
30 credit hours every 2 years
(includes 6 ethics CEUs)
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| RBSW |
20 credit hours every 2 years
(includes 6 ethics CEUs)
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| Supervisors |
6 credit hours every 5 years in either supervision or ethics.
Please Note: The Supervision CEUs can be applied towards your 40 required CEUs. The ethics CEUs can also be applied to your 40 CEUs requirement, but must be in addition to the 6 regular ethics CEUs reported every 2 years
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Carry Over
Up to 10 hours may be carried over from each CEU reporting period. For instance, if you accrue 62 hours in one reporting period, 40 can be applied towards the reporting requirements, and 10 can be carried over to the next reporting period.
Two Licenses, Two sets of CEUs Due
If you hold both a LCSW and an LMSW, you will need to report 40 CEUs for the LCSW, and 30 CEUs for the LMSW. These CEUs are to be individual, and not shared.
Universities
Graduate level classes and continuing education courses that have content that is directly related to established mental health care and is clinical in nature (Generally from psychology, social work, counseling, and education departments).
The following course credits can be applied towards the CEU requirements:
| Semester Credit |
15 CEUs |
| Quarter Credit |
10 CEUs |
CEUs for Presenters
If you teach a course accredited by a Credentialing Body, you can count CEUs the first time you teach the course. For instance, if you teach a recurring course on Clinical Supervision for 6 CEUs for attendees, you can count the 6 CEUs the first time you teach the course, but not for subsequent courses.
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| Accepted CE Bodies |
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While the following list of Board-accepted Credentialing Bodies is provided for your guidance, it is important to remember that the content of all workshops, conferences, social work courses, etc. must be clinical in nature to meet the rule requirement.
AASECT American Association of Sex Educators
ABTC American Board of Transplant Coordinators
ACCBO Addition Counselor Certification Board of Oregon Board
AFCC Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
AFTA American Family Therapy Academy
AMA American Medical Association
ANCC American Nurses Credentialing Center
APA American Psychological Association
ASCH American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
APA American Psychiatric Association
ASWB Association of Social Work Boards
BENHA Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
CBMT The Certification Board of Music Therapists
CCF The Canadian Counseling Federation
CCMC The Commission of Case Manager Certification
CGJ Jung Institute of the Pacific Northwest
CRCC Commission of Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
DVA Department of Veterans Affairs
DCESD Douglas County Education Service District
EAP Employees Assistance Professionals
IACET International Association for Continuing Education and Training
LBESD Linn-Benton Education Service District
NAADAC National Association for Addiction Professionals
NASP National Association of School Psychologists
NASW National Association of Social Workers (Oregon Chapter of NASW)
NBCC National Board of Certified Counselors
NCPG National Council on Problem Gambling
OFJ Oregon Friends of Jung
OSB Oregon State Bar
OSCSW Oregon Society of Clinical Social Workers
OSHDP Oregon State Hospital Department of Psychology
PSO Pain Society of Oregon
WESD Willamette Education Service District
WSSCSW Washington State Society of Clinical Social Workers
New listing of Credentialing Bodies will be added as they become approved by the Board. If you have any questions, please call the Board's office at 503-378-5735.
State Boards that approve continuing education must have a formal process for accreditation of continuing education. The following are those known to us at this time: California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Montana, and South Dakota; the Nevada Board of Marriage Therapists.
CEUs for Courses Not Approved by Governing Body
The Boards Continuing Education Committee may review up to 10 hours of credit per
reporting period for continuing education activities not approved by a mental health professional body (OAR 877-025-0006).
The following need to be submitted to the Board for a course, workshop, or seminar to be considered that has not been approved by one of the Board's credentialing bodies:
- An Outline of the Course's Content
- Goals and Objectives
- A Completion Document or Certificate
- The Presenter's Credentials
- Any Other Printed Materials from the Course (brochures, syllabus, hand-outs, etc.)
This information needs to be received 45 days prior to the renewal in which you owe continuing education.
You may contact the Board office at (503) 378-5735 or Oregon.blsw@state.or.us for more information.
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