Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1365-01-.09 Continuing Education

• Library: Tennessee Administrative Code (TAC)
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through December 25, 2023
• Citation: Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1365-01-.09
• Year: 2023

(1) Social Work Continuing Education is considered to be continuing education oriented toward enhancing an individual's social work knowledge base and service delivery skills in the applicable areas of social work planning, administration, education, research, and direct service with individuals, couples, families, and groups.

(2) Social Work Ethics Continuing Education is considered to be continuing education oriented toward awareness of professional ethics and the statutes and rules governing the practice of social work in Tennessee.

(3) Basic Requirements - Each social worker licensed by the Board is required to complete continuing education as set out in this rule every two (2) calendar years preceding the year of renewal of the license.

(a) For licensed baccalaureate social worker applicants and licensed master's social worker applicants who apply for licensure in the calendar year in which they took the exam, successful completion of the exam shall be considered sufficient preparatory education to be substituted for one-half (1/2) of the required hours of continuing education for the first renewal period.

(b) Those persons who hold active social worker licenses in more than one (1) category (L.B.S.W., L.M.S.W., L.A.P.S.W. and/or L.C.S.W.) must separately satisfy the continuing education requirements for each license they wish to renew with no duplication between the four categories.

(c) A licensee may count completed ethics and rules and regulations continuing education hours for all categories of licensure, but the total required hours for each category of licensure must be met.

(d) Suicide Prevention Training required under the "Kenneth and Madge Tullis, MD, Suicide Prevention Training Act."1. Current Licensees - Beginning January 1, 2020, all persons who hold an active L.B.S.W., L.M.S.W L.A.P.S.W., or L.C.S.W must complete a minimum two (2) hour Board approved training program relative to suicide prevention at least once every four (4) years. 2. New Licensees - An applicant applying for initial licensure on or after January 1, 2020, is not required to complete a training program on suicide prevention for two (2) years after the date of initial licensure, if the applicant can demonstrate successful completion of a two (2) hour academic training program that meets criteria established by the Board and that was completed no more than two (2) years prior to the application for initial licensure. 3. Hours Earned - The continuing education hours earned through the training program under Part 1. and Part 2. of this subparagraph count toward meeting the continuing education requirements listed in subparagraphs (4)(a), (5)(a), and (6)(a) of this rule.

(e) Clock Hour - A clock hour represents actual time in continuing education activity. Providers who measure continuing education activities in "continuing education units" shall define one (1) CEU as one (1) clock hour.

(4) Requirements for licensed baccalaureate social worker.

(a) Each licensee shall obtain eighteen (18) continuing education clock hours relative to social work practice every two (2) calendar years preceding the year of renewal.

(b) At least six (6) of the eighteen (18) hours shall be in social work ethics.

(c) One (1) of the eighteen (18) hours shall be specific to Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 63Board - Creation - Renamed as board of social worker licensure - Membership63-23-101 et seq., and the Rules and Regulations of the Tennessee Board of Social Worker Licensure.

(5) Requirements for licensed master's social worker.

(a) Each licensee shall obtain twenty-four (24) continuing education clock hours relative to social work practice every two (2) calendar years preceding the year of renewal.

(b) At least six (6) of the twenty-four (24) hours shall be in social work ethics.

(c) One (1) of the twenty-four (24) hours shall be specific to Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 63Board - Creation - Renamed as board of social worker licensure - Membership63-23-101 et seq., and the Rules and Regulations of the Tennessee Board of Social Worker Licensure.

(6) Requirements for licensed advanced practice social worker and licensed clinical social worker.

(a) Each licensee shall obtain thirty (30) continuing education clock hours relative to social work practice every two (2) calendar years preceding the year of renewal.

(b) At least six (6) of the thirty (30) hours shall be in social work ethics.

(c) One (1) of the thirty (30) hours shall be specific to Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 63 23-101, et seq., and the Rules and Regulations of the Tennessee Board of Social Worker Licensure.

(7) Acceptable Social Work Continuing Education.

(a) In-person attendance at seminars, workshops, or mini-courses oriented to the awareness of professional ethics and to the enhancement of social work practice, values, skills, and knowledge for the purpose of accomplishing specific written learning objectives is acceptable continuing education.1....