Nev. Admin. Code § 641.137 - Continuing education: Requirements for course or program; subjects
1. A continuing education course or program
must be approved by the Board pursuant to NAC
641.136
or
641.138
and:
(a) Be presented in accordance with
accepted educational principles at a doctoral or postdoctoral level which is
appropriate for professional psychologists;
(b) Be at least 1 hour in length, not
including breaks; and
(c) Be
primarily related to the study of psychology or have a potential application to
the practice of psychology.
2. The subjects acceptable for a continuing
education course or program include, but are not limited to:
(a) Scientific and professional ethics and
standards;
(b) Forensic
issues;
(c) Research design and
methodology;
(d) Tests and
measurements;
(e) Psychotherapeutic
techniques;
(f) Biological bases of
behavior, including physiological psychology, comparative psychology,
neuropsychology, human sexuality and psychopharmacology;
(g) Cognitive and emotional bases of
behavior, including learning, memory, perception, cognition, thinking,
motivation and emotion;
(h) Social
bases of behavior, including social, group, cultural and ethnic processes, sex
roles, and organization and systems therapy;
(i) Differences in persons, including
personality therapy, human development, abnormal psychology, psychopathology
and the psychology of persons with disabilities;
(j) Evidence-based suicide prevention and
awareness; and
(k) Cultural
competency and diversity, equity and inclusion. Instruction in cultural
competency and diversity, equity and inclusion:
(1) May include the training provided
pursuant to NRS 449.103, where applicable.
(2) Must be based upon a range of research
from diverse sources.
(3) Must
address persons of different cultural backgrounds, including, without
limitation:
(I) Persons from various gender,
racial and ethnic backgrounds;
(II)
Persons from various religious backgrounds;
(III) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
questioning persons;
(IV) Children
and senior citizens;
(V)
Veterans;
(VI) Persons with a
mental illness;
(VII) Persons with
an intellectual disability, developmental disability or physical disability;
and
(VIII) Persons who are part of
any other population that the holder of a license may need to better
understand, as determined by the Board.
Notes
Added to NAC by Bd. of Psychological Exam'rs, eff. 12-28-95; A by R090-01, 2-7-2002; R038-16, 12-21-2016
; A by R127-21A, eff.NRS 641.100 and 641.220, as amended by section 4 of Assembly Bill No. 327, chapter 188, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 889
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