# Title 66 — Psychologist Examiners, Board of

## Article 66-03 — Continuing Education

## Chapter 66-03-01 — Continuing Education

### § 66-03-01-01. Continuing education.

Every psychologist or industrial-organizational psychologist shall complete continuing education
credits relevant to the practice of psychology or industrial-organizational psychology. Reporting cycles
are two years, commencing with November first of the year in which the licensee obtained a North
Dakota license, except that individuals licensed prior to January 1, 1992, have reporting cycles that
began on November 1, 1992.
History: Effective February 1, 1995; amended effective April 1, 2007; July 1, 2012; April 1, 2016;
January 1, 2020.
General Authority: NDCC 43-32-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-32-08.1, 43-32-08.2
### § 66-03-01-02. Continuing education reports.

Application for continuing education credits must be made on the form provided by the board and
must include evidence of completion of at least forty credits of continuing education completed over the
two-year period. The application must be submitted to the board no later than November fifteenth
following the completion of the two-year reporting cycle.
History: Effective February 1, 1995; amended effective April 1, 2007.
General Authority: NDCC 43-32-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-32-08.1, 43-32-08.2
### § 66-03-01-03. Board approval.

Any continuing education credits completed for renewal of licensure must be approved by the
board. An approved program of continuing education means an educational or competence training
program offered by an approved provider of continuing education. An approved provider of continuing
education means any professional association or society, university, college, corporation, or other entity
that has been approved by the board to provide educational programs that are designed to assure
continued competence in professional practice. The following providers have been recognized as
approved by the board and do not require pre-approval prior to reporting deadlines:
1. The American psychological association;
2. The Canadian psychological association;

3. The North Dakota or any other state or provincial psychological or behavior analytical
association or regulatory body;
4. The association on behavior analysis international;
5. The behavior analyst certification board;
6. The American association of intellectual and developmental disabilities;
7. The northland association for behavior analysis;
8. The American medical association for content related to practice authorized in North Dakota
century code chapter 43-32; and
9. The association of social work boards approved continuing education program for content
related to practice authorized in North Dakota century code 43-32.
Continuing education programs may be approved at any time by the board by submission of a
continuing education program approval application form by the sponsoring provider
organization and payment of a twenty-five dollar fee. A licensee planning to attend a program
that has not been pre-approved may submit an approval application form without a fee.
History: Effective February 1, 1995; amended effective September 1, 2000; April 1, 2007; July 1, 2012;
April 1, 2016; July 1, 2018.
General Authority: NDCC 43-32-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-32-08.1
### § 66-03-01-04. Categories of continuing education programs and credits.

A minimum of three continuing education credits per reporting cycle must be in the area of
professional ethics, law, or jurisprudence. A minimum of three continuing education credits per reporting
cycle must be in the area of supervision for licensees supervising psychology residents or registered
applied behavior analysts. The board recognizes the following categories of continuing education
programs or activities and established credit hours:
1. Formal continuing education programs that may consist of courses, workshops, professional
psychology conventions or conferences, or institutes. Such programs must include both
instructor and attendee real-time interaction on a verbal level whether in person or through
interactive video technologies. The number of continuing education credits assigned by an
association recognized by the board will be accepted. Otherwise the credits will be one credit
per clock-hour.
2. Regularly scheduled postgraduate courses offered by an accredited college or university that
are relevant to the practice of psychology, industrial-organizational psychology, or applied
behavior analysis. One quarter hour of academic credit constitutes ten continuing education
credits. One semester hour of academic credit constitutes fifteen continuing education credits.
Documentation by transcript is required.
3. Writing or speaking, including a paper or other presentation at a formal professional meeting,
a paper published in a professional journal, or a book or an original chapter in an edited book
in the area of psychology or a related field. Credit will be granted for the year of publication or
presentation in the case of a paper. Graduate course teachings within a higher education
setting will be granted at twenty continuing education credits for the initial year of offering.
Continuing education credits will be granted at the rate of five for each paper or presentation,
fifteen for each chapter in a book, fifteen for editing a book, and twenty for the publication of a
book. Continuing education credits will be granted only once for any given paper or

presentation. A maximum of twenty continuing education credits per reporting cycle will be
granted for continuing education programs in this category.
4. Correspondence or online courses, recordings, or independent readings approved by the
board or by one of the associations recognized by the board which include an examination
component successfully completed by the licensee. A maximum of twenty continuing
education credits per reporting cycle will be granted for continuing education programs in this
category.
History: Effective February 1, 1995; amended effective September 1, 2000; April 1, 2007; July 1, 2012;
April 1, 2016; January 1, 2020.
General Authority: NDCC 43-32-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-32-08.1
### § 66-03-01-05. Verification of continuing education credits and programs.

1. At the end of the two-year reporting cycle, each licensee must submit a completed and signed
statement on a form provided by the board attesting to satisfaction of the continuing education
requirement. The licensee shall list the activities submitted for continuing education credit and
the amount of credit claimed for each.
2. The licensee may not submit the specific verification of each continuing education experience
claimed, but must maintain a file of such verification documentation for two years following the
submission of the reporting form.
3. At each reporting period, the board will select a random sampling of approximately ten percent
of the licensees and require them to provide verification of the continuing education
experiences claimed on the reporting form.
History: Effective February 1, 1995; amended effective April 1, 2007; July 1, 2012; April 1, 2016;
January 1, 2020.
General Authority: NDCC 43-32-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-32-08.1, 43-32-08.2
### § 66-03-01-06. Failure to comply with the continuing education requirement.

If a licensee does not satisfy the number of credits required for a two-year cycle, the board may
exercise the following options:
1. Extension of time to complete the requirement may be granted if sufficient evidence of illness
or serious extenuating circumstances amounting to good cause is presented in writing to the
board. Requests for extension are due by November fifteenth of the reporting year. If the
extension request is received after November fifteenth of the reporting year, the applicant shall
submit the fee for a late request of an extension of time to submit continuing education
documentation along with the request for an extension. The approval of an extension and the
amount of time granted to complete the requirements are at the sole discretion of the board. If
a request for an extension is granted the licensee will be required to continue to fulfill the
continuing education requirement for the next two-year cycle, in addition to any continuing
education requirements that may apply to the extension period. A licensee who receives an
extension shall undergo a mandatory audit of continued education documentation for the two
reporting cycles following the conclusion of the extension period.
2. Expired license. A license that is expired because of failure to meet the continuing education
requirements will be renewed if, within one year from the date of nonrenewal, the licensee
reapplies for renewal, documents the completion of the previous reporting period continuing
education requirements, pays the renewal fee, and pays the late fee established by the board
in the fee section above.

History: Effective February 1, 1995; amended effective September 1, 2000; April 1, 2007; July 1, 2012;
April 1, 2016; July 1, 2018; January 1, 2020.
General Authority: NDCC 43-32-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-32-08.1, 43-32-08.2
### § 66-03-01-07. Agencies and individual licensure exemptions.

Repealed effective September 1, 2000.
