Illinois: Illinois requires each biennial 24 hours of continuing education and of those 24 hours at least 3 hours must be related to the ethics. Continuing education may be earned by participating in a course or program by an approved continuing education sponsor; completing postgraduate training programs; and for teaching in the field of psychology in an accredited college, university, graduate school or as an instructor of a program by approved sponsors. Postgraduate course and teaching courses have maximums as to the number to be counted towards the required 24 hours. Continuing education records are to be maintained for the previous 8 years. Illinois has provisions for waivers of continuing education for hardship.

Iowa: Iowa requires 40 hours of continuing education each biennium. For the second renewal period, licensees' continuing education must include 6 hours in either Iowa mental health laws and regulations or risk management. For all subsequent renewals, licensees' continuing education must include 6 hours in any of the following: ethics, federal mental health laws, Iowa mental health laws or risk management. Board members may obtain continuing education hours based upon attendance and participation at board meetings. Continuing education may be earned as follows: mandatory reporter training; programs sponsored by the American Psychological Association or Iowa Psychological Association; approved workshops, conferences or symposiums; academic coursework; home study or electronically transmitted courses; scholarly research published in recognized professional publication; and preparing and teaching courses or programs. Iowa does not have provisions on hardship waivers.

Michigan: Michigan does not require continuing education for psychologists.

Minnesota: Minnesota requires 40 hours of continuing education each biennium. Continuing education may be earned as follows: developing and teaching an academic course; attending courses or presentations based on scientific, practice or professional standards foundations; graduate level courses in psychology; developing presentation, or taped or computerized materials based on scientific, practice or professional standards foundations; and authoring, editing or reviewing a psychological publication. Continuing education records must be maintained for 8 years after the renewal date. Variances may be granted for completion of continuing education outside the biennium. The board randomly audits a percentage of renewing licensees each month for compliance with continuing education.

The Board considered the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Board's recommendations for continuing education and the continuing education requirements of other states. In addition, the Board reviewed recent audit results to determine what issues required clarification for the credential holders.

This rule was posted for 14 days for economic comments and none were received. The Board determines that the modification of existing rules to clarify continuing education requirements, which does not increase the requirement, does not create an effect on small business nor have an economic impact.

The Fiscal Estimate and Economic Impact Analysis follows.

These proposed rules do not have an economic impact on small businesses, as defined in s. 227.114 (1), Stats. The Department's Regulatory Review Coordinator may be contacted by email at Tom.Engels@wisconsin.gov, or by calling (608) 266-8608.

Sharon Henes, Administrative Rules Coordinator, Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Policy Development, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 8366, Madison, Wisconsin 53708; telephone 608-261-2377; email at Sharon.Henes@wisconsin.gov.

Section 1. Chapter Psy 4 (title) is amended to read:

REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

Section 2. Psy 4.015 is created to read:

Psy 4.015 Definitions. In this chapter:

(1) “Board" means Wisconsin Psychology Examining Board.

(1) “Continuing education hour" means a period of continuing education consisting of not less than 50 minutes.

(2) “Ethics" means content consistent with one or more of the American Psychological Association's ethical principles of psychologists.

(3) “Jurisprudence" means content relating to state and federal laws and regulations affecting the practice of psychology.

(4) “Risk management" means content relating to the reduction of probability of incurring legal, regulatory or malpractice actions in the practice of psychology.

(5) “ Trainee" means a person who is obtaining appropriate experience in psychological work under supervision per s. 455.04 (1) (d), Wis. Stats.

Section 3. Psy 4.02 is repealed

Section 4. Psy 4.025 is created to read:

Psy 4.025 Continuing education. (1) Unless granted a postponement or waiver under s. 4.04 every licensee shall complete at least 40 board approved continuing education hours in each biennial registration period, beginning October 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(a) A minimum of six hours of the required 40 continuing education hours shall be in ethics, risk management or jurisprudence.

(b) Continuing education hours completed in the topics of supervision or suicide prevention shall be calculated as 1.5 times the numbers of continuing education hours obtained.

(2) Continuing education hours may apply only to the registration period in which the hours are acquired. If a license has been allowed to lapse, the board may grant permission to apply continuing education hours acquired after lapse of the license to a previous biennial period of licensure during which required continuing education was not acquired. In no case may continuing education hours be applied to more than one biennial period.

(3) During the time between initial licensure and commencement of a full 2-year licensure period, in Wisconsin, initial licensees shall not be required to meet continuing education requirements.

(4) Applicants from other states applying under s. 455.04 (1) (e) or (4) (f), Stats., shall submit proof of completion of at least 40 board approved continuing education hours obtained within 2 years prior to application. An applicant who first obtained licensure as a psychologist or private practice school psychologist less than 2 years prior to submitting the Wisconsin application is not required to meet this subsection

Section 5. Psy 4.03 is renumbered to Psy 4.06 and amended to read:

Psy 4.06 Renewal of a lapsed license. Failure to renew a license by September 30 of odd-numbered years shall cause the license to lapse. A licensee who allows the license to lapse may apply to the board for renewal of the license as follows:

(1) If the licensee applies for renewal of the license less than 5 years after its expiration, the license shall be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee and fulfillment of the 40 continuing education hours completed within 2 years prior to renewal.

(2) If the licensee applies for renewal of the license more than 5 years after its expiration, the board shall make an inquiry as it finds necessary to determine whether the applicant is competent to practice as a psychologist or private practice school psychologist in this state, and shall impose any reasonable conditions on renewal of the license that the board considers appropriate. An applicant under this subsection is presumed to be competent to practice as a psychologist or private practice school psychologist in this state if at the time of application the applicant is licensed by a similar examining board of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province whose standards, in the opinion of the board, are equivalent to or higher than the requirements for licensure as a psychologist under s. 455.04 (1), Stats., or as a private practice school psychologist under s. 455.04 (4), Stats. The examining board shall require each applicant under this subsection to have completed at least 40 hours of continuing education obtained within 2 years preceding the application for renewal and to pass the appropriate examination specified under s. 455.045 (1) (b) or (2) (b), Stats.

Section 6. Psy 4.035, 4.04 and 4.05 are created to read:

Psy 4.035 Approved continuing education. (1) The board shall approve all of the following programs and courses, if relevant to the professional practice of psychology:

(a) Continuing education programs and courses sponsored by an organization approved by one of the following:

1. American Psychological Association.

2. National Association of School Psychologists.

3. Canadian Psychological Association.

(b) Continuing education programs and courses sponsored by one of the following:

1. Wisconsin Psychological Association.

2. Wisconsin School Psychologists Association.

(c) Educational programs recognized as approved at the time of attendance as “category I" continuing medical education programs by the council on medical education of the American Medical Association or the American Osteopathic Association.

(d) Continuing education courses approved by the psychology licensing board in another state where the psychologist is also licensed.

(e) Graduate level courses of two semester or three quarter credits, or more, relevant to the professional practice of psychology offered by an accredited college or university in which a person receives a passing grade shall be granted 20 continuing education hours.

(f) No more than eight hours of continuing education hours may be credited per day for courses and programs in par. (a) through (d).

(2) Continuing education hours shall be granted for teaching or presenting any of the programs or courses in sub. (1) but no credit will be granted for any subsequent presentations of the same program or course. A teacher or presenter shall receive 2 continuing education hours for each hour of presentation with a maximum of 20 continuing education hours.

(3) A licensee shall be granted 6 hours of continuing education for each professional activity, with a maximum of 12 continuing education hours. Continuing education hours shall be granted for professional activities as follows:

(a) Serving on the American Psychological Association or its affiliated state psychological association committee or board.

(b) Serving on a state Psychology Examining Board.

(c) Serving on the National Association of School Psychologists or its affiliated state association committee or board.

(d) Serving on the American Board of Professional Psychology committee or board.

(e) Serving on the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral Internship Centers committee or board.

(f) Serving on the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards committee or board.

(g) Serving as a reviewer for a peer reviewed publication.

(4) Continuing education hours shall be granted for first or second authorship of a publication relevant to psychology if the publication is contained in an academic or professional book or book chapter or peer-reviewed journal article. A licensee shall receive 10 continuing education hours per authorship, with a maximum of 20 continuing education hours.

(5) Continuing education hours shall be granted for earning board certification by the American Board of Professional Psychology. A licensee who successfully completes board certification shall receive 40 continuing education hours. The ethics, risk management or jurisprudence requirement may not be met unless the board certification process included at least six hours on those topics.

(6) Continuing education hours shall be granted for completion of a master's or doctoral degree in psychopharmacology from an accredited college or university. Licensees who complete a master's or doctoral degree in psychopharmacology shall receive 40 continuing education hours. The ethics, risk management or jurisprudence requirement may not be met unless the coursework included those topics.

(7) Continuing education hours shall be granted for providing supervision to one or more psychological trainees. Continuing education hours for providing supervision shall be calculated as .25 times the number of hours of supervision with a maximum of 20 continuing education hours.

(8) (a) Continuing education hours shall be granted for the evaluation of a community mental health program, as defined in s. 51.01 (3n), Stats., and approved by the department of health services according to rules promulgated under s. 51.42 (7) (b), Stats. Four hours of assistance, including hours in training required by the department of health services, are equal to one continuing education hour for the purposes of this section.

(b) A licensee wishing to apply for continuing education credit under this subsection shall register in advance with the board, and shall notify the board on a form provided by the board

of the dates and the total number of hours in any biennium for which the applicant will be available to provide assistance. The board shall make referrals to the department of health services in the order applicants are received.

Psy 4.04 Postponement, Waiver and Exemptions (1) A licensee may apply to the board for a postponement or waiver of the requirements of this chapter on grounds of prolonged illness or disability, or on other grounds constituting extreme hardship. The board shall consider each application individually on its merits, and the board may grant a postponement, partial waiver or total waiver as deemed appropriate.

(2) The board may grant an exemption from the requirements of this section to a licensee who certifies to the board that the licensee has permanently retired from the practice of psychology or the private practice of school psychology.

(3) A licensee who has been granted an exemption from the requirements of this chapter based on retirement from the practice of psychology or the private practice of school psychology may not return to active practice without submitting evidence satisfactory to the board of having completed 40 credits of continuing education hours obtained within 2 years prior to the return to the practice of psychology.

Psy 4.05 Record Keeping and Audits (1) A licensee shall retain for a minimum period of 6 years and shall make available to the board or its agent upon request the following proof of continuing education:

(a) Certificate of attendance issued by the program sponsor. The certificate shall include the name of the licensee, date of attendance, sponsor name, hours and title of course.

(b) Unofficial transcript for graduate level courses or psychopharmacology degree.

(c) Documentation of publication.

(d) Verification from the organization, on organization letterhead, documenting professional activities including the dates of service.

(e) Documentation of board certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology.

(f) Documentation verifying the dates and number of hours of voluntary, uncompensated services provided in assisting the department of health services using a form provided by the department of safety and professional services.

(g) Attestation form, provided by the department of safety and professional services, documenting supervision including the dates of supervision and total number of hours per day.

(2) The board may conduct a random audit of licensees on a biennial basis for compliance with continuing education requirements. The board may conduct an audit on any licensee who has come under investigation by the board for alleged misconduct.

Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The rules adopted in this order shall take effect on October 1, 2015.

STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION DOA-2049 (R03/2012)	Division of Executive Budget and Finance 101 East Wilson Street, 10th Floor P.O. Box 7864 Madison, WI 53707-7864 FAX: (608) 267-0372
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Fiscal Estimate & Economic Impact Analysis

1. Type of Estimate and Analysis
X Original   ⍽ Updated   ⍽ Corrected
2. Administrative Rule Chapter, Title and Number
Psy 4
3. Subject
Continuing education
4. Fund Sources Affected			5. Chapter 20, Stats. Appropriations Affected
⍽ GPR   ⍽ FED   X PRO   ⍽ PRS   ⍽ SEG   ⍽ SEG-S			20.165(1)(g)
6. Fiscal Effect of Implementing the Rule
X No Fiscal Effect ⍽ Indeterminate	⍽ Increase Existing Revenues ⍽ Decrease Existing Revenues		⍽ Increase Costs ⍽ Could Absorb Within Agency's Budget ⍽ Decrease Cost
7. The Rule Will Impact the Following (Check All That Apply)
⍽ State's Economy ⍽ Local Government Units		⍽ Specific Businesses/Sectors ⍽ Public Utility Rate Payers ⍽ Small Businesses (if checked, complete Attachment A)
8. Would Implementation and Compliance Costs Be Greater Than $20 million? ⍽ Yes   X No
9. Policy Problem Addressed by the Rule
Recent continuing education audits have revealed confusion in the continuing education requirements, including whether specific topic areas, if any, must be addressed by their continuing education.
10. Summary of the businesses, business sectors, associations representing business, local governmental units, and individuals that may be affected by the proposed rule that were contacted for comments.
This rule was posted for 14 days for economic comments and none were received.
11. Identify the local governmental units that participated in the development of this EIA.
None
12. Summary of Rule's Economic and Fiscal Impact on Specific Businesses, Business Sectors, Public Utility Rate Payers, Local Governmental Units and the State's Economy as a Whole (Include Implementation and Compliance Costs Expected to be Incurred)
This rule will not have an economic or fiscal impact on specific businesses, business sectors, public utility rate payers, local governmental units or the state's economy as a whole. The rule addresses the licensee's continuing education.
13. Benefits of Implementing the Rule and Alternative(s) to Implementing the Rule
The benefits of implementing the rule is to streamline the approval process for continuing education, reflect current continuing education programs and create clarity in the continuing education requirements. The alternate is the rule will not be in conformity with the statutory requirements as it relates to required topics.
14. Long Range Implications of Implementing the Rule
The long range implication is to create clarity in the continuing education requirements.
15. Compare With Approaches Being Used by Federal Government
None
16. Compare With Approaches Being Used by Neighboring States (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota)
Illinois requires 24 hours of continuing education with 3 hours in ethics. Iowa requires 40 hours of continuing education including designating topics for 6 hours. Minnesota requires 40 hours of continuing education. Michigan does not require continuing education for psychologists.
17. Contact Name				18. Contact Phone Number
Sharon Henes				(608) 261-2377