20:59:04:01.01.  Courses eligible for continuing education credit -- Distance education. The board may allow continuing education credit for academic credit courses taken at a junior college, college, or university accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency approved by the United States Department of Education, and for nonacademic workshops, seminars, conferences, lectures, and agency staff development training given by an approved continuing education sponsor. Courses for which continuing education credit is allowed must meet the standards in § 20:59:04:09 or 20:59:04:10. Staff development or activities of agencies which address procedural or administrative issues are ineligible. One academic credit hour is equal to 15 contact hours of participation in a noncredit continuing education program.

          The licensee may not have more than ten hours of continuing education in the following: independent or group study including listening to audio tapes, viewing video tapes, or preparing or publishing a professional social work topic or paper as set forth in § 20:49:04:07, or reading professional books or articles.

          Source: 12 SDR 186, effective May 25, 1986; 29 SDR 92, effective December 24, 2002; 45 SDR 82, effective December 10, 2018.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-26-29.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-26-26, 36-26-29.