20:73:06:05.  Qualified continuing education. Qualified continuing education is an academic course, workshop, clinic, forum, lecture, program, seminar, or other educational activity delivered for the purpose of increasing or sustaining the proficiency of the licensee in the practice of counseling, as defined in SDCL subdivision 36-32-47(3).

          An academic semester credit equals 15 continuing education hours and a quarter credit equals ten continuing education requirements hours.

          No qualified continuing education may be repeated in consecutive continuing education cycles.

          Source: 47 SDR 42, effective October 14, 2020.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-32-56.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-32-72, 36-32-73, 36-32-74, 36-32-75.