NAC641.137. Continuing education: Requirement for approval of course or program by Board.

     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; and

     (i) Differences in persons, including personality therapy, human development, abnormal psychology, psychopathology and the psychology of persons with disabilities.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Psychological Exam’rs, eff. 12-28-95; A by R090-01, 2-7-2002)