CHAPTER 18

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Section 1.  Authority. The Board promulgates these rules according to authority granted by Wyoming Statute 33-27-116(j).

 Section 2. Continuing Education Requirements for Psychologists, Psychological Practitioners, and Specialists in School Psychology.

 (a) Each licensee and certificate holder shall complete forty (40) approved continuing education (CE) hours every two (2) years. The period to obtain the CE hours may be extended by the Board if the licensee or certificate holder shows good cause. 

 (b) CE hours shall be earned as follows:

  (i) Each licensee and certificate holder shall complete at least three (3) CE hours in ethics, and three (3) CE hours in Risk Assessment every two (2) years.

   (A) APA or NASP approval is not required for ethics and Risk Assessment CE hours.

   (B) Risk Assessment includes learning about harm to self, harm to others, an inability to care for one's self, or a combination thereof. 

  (ii) At least ten (10) of the forty (40) required CE hours shall be APA or NASP approved courses. The remaining CE hours may be satisfied from Section (iii) below or may be earned by taking APA or NASP approved courses.

  (iii) Remaining CE hours may be earned through the following:

   (A) Taking a course approved by any state's psychology association;

   (B) Teaching a graduate or undergraduate course in the field of psychology for the first time (maximum of 20 CE hours); 1 college course is equivalent to 10 CE hours.

   (C) Taking a regionally accredited, graduate level, psychology course (maximum of 20 CE hours). One college credit is the equivalent of seven (7) CE hours. 

   (D) Conducting a psychology related presentation (maximum of 20 CE hours);

    (I) A full-day presentation is a minimum of six (6) hours in duration and eligible for ten (10) CE hours;

    (II) A half-day presentation is a minimum of three (3) hours in duration and is eligible for a maximum of five (5) CE hours.

   (E) Having served for at least one (1) year on the Board of Psychology, as an elected office holder of a state psychological association, in a recognized role of a national psychology body, or similar (10 CE hours per year; maximum 20 CE per CE cycle); 

   (F) Participation of at least one (1) year in community mental health boards, including participation on hospital boards, in local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapters, suicide awareness or prevention boards, or similar (5 CE hours per year; maximum 10 CE per renewal cycle);

   (G) Publication in a PR journal or book; or publication of a chapter in an academic psychology book. One publication is the equivalent of ten 10 CE hours (maximum 10 CE hours per CE cycle);

   (H) Reading professionally related books. One book is the equivalent of one CE hour (maximum of 5 CE hours).

 (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), becoming ABPP Board Certified shall satisfy the full forty (40) hour CE requirement. This option may only be used once during the time the licensee or certificate holder is licensed or certified in Wyoming.  for one renewal period.

 (d) Licensees and certificate holders shall provide documentation justifying the completion of all CE hours and how they relate to the practice of psychology.

 (e) Effective June 30, 2026 all CE hours must be earned in the two (2) years prior to a licensee's or certificate holder's renewal.

 Section 3. Failure to Satisfy Continuing Education Requirements.

 (a) A licensee or certificate holder who has not completed forty (40) CE hours in the preceding two (2) years may request an extension of time with the Board. The extension request must be made at least forty-five (45) days prior to expiration of the license or certificate requesting an extension of time. 

 (b) The Board may grant the extension if the licensee or certificate holder demonstrates that:

  (i) Adherence to the rule would be unduly burdensome to the licensee or certificate holder for reasons of health, disability, family emergency, or extreme financial hardship;

  (ii) Waiver of the rule would not injure third persons; and

  (iii) Waiver is necessary due to factors outside the control of the licensee or certificate holder.