<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.42.06.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="42" chapter_num="06" heading="Continuing Education Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall renew a license for an additional 2-year period if the social worker:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Completes 40 (30 for Licensed Bachelor Social Workers) continuing education units within the renewal period, of which a minimum of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>20 (15 for Licensed Bachelor Social Workers) continuing education units shall be obtained from approved programs which are Category I;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>3 of the required Category I or Category II continuing education units shall have a content area focusing on ethics and professional conduct, including boundary issues, or pertaining to the standards of practice and laws governing the profession of social work in Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>For registered and Board-approved supervisors, 3 of the required Category I or Category II continuing education units shall have a content area focusing on supervision as stipulated in COMAR 10.42.08.04B(3); and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>3 of the required Category I continuing education units shall have anti-oppressive social work practice content focusing on race, culture, or equity, and include one or more of the following topics:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Cultural humility;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Social justice;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Racial equity;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Implicit bias; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Anti-racism practices;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submits an application as set forth in COMAR 10.42.01 attesting to completion of the required continuing education units in approved programs; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Completes the required continuing education units within a 2-year period as set forth in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Time Frame.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Renewed licenses are valid for a 2-year period from November 1 through and including October 31, during which time continuing education units may be earned.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Continuing education units obtained in one renewal period may not be carried over to the next renewal period.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>