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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.58.05.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="58" chapter_num="05" heading="Continuing Education Qualifications.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To qualify for approval by the Board, continuing education activities shall employ didactic and experiential methods to meet one of the following objectives:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain professional competency;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Increase professional skills and knowledge;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Prepare for new roles or responsibilities in the practice of counseling or therapy; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Expand the science of counseling and therapy theory, method, or practice.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The following activities are specifically excluded from continuing education credit and do not meet any required objective:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Business meetings, professional committee meetings, and meetings concerned with the management of a professional practice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Presentations and publications intended for a lay audience; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Home study.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>