New York Clinical Social Worker CE category requirements

How the contact hours of formal continuing education CE requirement breaks down by category for licensed clinical social workers in New York, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Appropriate Professional Boundaries with Patients/Clients (for registration periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023)
3h

36 hours of acceptable formal CE per 3-year registration period. CE hours may not be carried over to subsequent periods. Self-study courses are limited to 12 hours per 36-month period (one-third for shorter periods); online courses with live instructor interaction are unlimited. An LCSW is exempt from CE during the first 3-year period after licensure. The 3-hour appropriate-boundaries requirement applies to registration periods beginning on or after April 1, 2023 (per NYSED announcement as reported by NYSSSW).

Official source: New York State Education Department - Office of the Professions

⚠️Board rules change. Verify every figure against the official source before relying on it.

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