The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 3238)
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§ 3238. Biennial renewals
(a) Licenses and certifications shall be renewed every two years on a schedule set by
the Office upon:
(1) Payment of the required fee.
(2) Documentation that the applicant has completed at least 40 hours of continuing education,
approved by the Director. Synchronous virtual continuing education credits shall be
approvable and accepted as live in-person training. Continuing education requirements
shall include requiring one or more continuing education units in the area of systematic
oppression and anti-oppressive practice, or in related topic areas, consistent with
the report recommendations from the Health Equity Advisory Commission required pursuant
to 2021 Acts and Resolves No. 33, Sec. 5 for improving cultural competency, cultural
humility, and antiracism in Vermont’s health care system. If the licensee is licensed
in one or more other mental health professions under this title, continuing education
units completed for one mental health profession shall count toward the required continuing
education units for the other mental health profession or professions for which the
licensee is licensed under this title.
(b) [Repealed.]
(c) Any application for reinstatement of a license or certification that has expired shall
be accompanied by the appropriate fees. A person shall not be required to pay renewal
fees for years during which the license or certification was lapsed.
(d) [Repealed.] (Added 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 129, eff. May 20, 2014; amended 2015, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2016; 2021, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2023.)