District of Columbia Social Workers CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
Dist. Columbia Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NetCE is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. NetCE maintains responsibility for this course.
The District of Columbia Department of Health Board of Social Work accepts courses from any provider who is ASWB approved.
Continuing Education Requirement
Attention Dist. Columbia Social Workers: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the board voted to extend the suspension of live, in-person, face-to-face requirements of subsections (a) and (c) of 17 DCMR 7008.4 through the current licensure term from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. Accordingly, District social workers may fulfill their CE requirement with CE programs or activities obtained via remote methods, distance learning, or home studies. For more information, please visit https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/service_content/attachments/Policy%20Statement%20-%20BoSW%20Guidance%20on%20Suspension%20of%20Face-to-Face%20Continuing%20Education%20.pdf.
The District of Columbia Department of Health Board of Social Work accepts NetCE courses.
LICSWs, LISWs, LGSWs, and LSWAs are required 40 hours every two years, 12 of which may completed by independent home study.*
A minimum of 2 hours must be in cultural competency focusing on patients who identify as LGBTQ and 6 of the 40 hours must be in ethics.
Licensees must complete 4 of the 40 required hours for renewal on topics designated
by the Director of the DOH as a public health priority.
Current topics
include:
- Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management;
- Nutrition and obesity prevention;
- Identifying and reporting abuse (child and adult), neglect (child and adult), human trafficking, and domestic violence;
- Sexual health (including sexual history, discussing sexual experiences, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, HPV vaccines, connections to cancer, latent tuberculosis, safe sex, and birth control);
- Ethics and appropriate patient interactions (including boundaries, patient privacy, and telehealth communication);
- Smoking, vaping, and tobacco (including dangers, smoking cessation, and non-smoke tobacco products);
- Preparing patients for an emergency and handling vulnerable populations in an emergency;
- Identifying impairment (physical or mental) in patients and providers (including complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act);
- Vaccinations (including legal requirements and appropriate exemptions); and
- Implicit bias, cultural competence, and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health care.
NEW Effective August 11, 2021, the DC Department of Health now requires all licensees to complete 2 contact hours of continuing education on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and effectiveness on or before September 30, 2021.
*NetCE courses are considered independent home study.
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Please contact the District of Columbia Department of Health Board of Social Work at (877) 672-2174, or refer to https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/publication/attachments/Chapter%2070%20Social%20Work%207-5-2019.pdf for additional information regarding your continuing education.