The Continuing Education Audit Process
The CSWMFT Board conducts a random audit four times a year of
licensees that renew during that given quarter. Your license has
an equal chance of being selected in your renewal period as do
the other licenses in that quarter. This means your license could
be selected every time, once or twice in your career, or never;
it is random. If we pulled out the licenses of people previously
audited, then it would definitely not be done randomly.
In the past, 10% of licensees that renewed in a given quarter
were pulled for audit purposes. Due to the continued high incidence
of audit failures in the last several years, the current percentage
being pulled has increased to 20% and may go above 50% in the
future.
While this process may seem inconvenient to you, please understand
that the Board’s mission is to protect the public by holding
its licensees to the high standard that their profession demands.
Insuring that our licensees comply with their continuing education
requirements helps meet that goal of providing the best quality
of service to clients.
This link CEU Audit Form will
take you to an active PDF Audit form. On this form you are able
to type in your information, print the pages for your signature
and mail it along with your 'attendance certificates' to the Board's
office.
If you are audited, you will be required to submit proof of attendance
for the continuing education programs reported for your last renewal.
A copy of your current disclosure statement must also be submitted.
The Continuing Education Audit Directions
1. You are being audited for your last renewal. You will have
to show proof of the 30 CEUs taken within your last 2 year renewal
period. These CEUs will need to be listed and copies of attendance
certificates attached to your renewal form.
2. If you choose to take advantage of banking hours and you’re
audited, you will need to show 60 hours of CEUs for the last two
renewal periods; this is to prove you didn’t use the banked
CEU hours for the renewal period prior to the most recent.
3.
Banking hours will allow a licensee who has completed more than
their 30 required hours to bank up to 12 hours of those extra
hours for the next renewal period. 4757-9-04 (F)
4.
From the time you receive your audit letter you have approximately
30 days to complete and return your audit form.
5. If you are practicing within the State of Ohio you are required
by law to include a copy of your current disclosure statement.
Please review your disclosure statement to be sure it meets the
Board's requirements (4757.12 & 4757-5-12). Disclosure Statements
are to be displayed and provided to clients prior to the performance
of service.
Below are samples of disclosure statements use them as a guide to
create or update yours.
