Certain professionals in California and Pennsylvania have the unique opportunity to earn continuing education credits for taking their mandated reporter training courses. Learn more about which courses are eligible and who can claim CE for them.
Read on to learn more, or select your state and job title below.
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California Continuing Education Credits
Registered and Public Health Nurses
Mandated Reporter Training offers three continuing education courses for California Registered Nurses (RNs), who can earn a total of 7 contact hours.
An additional course, worth 3 more contact hours, is available to Public Health Nurses, allowing them to earn a total of up to 10 contact hours.
The courses are:
- Mandated Reporter Training of Child Abuse & Neglect for Registered Nurses
- Mandated Reporter Training & Dependent Adult Abuse for Registered Nurses
- Implicit Bias Training for Registered Nurses
- Advanced Skills Mandated Reporter Training for Registered Nurses
All four of Mandated Reporter Training’s continuing education programs for nurses are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Simple Learning Systems, the parent company of MandatedReporterTraining.com, is a licensed continuing education provider with the Department of Consumer Affairs - license number CEP17835.
FAQs for Registered Nurses Earning CE Credits
Q: How many CE contact hours do I need?
A: Registered nurses in California need 30 hours of continuing education credit every two years to maintain an active license. Mandated Reporter Training can help you complete 7 of these hours, with an additional 3 for Public Health Nurses.
Q: Do these courses meet the mandated reporter training requirements for Public Health Nurses?
A: Public Health Nurses in California have extended CE requirements, calling for 7 hours of training on the mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect as a licensing requirement. All 7 hours can be earned through Mandated Reporter Training by completing the training on reporting child abuse for RNs and the specialized advanced skills mandated reporter training course. Public Health Nurses can bring their total up to 10 hours by adding on the elder abuse reporting and implicit bias training courses.
Q: What records should I keep of my CE courses?
A: Random audits of CE compliance are conducted regularly. Because of this, the Board of Registered Nursing asks that RNs keep their certificates and grade slips for 4 years as proof of completion.
Q: Am I required to take implicit bias training?
A: As of January 1, 2023, registered nurse licensees still within the first 2 years of holding their license, immediately following their initial licensure, must complete 1 hour in an implicit bias course offered by a CE provider approved by the Board of Registered Nursing. Mandated Reporter Training’s implicit bias course for RNs meets this requirement.
Fiduciaries
Mandated Reporter Training offers a 1-hour continuing education course designed for California fiduciaries and other financial professionals in the state.
Learn more about the course, Mandated Reporting of Elder & Dependent Adult Abuse for Financial Professionals.
This course is approved by the Professional Fiduciaries Bureau for 1 hour of continuing education credit for licensed fiduciaries in CA.
FAQs for Licensed Fiduciaries Earning CE Credits
Q: How many hours of CE do I need?
A: Renewing a fiduciary license in California requires 15 hours of continuing education coursework each year. Mandated Reporter Training’s course for fiduciaries can account for 1 of these hours.
Q: How do I determine if a CE course is relevant for fiduciaries?
A: The Professional Fiduciaries Bureau asks that licensees review course descriptions for all CE courses to determine if the course is relevant to professional fiduciaries, as they do not maintain or oversee information provided by course providers.
The description for Mandated Reporter Training’s course for fiduciaries can be found here. This description includes information on how the training’s content delves into a fiduciary’s responsibilities as a mandated reporter of elder financial abuse.
Q: How do I track my continuing education hours?
A: Fiduciaries need to keep records of the completion of their CE courses for at least three years following the date of license renewal.
The Professional Fiduciaries Bureau has a form to assist in tracking your hours, although their website states, “do not submit this form to the Bureau.” Download the form and learn more about CE requirements on their website.
Q: How can I verify that Mandated Reporter Training is an approved continuing education provider?
A: The Professional Fiduciaries Bureau lists a selection of approved continuing education providers on their website, as does the California Board of Registered Nursing. When verifying our CE approval, look for Mandated Reporter Training’s parent company, Simple Learning Systems, listed as a licensed continuing education provider with the Department of Consumer Affairs. View license information here.
Pennsylvania Continuing Education Credits for Health Industries
Mandated Reporter Training offers two continuing education courses for Pennsylvania mandated reporters who work in the health industry in the state.
Which of the two Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training courses you should take depends on the status of your professional license.
- Professionals seeking their initial licensure should take the 3-hour course.
- Professionals renewing their licenses should take the 2-hour course.
Health-related licensees or certificate holders, as well as funeral directors, are mandatory reporters in Pennsylvania, and thus are required to take training on the topic of child abuse recognition and reporting approved by the Department of Human Services.
Simple Learning Systems, the parent company of MandatedReporterTraining.com, is an approved continuing education provider (Provider# CACE000100) licensed with the Pennsylvania Department of State’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.
FAQs for Health Industry Professionals Earning CE Credits
Q: Which professions can earn CE for taking these courses?
A: The three-hour and two-hour courses available to mandated and permissive reporters in Pennsylvania earn continuing education credit for professionals licensed by the state Board of Funeral Directors or any of the health-related boards, except for the veterinary board. This can include, among others:
- The State Board of Medicine
- The State Board of Nursing
- The State Board of Pharmacy
- The State Board of Psychology
View a list of boards and commissions in the State of Pennsylvania.
Q: How are the results of my course submitted?
A: In Pennsylvania, continuing education results must be submitted electronically by the provider. We will submit the results of your course upon completion. Please note that this process can take up to 7 days.
Q: Does this still apply to me if I don’t come into contact with children in the practice of my profession?
A: Pennsylvania’s Act 31 of 2014, which created training requirements for the state’s mandated reporters, applies to all health-related licensees and funeral directors.
The Act 31 FAQs from the Pennsylvania Department of State explain that the law “applies to all health-related licensees and funeral directors, regardless of whether they feel that they come into contact with children in their profession or not.”
Q: How often do I need to take the license renewal course?
A: 2 hours of child abuse recognition and reporting continuing education are required as a condition of your biennial license renewal, so the course must be taken every two years.
