CE Requirements for Mental Health Counselors (LMHC) in Iowa

• Licensed mental health counselors (LMHC) in Iowa are required to take 40 hours of continuing education every 2 years, including a minimum of 3 hours of ethics.
• Effective with the biennial continuing education compliance period that begins October 1, 2022,
  persons serving in a supervisory role must complete three hours of continuing education in supervision.
• Effective July 1, 2019, a licensee who regularly examines, attends, counsels or treats adults in
  Iowa shall complete, within six months of employment or prior to the expiration of a current certification,
  an initial two-hour course in dependent adult abuse training for mandatory reporters offered by the
  department of health and human services. Thereafter, all mandatory reporters shall take a one-hour
  recertification training every three years, prior to the expiration of a current certification.
• Effective July 1, 2019, a licensee who regularly examines, attends, counsels or treats children in
  Iowa shall complete, within six months of employment or prior to the expiration of a current certification,
  an initial two-hour course in child abuse training for mandatory reporters offered by the department
  of health and human services. Thereafter, all mandatory reporters shall take a one-hour recertification
  training every three years, prior to the expiration of a current certification.
• Renewal Date: 10/1 biennial even-numbered years

CE Approvals

At Health programs meet the continuing education criteria of chapter 645.32 for mental health counselors in Iowa. At Health, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. At Health, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

At Health, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6949. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. At Health, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Iowa LMHCs can earn twenty (20) of their CE credits online through athealth.com.

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CE Requirements for LMHC in Iowa

Page last modified or reviewed by athealth.com on May 1, 2025.

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