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Illinois CE requirements for mental health clinicians

Review continuing education hours, ethics requirements, and license renewal guidance for counselors and therapists in Illinois. Confirm current rules with your licensing board.

• LCSW: 30 CE hours every 2 years, including 3 ethics hours — 30 hours per 2-year cycle: 3 ethical practice of social work, 3 cultural competence, plus the statewide 1-hour sexual harassment and implicit bias mandates. One-time 6-hour clinical supervision training due at the second renewal. 68 IAC 1470.
• LMFT: 30 CE hours every 2 years — 30 hours per 2-year cycle: 1 sexual harassment prevention, 1 implicit bias, 1 cultural competency, 1 Alzheimer's every third renewal, 1 mandated reporter every 3 years. 68 IAC 1283.
• LCPC: 30 CE hours every 2 years, including 3 ethics hours — 30 hours per 2-year cycle: 3 Counseling Practice Ethics, 1 sexual harassment prevention, 1 implicit bias, 1 cultural competency, 1 Alzheimer's every third renewal, 1 mandated reporter every 3 years. LCPCs owe a one-time 9-hour clinical supervision block at the second renewal. 68 IAC 1375.220.
• LPC: 30 CE hours every 2 years, including 3 ethics hours — 30 hours per 2-year cycle: 3 Counseling Practice Ethics, 1 sexual harassment prevention, 1 implicit bias, 1 cultural competency, 1 Alzheimer's every third renewal, 1 mandated reporter every 3 years. 68 IAC 1375.220.

Requirements can change; confirm current details with your licensing board.