Psychologist CPD Requirements in Belgium

CPDNo legally mandated number of CPD hours. The title 'psychologist' is protected by the Law of 8 November 1993 and administered by the Commission des Psychologues, which maintains the register (~19,000 registrants) and enforces the Code of Deontology (Royal Decree of 2 April 2014). The Code sets a professional-competence duty — psychologists must work within the limits of their competence and keep their knowledge and skills up to date with developments in the discipline — but it does not quantify this as a fixed annual/cyclical CPD hour requirement, and there is no statutory continuing-education audit tied to renewal of the title. Registration is maintained by paying the annual contribution rather than by documenting CPD hours. CPD is therefore an ethical expectation, not a counted legal obligation, for the protected title.

CPDNo legally mandated number of CPD hours. Clinical psychology is a fully regulated autonomous healthcare profession under the Coordinated Law of 10 May 2015 on the exercise of the healthcare professions (as introduced by the Law of 4 April 2014 and amended by the Law of 10 July 2016). Practice requires an agrément (accreditation of the qualifying master's diploma, min. 5-year / 300-ECTS training) from the relevant Community plus a visa ('licence to practise') from FPS Health. Access and recognition criteria are set by Royal Decree (e.g. Royal Decree of 26 April 2019 and accreditation-criteria decrees), and the general healthcare-professions duty to maintain competence applies. However, there is no national statutory CPD hour requirement, no fixed renewal cycle tied to documented continuing education, and no accreditation-point system comparable to the physicians'/INAMI-RIZIV scheme for keeping the visa. CPD is expected as part of competent practice but is not counted or audited by hours.

CPDNo legally mandated number of CPD hours. Clinical orthopedagogy is a regulated autonomous healthcare profession under the same framework as clinical psychology — the Coordinated Law of 10 May 2015 (introduced by the Law of 4 April 2014, amended by the Law of 10 July 2016). Practice requires a Community agrément of the qualifying master's diploma plus a FPS Health visa. Recognition and access criteria are set by Royal Decree, and the general duty to maintain professional competence applies, but no national statutory CPD hour count, fixed CPD renewal cycle, or accreditation-point system is imposed to retain the visa. CPD is an ethical/competence expectation, not a counted legal requirement.