Hungary CE Requirements by License

Hungary

• Minositett kotelezo (mandatory qualified) continuing education
• Munkakorhoz kotott (job-role-linked) continuing education
• Valaszthato (elective) qualified continuing education

Home study: Not specified as a home-study percentage cap; courses are accredited on the qualified-training registry regardless of delivery format.

Board notes: Regulated for CPD purposes but through the social/welfare framework, not healthcare (no OKFO/ENK involvement). The obligation is imposed on persons employed in personal-care social services (szemelyes gondoskodast vegzo szemelyek); the tovabbkepzesi idoszak is generally 6 years with points split across mandatory, job-linked and elective qualified courses, plus a separate senior credential route via the szocialis szakvizsga (social professional examination). Exact per-cycle point totals depend on the worker's qualification level and role and are set out in decree 9/2000. (VIII. 4.) SzCsM and its annexes.

Hungary

• Mandatory maintenance course (kotelezo szintentarto tovabbkepzes)
• Theoretical continuing education
• Practical continuing education
• Freely chosen continuing education

Home study: No explicit online/home-study percentage cap; theoretical points capped at 100/year, practical at 20/year (100/cycle).

Board notes: In Hungary psychotherapy IS regulated as a healthcare specialty: 'pszichoterapeuta' is a recognised added (ratepitett) qualification obtainable by physicians (e.g. psychiatrists) and by clinical psychologists. Because it is an egeszsegugyi szakkepesites, holders are subject to the same statutory continuing-education point system as other clinical health specialists (min. 250 points per ~5-year operating-registry cycle per qualification, including a mandatory maintenance course, theoretical and practical components), administered through a medical university CE centre and required for 5-year renewal of the mukodesi nyilvantartas. There is no separate, differently-scaled CPD scheme for psychotherapists outside this healthcare framework. Hungary does not license generic 'counselors' as a distinct regulated profession; counseling-type roles fall under psychology/psychotherapy or the (separately regulated) social sector.

Hungary

• At least one mandatory maintenance course (kotelezo szintentarto tovabbkepzes) per qualification per cycle
• Theoretical continuing education (elmeleti tovabbkepzes)
• Practical continuing education (gyakorlati tovabbkepzes)
• Freely chosen continuing education (szabadon valaszthato tovabbkepzes)

Home study: Not defined as an online/home-study percentage cap. Instead the theoretical component is capped at 100 theoretical points recognisable per year per qualification; practical points are capped at 20 per year (100 per cycle). Points are attached to accredited courses regardless of delivery mode.

Board notes: Clinical psychology is regulated ONLY as a healthcare specialty (egeszsegugyi felsofoku szakiranyu szakkepesites). To practise autonomously one must hold a valid mukodesi nyilvantartas (operating registry entry), renewed every 5 years, conditioned on completing the continuing-education obligation. Per qualification a minimum of 250 points is required over the ~5-year cycle: at least 150 theoretical points (max 100 theoretical points recognised per year), plus practical points (20/year, min 60 and max 100 per cycle counted from time worked in the specialty), plus a mandatory maintenance course. Up to a limited surplus of freely-chosen theoretical points earned in the final year may be carried to the next cycle. Points are administered not by OKFO but by the postgraduate/CE centre of one of four Hungarian medical universities, where the professional must enrol. General (non-clinical) psychologists working outside the healthcare system are NOT covered by this mandatory point system and Hungary has no separate statutory chamber imposing CPD on all psychologists.

Hungary

Home study: N/A - not a regulated license.

Board notes: Practitioners are governed by whatever underlying healthcare credential they hold; the 'family therapist' designation is a training/competency, not an independent regulated title with its own CPD cycle.

Hungary

Home study: N/A - not regulated in Hungary.

Board notes: No Hungarian regulator. Certification and its CE cycle, where held, are governed entirely by the international/US BACB, independent of Hungarian licensing.