Section 17-3730. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSEES

3730.1 This section shall apply to all applicants for the renewal or reinstatement of a barber, cosmetology, or specialty cosmetology license, including Manager and Instructor licenses, except those applicants seeking first renewal of a license.

3730.2 A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 3731. Licensees are responsible for ensuring that continuing education courses taken to satisfy the Board’s renewal or reinstatement requirements are Board certified or approved.

3730.3 An applicant for renewal of a license shall submit to the Board proof of having completed at least six (6) hours of credit in approved continuing education programs during the term of the license. Two (2) of these hours shall be in health, safety, and welfare subjects. Four (4) of these hours shall consist of general elective courses, as approved by the Board.

3730.4 Licensees who also hold equivalent licenses in another jurisdiction may, at the Board’s discretion, substitute continuing education credits completed in the other jurisdiction for the general elective continuing education requirements under this section if the licensee earned the continuing education credits during the two (2) year period proceeding the date that the licensee’s District license expires.

3730.5 The Board may approve educational offerings that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

(a) Courses related to the practice of barbering, cosmetology, and specialty cosmetology;

(b) District laws and regulations;

(c) Ethics and standards of professional practice;

(d) Occupational health and safety;

(e) HIV/AIDS and communicable and infectious disease control;

(f) Product knowledge;

(g) Business;

(h) Management (Managers only); and

(i) Education or Instruction (Instructors only).

3730.6 Upon request by the Board, an applicant shall prove completion of required continuing education credits by submitting a certification of completion that includes the following:

(a) The name and address of the sponsor of the program;

(b) The name of the program, its location, a description of the subject matter covered, and the names of the instructors;

(c) The dates on which the applicant attended the program;

(d) The hours of credit claimed; and

(e) A verification of completion with the signature and seal of the sponsor.

3730.7 An applicant for reinstatement of an expired license or for reinstatement of a suspended or revoked license shall submit proof pursuant to § 3730.3 of having completed all continuing education credits that the applicant would have been required to take per licensing cycle if the applicant’s license had not expired or had not been suspended or revoked.

3730.8 An applicant for the renewal of a license who fails to submit proof of having completed the continuing education requirements by or before the expiration date may renew the license within sixty (60) days after expiration by submitting proof pursuant to § 3730.6 and by paying the required late fee. Upon renewal, the Board shall deem the applicant to have possessed a valid license during the period between the expiration of the license and its renewal.

3730.9 If an applicant for the renewal of a license fails to submit proof of completion of continuing education requirements within sixty (60) days after the expiration of the applicant’s license, the license shall be deemed to have lapsed on the date of expiration, and the applicant shall be required to apply for reinstatement of the expired license pursuant to § 3308 of this chapter.

3730.10 The Board may grant an extension of the sixty (60) day period to renew after expiration if the applicant’s failure to submit proof of completion was for good cause. For purposes of this subsection, “good cause” includes proof of the following:

(a) Serious and protracted illness of the applicant who submits a doctor’s statement verifying the illness;

(b) The death or serious and protracted illness of a member of the applicant’s immediate family, which death or illness resulted in the applicant’s inability to complete the continuing education requirements within the specified time. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “immediate family” means the applicant’s spouse and any parent, brother, sister, or child of the applicant and the spouse of any such parent, brother, sister, or child;

(c) The applicant, due to age (seventy (70) years of age or older), is unable to complete the requirements within the specified time; or

(d) Active military service.

authority

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, pursuant to the authority set forth in D.C. Official Code § 47-2853.10(a)(12)(2005 Repl.) and Mayor’s Order 2000-70, dated May 2, 2000.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 8353 (September 30, 2011).