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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 17. BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS |
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Chapter 17-48. CHIROPRACTIC |
Section 17-4806. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
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4806.1Subject to § 4806.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license.
4806.2This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial license by examination, nor shall it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a license granted by examination.
4806.3A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program specified in § 4807.
4806.4 An applicant for renewal of a license expiring on December 31, 2018 and all subsequent licensure terms shall submit proof upon request of the Board pursuant to § 4806.7 of having completed thirty (30) hours of approved continuing education credit during the two (2) year period preceding the date the license expires that include three (3) hours in communicable disease (including HIV-AIDS), two (2) hours in cultural competence and appropriate clinical treatment specifically for individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, or questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression, and five (5) hours in any combination of ethics, risk management, documentation and record keeping, or cultural competency.
4806.5 A person in inactive status, within the meaning of § 511 of the Act, may qualify for a license by submitting an application to reactivate a license and submitting proof, pursuant to § 4806.7, of having completed fifteen (15) hours of approved continuing education credit for each license year after December 31, 1990, that the applicant was in inactive status.
4806.6 To qualify for a license, an applicant for reinstatement of a license shall submit proof, pursuant to § 4806.7, of having completed fifteen (15) hours of approved continuing education credit for each year that the license was expired.
4806.7At the request of the Board, an applicant under this section shall prove completion of required continuing education credits by submitting with the application the following information with respect to each program:
(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)Verification by the sponsor of completion by signature or stamp.
4806.8An applicant for renewal of a license who fails to submit proof of having completed continuing education requirements by the date the license expires may renew the license up to sixty (60) days after expiration by submitting proof pursuant to § 4806.7 and by paying the required additional late fee.
4806.9Upon submitting proof and paying the late fee, the applicants shall be deemed to have possessed a valid license during the period between the expiration of the license and the submission of the required documentation and payment of the late fee.
4806.10If an applicant for renewal of a license fails to submit proof of completion of continuing education requirements as requested by the Board or pay the late fee within sixty (60) days after the expiration of applicant's license, the license shall be considered to have lapsed on the date of expiration.
4806.11The Board may, in its discretion, 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 section, "good cause" includes the following:
(a)Serious and protracted illness of the applicant;
(b)The death or serious and protracted illness of a member of the applicant's immediate family.