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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 17-68. PODIATRY |
Section 17-6806. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
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6806.1Subject to §6806.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license for a term expiring March 31, 1992, and for subsequent terms.
6806.2This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial license by examination, reciprocity, or endorsement, not shall it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a license granted by examination.
6806.3A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with §6807.
6806.4 An applicant for renewal of a license shall submit proof pursuant to § 6806.7 of having completed fifty (50) hours of approved continuing education credit during the two (2) year period preceding the date the license expires. Twenty five (25) of the fifty (50) required continuing education credits may be completed on line. Such proof shall be submitted within ten (10) days after it is requested by the Board.
6806.5To qualify for a license, a person in inactive status within the meaning of § 511 of the Act, D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11 (2001), who summits an application to reactivate a license shall submit proof pursuant to § 6806.7 of having completed fifteen (15) hours of approved continuing education credit for each license year after March 31, 1990, that the applicant was in inactive status, up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) hours.
6806.6To qualify for a license, an applicant for reinstatement of a license shall submit proof pursuant to §6806.7 of having completed twenty-five (25) hours of approved continuing education credit for each year after March 31, 1990, that the applicant was not licensed, up to a maximum of one hundred twenty-five (125) hours.
6806.7An 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(a)Repealed.
(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.
6806.8An 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 §6807 and by paying the required additional late fee.
6806.9Upon submitting proof of 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.
6806.10If an applicant for renewal of a license fails to submit proof of completion of continuing education requirements 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.
6806.11The 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 the purposes of this section, "good cause" includes the following:
(a)Serious and protracted illness of the applicant; or
(b)The death or serious and protracted illness of a member of the applicant's immediate family.
6806.12The Board shall conduct a random audit of ten (10) percent of licensees to determine compliance with the continuing education requirements. The licensee shall submit proof of compliance with the continuing education requirements within thirty (30) days after it is requested by the Board.