Section 17-7810. CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

 

7810.1 For the purposes of this chapter, one (1) credit hour shall mean sixty (60) minutes of learning time.

 

7810.2 The Board may grant credit for Board-approved activities as specified below:  

 

(a) The Board shall grant credit for a course given at an accredited college or university, provided that:

 

(1)Each three (3) hour academic course constitutes thirty (30) hours of continuing education; and

 

(2)For approved three (3) hour academic courses that are audited, two (2) continuing education credit hours shall be granted. 

 

(b) The Board may grant a maximum of six (6) continuing education hours per renewal period to an applicant who attends a pre-approved in-service education program.

 

7810.3 The Board may grant credit for serving as a presenter or speaker at a conference, seminar, workshop, or in-service training, or electronic or web-based course subject to the following restrictions:

 

(a) Hours granted pursuant to this section shall not exceed six (6) per renewal period;

 

(b) If an applicant has previously received credit in connection with a particular presentation, the Board shall not grant credit for a subsequent presentation unless it involves either a different subject or substantial additional research concerning the same subject;

 

(c) The presentation shall have been completed during the period for which credit is claimed and;

 

(d) The maximum amount of credit which may be granted for preparation time is twice the amount of the associated presentation time or twice the amount of contact hours awarded for participants.

 

7810.4  The Board may grant credit to an applicant for publication of an article in a professional journal or publication of a book or a chapter in a book or publication of a book review in a professional journal related to audiology or speech-language pathology, subject to the following:

 

(a) The Board may grant an applicant who is an author or sole editor of a published book eight (8) hours of continuing education credit per renewal period, if the book has been published or accepted for publication during the period for which credit is claimed and the applicant submits proof of this fact in the application;

 

(b) The Board may grant an applicant who is the sole author or co-author of a peer-reviewed published original paper four (4) hours of continuing education per renewal period; and

 

(c) The Board may grant an applicant who is sole author of a published book review one (1) continuing education hour of credit per renewal period.

 

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 (“Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14) (2007 Repl.)) and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 4336, 4342 (May 20, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8530, 8534 (July 20, 2012).