Section 17-8107. APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

 

8107.1  A continuing education credit may be earned only for a program or activity

  approved or recognized by the Board.   

 

8107.2 To be eligible for approval by the Board, a continuing education program or activity shall contribute to the knowledge, skills, or professional performance and relationships that a polysomnographic technologist uses to provide services to patients. 

 

8107.3 The Board shall recognize sleep-related continuing education hours approved by one (1) of the following organizations:

 

(a) The American Medical Association;

 

(b) The American Association of Sleep Technologists;

 

(c) The American Academy of Sleep Medicine;

 

(d) The American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists;

 

(e) The American Association for Respiratory Care; or

 

(f) The American Nursing Association

 

8107.4The Board may grant permission to attend a course not listed in § 8107.3.  In order to obtain Board approval of a continuing education program or activity under § 8107.2, a program sponsor or licensee shall submit to the Board information regarding the program or activity at least ninety (90) days before the start of program or activity. 

 

8107.5An applicant shall bear the burden of verifying whether a program or activity is approved or recognized by the Board pursuant to this section before attending the program or engaging in the activity.

 

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, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3758, 3765 (April 29, 2011).