Section 17-8206. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

 

8206.1Subject to § 8206.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license.

 

8206.2This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial license or applicants for the first renewal of a license.

 

8206.3A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 8207.

 

8206.4To qualify for the renewal of a license, an applicant shall have completed thirty (30) hours of approved continuing education credit during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the license expires.  Beginning with the licensure period starting on February 1, 2019, the required thirty (30) hours of continuing education shall also include two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.

 

8206.5Beginning with the licensure period ending January 31, 2015, not more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of hours of continuing education required for renewal, reinstatement, or reactivation of a license may be obtained from online courses, home study, or any distance education.

 

8206.6To qualify for reactivation of a license, a person in inactive status within the meaning of section 511 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11) who does not possess a valid, active physical therapy assistant license in any jurisdiction of the United States shall submit proof of having completed, within one (1) year prior to the submission of the reactivation application, fifteen (15) hours of approved continuing education for each year that the applicant was in inactive status up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) hours and two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education .

 

8206.7To qualify for reactivation of a license, a person in inactive status within the meaning of Section 511 of the Act (D.C. Official Code 3-1205.11) who maintains a valid, active license in another jurisdiction of the United States shall establish his or her current competency to the Board’s satisfaction, which may include proving completion of approved continuing education within a period of no more than five (5) years preceding the date of the reactivation application.  An applicant under this subsection shall also complete two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.

 

8206.8To qualify for reinstatement of a license, an applicant shall submit proof of having completed, no more than two (2) years before the date of the reinstatement application, fifteen (15) hours of approved continuing education credit for each year that the applicant was not licensed in the District and two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.

 

8206.9Except as provided in § 8206.10, 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.

 

8206.10Applicants for the renewal of a license shall only be required to prove completion of the required continuing education credits by submitting proof pursuant to § 8206.9 if required to do so as part of the random audit, or if otherwise requested to do so by the Board.

 

8206.11The Board may periodically conduct a random audit of licensees to determine compliance with the continuing education requirements. A licensee who is selected to participate in the Board’s continuing education audit shall, within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of the selection, submit proof of having completed the required continuing education credits during the two (2)-year period immediately preceding the date the license expires.

 

 

authority

§ 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) (2016 Repl.)), Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, and the LGBTQ Cultural Competency Continuing Education Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 6, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-95; 63 DCR 2203 (February 26, 2016)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 8802 (August 15, 2008); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 57 DCR 11097, 11100 (November 26, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 6477 (May 3, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6107 (June 30, 2017).