Section 17-8606. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

 

8606.1Subject to § 8606.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a registration.

 

8606.2This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial registration by examination, reciprocity, or endorsement, nor shall it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a registration granted by examination.

 

8606.3An applicant for renewal of a registration shall submit proof of having completed thirty (30) hours of approved continuing education credits during the two (2) year period preceding the date the registration expires.

 

8606.4An applicant in inactive status within the meaning of § 511 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11) who submits an application to reactivate a registration that has been inactive up to two (2) years shall submit proof of having completed fifteen (15) approved continuing education credits for each inactive year.  An applicant whose registration was inactive for more than two (2) years shall retake and pass the District examination and shall complete the number and type of continuing education credits required by the Board which shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.

 

8606.5An application for reinstatement of a registration that has been expired up to a maximum of two (2) years shall submit proof of having completed fifteen (15) approved continuing education credits for each year the registration was expired.  An applicant whose registration was expired for more than two (2) years shall retake and pass the District examination and complete the number and type of continuing education credits required by the Board, which shall be determined on a case-by-case basis. 

 

8606.6A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 8607.

 

8606.7An applicant under this section shall prove completion of the required continuing education credits by submitting with the application the following information with respect to each continuing education program or activity:

 

(a) The name and address of the sponsor of the program;

 

(b) The name of the program and its location;

 

(c) A description of the subject matter covered;

 

(d) A complete schedule with time allotments for each topic or subtopic and lunch or breaks, and the name of each instructor or speaker;

 

(e) The date(s) on which the applicant participated in the program;

 

(f) The hours of continuing education credit claimed; and

 

(g) A copy of the continuing education completion verification document that includes the sponsor’s signature and seal.

 

8606.8An applicant under this section shall prove completion of continuing education course work that was audited by submitting with the application a signed statement from the instructor on college stationery for each class attended.  

 

8606.9 At least three (3) of the continuing education credits shall be in each 

of the following areas:

 

(a) Ethics or risk liability; and

 

(b) Cultural competence. 

 

8606.10An applicant for renewal of registration who fails to submit proof of having completed continuing education requirements by the date the registration expires may renew the registration up to sixty (60) days after expiration by submitting proof and paying the required additional late fee.

 

8606.11Upon submitting proof and paying the late fee, the applicant shall be deemed to have possessed a valid registration during the period between the expiration of the registration and the submission of the required documentation and payment of the late fee.

 

8606.12The 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.

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth under § 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 (Act), effective March 15, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14)), and in accordance with Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3246, 3248 (April 15, 2011); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 59 DCR 8356 (July 13, 2012).