4787258 Health, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Establishes continuing education requirements for persons holding dual licensure in audiology and speech-language pathology

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

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) (2012 Repl.), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, hereby gives notice of his intent to adopt the following amendments to Chapter 78 (Audiology) of Title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professions) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

This rulemaking establishes continuing education requirements for persons holding dual licensure in audiology and speech-language pathology.

 

These rules were previously published in the D.C. Register as a proposed rulemaking on July 12, 2013, at 60 DCR 10096.  No written comments were received from the public in connection with this publication during the thirty (30)-day comment period and no changes have been made to the rules. 

 

Final action to adopt the rules took place on September 16, 2013.  These rules will be effective upon publication of the notice in the D.C. Register.

 

CHAPTER 78, AUDIOLOGY, of TITLE 17, BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONS, OF THE DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Section 7808, CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 7808.3 is amended to read as follows:

 

7808.3             An applicant for renewal of a license, who is not subject to Subsection 7808.9, shall submit proof of having completed twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education hours during the two (2) year period preceding the date the license expires, including one (1) hour in ethics.  The hours must be related to audiology.

 

Subsection 7808.9 is added to read as follows:

 

7808.9             An applicant for dual licensure renewal shall submit proof of having completed thirty (30) hours of approved continuing education hours during the two year period preceding the date the license expires, including one (1) hour in ethics.  Of the thirty (30) hours, the applicant shall have completed at least five (5) hours in the discipline of audiology and five (5) hours in the discipline of speech-language pathology.  An applicant for dual licensure renewal shall also satisfy all applicable requirements in Chapter 79 of Title 17 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, which governs the continuing education requirements of speech-language pathologists.

 

Section 7899, DEFINITION, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 7899.2 is amended to include:

 

Dual licensure renewal – renewal of both an audiology and a speech-language pathology license in the District of Columbia within the same renewal period.