D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-6206

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 17-6206 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

6206.1

Subject to § 6206.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license.

6206.2

This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial license; nor shall it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a license after the initial grant.

6206.3

A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 6207.

6206.4

To qualify for the renewal of a license, an applicant shall have completed, during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the license expires, forty (40) hours of approved continuing education credit, which shall include:

(a) At least ten (10) hours of the required forty (40) hours shall have been in one (1) or more of the following areas:

(1) Staff management;

(2) Continuity in assigning the same nursing staff to the same residents as often as practicable;

(3) Creating a resident-centered environment;

(4) Activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living;

(5) Wound care;

(6) Pain management;

(7) Prevention and treatment of depression;

(8) Prevention of pressure ulcers;

(9) Urinary incontinence management;

(10) Discharge planning and community transitioning;

(11) Fall prevention;

(12) Geriatric social services and individual competency; or

(13) Behavior management;

(b) An applicant seeking to renew his or her license on or after June 30, 2018 shall also have completed two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education; and

(c) At least ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate.

6206.5

To qualify for a license, a person in inactive status within the meaning of § 511 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11) (2016 Repl.) who submits an application to reactivate a license shall submit proof of having completed twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit for each year after June 30, 2003 that the applicant was not actively licensed, up to a maximum of one hundred (100) hours. At least twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit shall have been completed in the one (1)-year period prior to the application date and ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate.

6206.6

To qualify for a license, an applicant for reinstatement of a license shall submit proof of having completed twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit for each year after June 30, 2003 that the applicant was not licensed, up to a maximum of one hundred (100) hours. At least twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit shall have been completed in the one (1)- year period prior to the application date and ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate.

6206.7

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, after which time continuing education credit will be granted.

6206.8

The Board may periodically conduct a random audit of licensees to determine compliance with the continuing education requirement.

6206.9

A licensee who is selected to participate in the Board's continuing education audit shall, within thirty (30) days after being deemed served notice of the selection, submit proof pursuant to § 6206.7 of having completed the required approved continuing education credits during the two (2)- year period immediately preceding the date the license expires.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-6206

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 3774, 3781 (May 20, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10627 (November 19, 2004); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9400, 9402 (November 4, 2011); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 8242 (8/18/2017); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10210 (8/9/2019)

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.)); section 205(b) of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1202.05(b) (2007 Repl.)), and Mayor's Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998.