D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-6706

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

Rule 17-6706 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

6706.1

Subject to § 6706.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license for a term expiring on or after January 31, 2013, and for subsequent terms.

6706.2

This section shall not apply to applicants for the first renewal of a license.

6706.3

A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is approved by the Board in accordance with § 6707.

6706.4

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

(a) No more than twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credits earned through internet courses;

(b) 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; and

(c) Two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.

6706.5

The Board may periodically conduct a random audit to determine licensees' compliance with the continuing education. 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 pursuant to § 6706.9 of having completed the required approved continuing education credits during the two (2)-year period immediately preceding the date the license expires.

6706.6

To qualify for the reactivation of 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 does not possess a valid, active license to practice physical therapy in any jurisdiction of the United States shall submit proof pursuant to § 6706.9 of having completed the following within the two (2) year period preceding the date of the application for reactivation of that applicant's license:

(a) Twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education meeting the requirement of § 6707.1 for each year that the license remains inactive up to a maximum of one hundred (100) hours, provided further that 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; and

(b) Two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.

6706.7

To qualify for reactivation of 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 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 LGTBQ continuing education within the two (2) year-period preceding the date of the application.

6706.8

To qualify for the reinstatement of a license, an applicant shall submit proof pursuant to § 6706.9 of having completed, no more than two (2) years before the date of the reinstatement application:

(a) Twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education meeting the requirement of § 6707.1 for each year that the license was not valid, provided further that 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; and

(b) Two (2) hours of LGTBQ continuing education.

6706.9

Except as provided in § 6706.10, an 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 program for which continuing education credit is claimed, and shall maintain for a period of at least five (5) years 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;

(c) The location of the program;

(d) A description of the subject matter covered in the program;

(e) The names of the program instructors;

(f) The dates on which the applicant attended the program;

(g) The hours of credit claimed; and

(h) Verification by the sponsor of completion, by signature or stamp.

6706.10

Applicants for renewal of a license shall only be required to prove completion of the required continuing education credits by submitting proof pursuant to § 6706.9 if requested to do so as part of the random audit, or if otherwise requested to do so by the Board.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-6706

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 945, 948 (February 12, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 6451 (June 25, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 2600 (March 14, 2008); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 5462 (July 1, 2011); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 13486 (12/29/2017); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 014434 (11/1/2019)

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, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14) (2007 Repl.)), and Mayor's Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998,