La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIV-193

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section LIV-193 - Course Review Requirements [Formerly Section 169]

A. Courses and activities approved by the board will be posted on the board website and will indicate the hours of credit which may be earned and the classification of the course.

B. Consideration of courses or activities for approved continuing education credits shall be based on the content criteria in §195 and the administrative and program criteria as set forth in the Continuing Education Policy posted on the board website.

C. Proposed continuing education courses or activities shall be submitted to the board for approval on a form provided on the board website. Generally, courses or activities of longer duration will require more time for review than courses of short duration.

D. Courses and activities sponsored by the APTA, Louisiana Physical Therapy Association, and by any Louisiana CAPTE accredited program that meet the content criteria described in §195 are automatically approved by the board for continuing education credits toward the biennial requirements for licensees described in §194

E. Review charge for APTA, LPTA, and Louisiana CAPTE accredited program sponsors will be waived. A fee schedule for all other course review is described in §501

F. Courses or activities not approved by the board may generate acceptable continuing education credits for licensees under these circumstances:

1. the licensee submits an application for approval of the course or activity using the form provided on the board website;

2. the course or activity submitted for approval shall only be considered for the licensee who submits for approval;

3. in no case will such application for course or activity approval be considered during the last 60 days of the requestors license term.

G. Course or activity sponsors may be required to submit to the board verified records of attendance and completion of a sponsored course or activity. No licensee shall receive credit for time not actually spent attending the program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIV-193

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospital, Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, LR 15:388 (May 1989), amended LR 17:664 (July 1991), LR 19:208 (February 1993), LR 21:394 (April 1995), LR 21:1243 (November 1995), LR 16:1446 (July 2000), LR 28:1980 (September 2002), LR 34:1907 (September 2008), amended by the Physical Therapy Board, LR 37:3046 (October 2011), Amended by the Physical Therapy Board, LR 421300 (8/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2405(B)(7) and Act 535 of 2009.