Section 502-5-1 - Generally1.CertificationAll licensees shall certify at time of the applicable license renewal to compliance with the continuing education requirement set forth in this chapter. The licensee's certification is subject to audit pursuant to Chapter 13 of the rules of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, entitled "Uniform Rule for the Substantiation of Continuing Education Requirements." This continuing education requirement does not apply to the first renewal of an initial license.
2.Timely CompletionAll continuing education activities must be completed during the license term(s) of the designated continuing education cycle for which credit is claimed. Continuing education hours earned in excess of the required hours for a license term may not be carried forward to a subsequent license term.
3.Hardship Deferment; Carry Over HoursA. A licensee may request from the Board, in writing, a deferment of continuing professional education due to their health reasons, military service, or other unforeseeable circumstances of genuine hardship. A licensee who receives a deferment shall complete the deferred continuing professional education according to a schedule determined by the Board. B. Continuing professional education hours earned during the biennium continuing education term that are over the requirements for license renewal may not be applied retroactively, nor carried forward to a subsequent license renewal term unless otherwise designated under section 1(3)(C). C. During a declaration of state or federal civil emergency, the Board may renew licenses without satisfying any continuing professional education requirement and may further suspend, discard, or carry over continuing education requirements that would otherwise apply. 4.LimitationsNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, continuing education credit will not be given for:
A. Continuing education activities which in substantial part promote a specific company, individual or product; or B. Continuing education activities which primarily focus on practice economics.