Section 163-8-2 - EMS Continuing Education Programs1. A program held in Maine or out of state may be approved for continuing education hours (CEH) if it meets the following conditions:A. The sponsor must apply before the program is to begin. Only under unusual circumstances, such as those set forth in Chapter 13 of these Rules, may continuing education hour courses be approved after they have occurred; B. The topics to be taught must be relevant to EMS;C. The instructor must be qualified by knowledge and/or training in the topic area;D. The sponsor must make known to the students those requirements the students must meet in order to receive attendance certification;E. The sponsor or designee must submit the Maine EMS-approved attendance roster and course evaluations, or a course evaluation summary document, for the program to Maine EMS within ten days of the date the course was taught. The roster must include the names and license numbers of those attending, attendees' signatures or the course sponsor's attestation of remote attendance, the number and type of hours approved, and the approval number. The list must be physically or electronically signed by the sponsor or designee as verification of attendance;F. Programs are open to the public unless otherwise approved by Maine EMS, a regional council or a Training Center; and G. The sponsor must provide the students an opportunity to comment in writing on the program and must make these comments available to Maine EMS upon request within ten days after the end of the program. Sponsors of CEH offered through publications approved by Maine EMS need not provide this opportunity.2. Maine EMS may grant continuing education hours for programs offered through professional journals, audio and visual media, teleconferencing, the Internet, and other forms of distributive learning, or for other educational programs not described in this Chapter, when requested by the applicant. For Maine EMS to consider granting CEH approval the applicant must submit to Maine EMS:A. An outline and description of the program, to include program handouts;B. The name and address of the program sponsor;C. The names of any EMS agencies granting the program continuing education hours;D. A contact name and telephone number for attendance verification;E. A program completion certificate, or equivalent;F. If applicable, approval from the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE), formerly known as the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for EMS (CECBEMS); andG. Proof, if the program was not supervised, that the program required, and the applicant successfully completed, a knowledge test in order to receive a program completion certificate. 3. Programs that have been previously approved by Maine EMS, a regional council or a Training Center may be approved without further review, provided that: A. Maine EMS, a regional council, or a Training Center has not rescinded the program's approval; andB. No significant changes have been made to the program content or faculty.4. Maine EMS may delegate approval of continuing education programs that meet the requirements of this chapter to regional councils or a Maine EMS approved Training Center provided that they maintain a system for assuring high quality programs and provide such program information in a timely manner as requested by Maine EMS.