Section Resp 406.01 - Continuing Professional Education Requirements(a) Unless receiving a waiver pursuant to Resp 406.02, licensees intending to renew their licensure shall engage in continuing professional education by: (1) Completing 12 contact hours of continuing professional education in each 2-year renewal cycle in accordance with (d) below if they are renewing: a. An initial license issued in an even-numbered year; orb. A license already renewed at least once; or(2) Completing 6 contact hours of continuing professional education in accordance (d) below if they are renewing an initial license issued between January 1 and August 31 in an odd-numbered year.(b) At least one half of the contact hours required by (a) above shall relate directly and primarily to the clinical application of respiratory care.(c) The balance of the contact hours required by (a) above shall relate to:(1) How to teach respiratory care;(2) Respiratory care supervision and consultation skills;(3) Respiratory care curriculum development;(4) Trans-disciplinary issues or skills applicable to respiratory care;(5) Respiratory care administration and management;(6) Respiratory care research; and(7) Other continuing professional education similarly not related directly and primarily to the clinical application of respiratory care.(d) Continuing professional education credit shall be accumulated through the following kinds of participation, as applicable, in the activities listed in (e) below: (1) On-site participation in courses, workshops and seminars;(2) Distance-learning; or(3) Participation through correspondence courses provided that the licensee has passed the test that is part of the course.(e) The following activities shall qualify as continuing professional education: (1) Passing the NBRC re-credentialing examination, as further described in Resp 406.03;(2) Successful completion of a college-level course related to respiratory care, as further described in Resp 406.04;(3) Successful completion of courses, programs, workshops and seminars, as further described in Resp 406.05;(4) Passing specialty examinations, as further described in Resp 406.06;(5) Public professional presentations relating to respiratory care, as further described in Resp 406.07;(6) Participation in a respiratory care research project, as further described in Resp 406.08;(7) Informal independent study in respiratory care, as further described in Resp 406.09;(8) Taking and passing courses for either initial or renewal certification, as further described in Resp 406.10;(9) Participation as an instructor or instructor trainee in one of the courses for either initial or renewal certification mentioned in (8) above, as further described in Resp 406.11;(10) Teaching a college-level course relating to respiratory care, as further described in Resp 406.12;(11) Facility-based respiratory care in-service training, as further described in Resp 406.13;(12) Publication of writing related to respiratory care, as further described in Resp 406.14; and(13) Participation in the work of professional boards, committees and agencies, as further described in Resp 406.15.N.H. Admin. Code § Resp 406.01
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