N.H. Admin. Code § Resp 406.02

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Resp 406.02 - Full and Partial Waivers of Continuing Professional Education Requirements

(a) The board shall issue the following waivers of the obligation set forth in Resp 406.01(a) and Resp 604.01(a) to licensees on active military duty or ordered to perform active military duty:

(1) A full waiver of all of the obligation set forth in Resp 406.01(a) and Resp 604.01(a) for a licensee who:

a. Is on, or ordered to perform, active military duty before March first of the calendar year preceding the renewal year; and

b. Submits a request for the waiver and a photocopy of an official document establishing the obligation to do active military duty; and

(2) A waiver of half of the obligation set forth in Resp 406.01(a) and Resp 604.01(a) for a licensee who:

a. Is on, or ordered to perform, active military duty before January first of the renewal year; and

b. Submits a request for the waiver and a photocopy of an official document establishing the obligation to do active military duty.

(b) The board shall issue a partial waiver of the obligation set forth in Resp 406.01(a) and Resp 604.01(a) when:

(1) The licensee is unable both to practice respiratory care or as polysomnographic technician and to engage in continuing professional education for at least 90 days as a result of:

a. The licensee's extended illness or disability;

b. The licensee's need to take care of any of the following people during an extended illness:

i. Child, whether adopted, natural or foster;

ii. Parent, whether adopted, natural or foster;

iii. Sibling, whether adopted, natural or foster;

iv. Spouse; or

v. Spousal equivalent;

c. The destruction by fire, flood or other accidental or natural disaster of the licensee's home; or

d. Other equally severe exigencies; and

(2) The licensee makes a written request for such a partial waiver:

a. As soon as the licensee becomes aware of the need for the waiver but in no event later than November 20 of the renewal year;

b. Stating as a reason for the request one of the reasons in (1) above; and

c. Giving a detailed account of the circumstances.

(c) The partial waiver shall be of a sufficient number of hours of continuing professional education to:

(1) Fairly recognize the exigency encountered by the licensee; and

(2) Maintain the board's objective to insure through renewal licensure that its licensees maintain their professional knowledge and reasoning, clinical skills and ethics.

N.H. Admin. Code § Resp 406.02

#9068, eff 1-11-08; ss by #9958-A, eff 7-16-11

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 45, Filed November 10, 2016, Proposed by #12002, Effective 10/14/2016, Expires 10/14/2026.