Section 230-RICR-20-50-2.7 - Approved CoursesA. The following are the categories of courses that are approved for continuing education credit: 1. Rhode Island approved courses a. All courses offered by providers located in Rhode Island shall be submitted electronically to the Department for review and approval. No fee shall be charged to providers located in Rhode Island for that review. Any course or program of instruction, seminar or correspondence course approved by the Department shall qualify for the number of hours assigned to it by the Department. (1) When the course is given by classroom instruction the number of hours for which it qualifies will be based on the number of actual classroom hours.(2) For course given in whole or partly online or by self-study, the provider shall fully describe its calculation of the number of credit hours requested and the basis therefore.b. In evaluating courses, the Department will be looking for satisfaction of the following criteria: (1) Material that is current, relevant, accurate, and that includes valid reference materials, graphics and interactivity.(2) Clearly defined objectives and course completion criteria(3) Specific instructions to register, navigate and complete the course work.(4) Technical support/provider representative be available during business hours.(5) Process to authenticate student identity.(6) Method for measuring the student's successful completion of course material and for evaluating the learning experience.(7) A monitor is not required for examinations.c. The following criteria will be evaluated, in addition to those listed in § 2.7(A)(1)(b) of this Part above, for on line courses: (1) Each producer should be required to enroll for the course before having access to course material.(2) Prevent access to the course exam before review of the course materials.(3) Prevent downloading of any course exam.(4) Provide review questions at the end of each unit/chapter and prevent access to the final exam until each set of questions are answered at a 70% rate.(5) Provide final exam questions that do not duplicate unit/chapter questions.(6) Prevent alternately accessing course materials and course exams.2. Courses approved in other states. a. Any nationally recognized approved continuing education course, program of instruction, training seminar or correspondence course approved by a reciprocal state shall qualify for the same number of hours assigned to it by the reciprocal state as credit in Rhode Island as if it were approved by the Department.b. Any continuing education course approved in a home state that is not reciprocal with Rhode Island providers must submit the course to the Department in the same manner as a Rhode Island domiciled provider and pay a fee of seventy five dollars ($75) per course.230 R.I. Code R. 230-RICR-20-50-2.7