(a) The board will
accept professional activities toward fulfillment of the continuing competency
requirements set out in
12 AAC 44.600 if the applicant
documents
(3) for a practical nurse license, on or
before September 30, 2020, completion of at least 60 hours of participation in
uncompensated professional activities for renewal of a license, during the two
years before the licensing period for which the applicant seeks
renewal;
(4) for registered nurse
license, on or before November 30, 2020, completion of at least 60 hours of
participation in uncompensated professional activities for renewal of a
license, during the two years before the licensing period for which the
applicant seeks renewal;
(5) for a
practical nurse license, on or after October 1, 2020, completion of at least 30
hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities for renewal of
a license, during the two years before the licensing period for which the
applicant seeks renewal;
(6) for a
registered nurse license, on or after December 1, 2020, completion of at least
30 hours of participation in uncompensated professional activities for renewal
of a license, during the two years before the licensing period for which the
applicant seeks renewal; and
(7)
that the hours of participation in professional activities were earned in at
least one of the following ways;
(A) work
with a professional nursing or health-related organization;
(B) authoring or contributing to an article,
book, or publication related to health care;
(C) development and oral presentation of a
paper before a professional or lay group on a subject that explores new or
current areas of nursing theory, technique, or philosophy;
(D) the design and conduct of a research
study relating to nursing and health care;
(E) other professional activities approved by
the board and included on a list that the board maintains; the board will
approve only those activities that meet the definition of "professional
activities" in (b) of this section.
(b) In this section, "professional
activities" means activities, performed without compensation, that use nursing
knowledge and contribute to the health of individuals or the
community.
(c) Providing nursing
care to the nurses immediate family members does not qualify to meet
professional activities requirements. In this subsection, immediate family
members means a parent sibling, spouse, child, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law,
step-child, same sex or opposite-sex, domestic partner.
