Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Continuing education is a prerequisite of
license or certificate renewal.
1. A licensed
administrator shall obtain 50 credit hours of Board-approved continuing
education during each biennial period. During the biennial period in which an
administrator is initially licensed, the administrator shall obtain two credit
hours of Board-approved continuing education for each month or part of a month
remaining in the biennial period.
2. A certified manager shall obtain 24 credit
hours of Board-approved continuing education during each biennial period.
During the biennial period in which a manager is initially certified, the
manager shall obtain one credit hour of Board-approved continuing education for
each month or part of a month remaining in the biennial period.
B. The Board shall award credit
hours in an approved continuing education as follows:
1. Seminar or workshop. One credit hour of
continuing education for each contact hour;
2. Course at an accredited educational
institution. Fifteen credit hours of continuing education for each course
hour;
3. Attendance at a business
meeting of a national health care organization or of a state association
affiliated with a national health care organization. One-half credit hour of
continuing education for each business meeting attended;
4. Self-study, online, or correspondence
course. Approved credit hours of continuing education requested by the course
provider;
5. Serving as a
preceptor. Two credit hours of continuing education for each month that an
administrator serves as an AIT preceptor; and
6. Teaching a Board-approved continuing
education. One credit hour of continuing education for each hour
taught.
C. The Board
shall limit the number of credit hours of Board-approved continuing education
awarded as follows:
1. No more than 40 percent
of the required credit hours may be obtained using self-study, online, or
correspondence courses;
2. No more
than 50 percent of the required credit hours may be obtained from serving as an
AIT preceptor;
3. Hours may be
obtained for teaching a particular continuing education only once during each
biennial period; and
4. Hours that
exceed the minimum required for a biennial period may not be carried over to a
subsequent biennial period.
D. An administrator or manager shall obtain a
certificate or other evidence of attendance from the provider of each
continuing education attended that includes the following:
1. Name of the administrator or
manager;
2. License or certificate
number of the administrator or manager;
3. Name of the continuing
education;
4. Name of the
continuing education provider;
5.
Date, time, and location of the continuing education; and
6. Number of credit hours in the continuing
education.
E. An
administrator or manager shall maintain the evidence of attendance described in
subsection (D) for three years and make the evidence available to the Board
under
R4-33-503
and as otherwise required under this Chapter.
F. To obtain an extension of time under
A.R.S. §
36-446.07(G)
to complete the continuing education
requirement, an administrator or manager shall submit to the Board a written
request that includes the following:
1. Ending
date of the requested extension,
2.
Continuing education completed during the current biennial period and the
documentation required under subsection (D),
3. Proof of registration for additional
continuing education that is sufficient to enable the administrator or manager
to fulfill the continuing education requirement before the end of the requested
extension, and
4. Administrator's
or manager's attestation that the continuing education obtained under the
extension will be reported only to fulfill the current renewal requirement and
will not be reported on a subsequent renewal application.
G. The Board shall grant an extension of time
within seven days after receiving a request for an extension of time if the
request:
1. Specifies an ending date no later
than October 31,
2. Includes the
required documentation and attestation,
3. Is submitted no sooner than April 30,
and
4. Will facilitate the safe and
professional regulation of nursing care institutions or assisted living
facilities in this state.
