California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 13.4 - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board of the Department of Consumer Affairs
Article 11 - Continuing Professional Development
Section 1399.160.3 - Continuing Professional Development Requirements
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) A licensee, whose license expires in the year 2001, shall accrue at least twelve (12) hours of continuing professional development courses as defined in Section 1399.160.4. A licensee may accrue no more than four (4) hours of continuing professional development courses through self-study courses during this renewal period.
(b) A licensee who holds both a speech-language pathology license and an audiology license that expire in the year 2001, shall accrue at least eight (8) hours of continuing professional development courses as defined in Section 1399.160.4 for each license. A licensee may accrue no more than two (2) hours of continuing professional development courses through self-study courses for each license.
(c) A licensee shall accrue at least twenty-four (24) hours during a single renewal period of continuing professional development courses as defined in Section 1399.160.4. A licensee may accrue no more than eight (8) hours of continuing professional development courses through the following activities during a single renewal period:
(d) A licensee who holds both a speech-language pathology license and an audiology license, shall accrue at least sixteen (16) hours of continuing professional development courses as defined in Section 1399.160.4 for each license. A licensee may accrue no more than five (5) hours of continuing professional development through the following activities for each license:
(e) A licensed audiologist authorized to dispense hearing aids as provided by Section 2539.1 of the Code shall accrue at least twelve (12) hours of continuing professional development as defined in Section 1399.160.4 annually. A licensed audiologist authorized to dispense hearing aids may accrue no more than (3) hours of continuing professional development courses through the following activities during a single renewal period:
(f) A licensee who holds both a speech-language pathology license and a dispensing audiology license shall accrue:
(g) If a licensee teaches a course offered by a provider registered with the Board or an entity listed in Section 2532.6 of the Code, the licensee may claim credit for the same course only once, receiving the same amount of hours of continuing professional development credit as a licensee who attended the course.
(h) A licensee may not claim credit for the same course more than once for hours of continuing professional development.
(i) A licensee who takes a course as a condition of probation resulting from disciplinary action by the Board may not apply the course as credit towards the continuing professional development.
1. Change
without regulatory effect renumbering and amending former section
1399.199.4 to section
1399.160.3 filed 12-6-99 pursuant
to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 99, No. 50).
2. Amendment of subsection (c),
new subsections (c)(1)-(3), amendment of subsection (d), new subsections
(d)(1)-(2) and amendment of subsections (e)-(f) filed 3-23-2007; operative
4-22-2007 (Register 2007, No. 12).
3. Amendment of subsection (c)(2)
filed 4-27-2010; operative 5-27-2010 (Register 2010, No. 18).
4. New
subsections (e)-(e)(3) and subsection relettering filed 3-1-2011 as an
emergency; operative 3-1-2011 (Register 2011, No. 9). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-29-2011 or emergency language will
be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. New
subsections (e)-(e)(3) and subsection relettering refiled 8-24-2011 as an
emergency; operative 8-24-2011 (Register 2011, No. 34). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-23-2011 or emergency language will
be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Certificate
of Compliance as to 8-24-2011 order, including further amendment of section,
transmitted to OAL 11-15-2011 and filed 12-28-2011 (Register 2011, No.
52).
7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (e),
(g) and (i) filed 10-28-2015 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2015, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2531.95 and 2532.6(a), Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 2532.6(b), (c) and (e), Business and Professions Code.