Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
This regulation shall not apply to temporary licenses.
(a) Each applicant for renewal of a license
shall submit a completed, secretaryapproved application form and any requested
supporting documentation with the license renewal fee specified in K.A.R.
28-59-7.
(b) Each applicant for
renewal of a license shall have completed 15 clock-hours of documented and
approved continuing education during each renewal period. Approved continuing
education clock-hours completed in excess of the 15-hour requirement shall not
be carried over to the subsequent renewal period. "One clock-hour" shall mean
at least 50 minutes of direct instruction, exclusive of registration, breaks,
and meals.
(c) Each application
for renewal of a license shall be filed on or before the last day of February
of the calendar year in which the license expires. Licenses shall be renewable
biennially, with the day of expiration being the last day of February of the
applicable year.
(d) "Sponsorship"
means an approved, long-term sponsoring of programs for the purpose of
fulfilling renewal or reinstatement continuing education requirements. Each
approved sponsor shall be accountable for upholding the standards in place for
the approval of continuing education programs under the authority of the
secretary. Each sponsor shall make application and fulfill requirements as
prescribed on secretary-approved forms. Failure to comply with sponsorship
requirements shall result in one or more of the following actions or additional
requirements by the secretary:
(1)
Supplementary documentation;
(2)
program restrictions; or
(3)
temporary or permanent suspension of long-term sponsorship approval.
(e)
(1) Continuing education may be accrued from
any of the following:
(A) Academic courses;
(B) workshops, seminars, video
conferences, internetbased seminars, journal club meetings, or poster sessions,
which are also called poster displays;
(C) self-directed study materials;
(D) presentations;
(E) food exhibits;
(F) publication of a journal article or book;
or
(G) initial certification in
any of the following programs:
(i) Certified
nutrition support dietitian (CNSD) with the American association of diabetes
educators/American nurses credentialing center (AADE/ANCC);
(ii) certified nutrition support dietitian
(CNSD) with the American association of parenteral and enteral nutrition
(ASPEN);
(iii) certification as a
specialist in pediatric nutrition by the commission on dietetic registration
(CDR);
(iv) certification as a
specialist in renal nutrition by the commission on dietetic registration (CDR);
(v) certification as a lactation
consultant by the international board of lactation consultant examiners
(IBLCE);
(vi) certified diabetes
instructor with the national certification board for diabetes educators
(NCBDE); or
(vii) certified
diabetes educator with the American association of diabetes educators (AADE).
(2) Academic
courses shall be from a regionally accredited college or university.
(3) Self-study materials may include audio
tapes, study kits, internet-based offerings, journal articles, DVDs, and
videotapes. Journal articles shall include articles published in the "journal
of the ADA" or "today's dietitian" or by a dietetic practice group. Any
applicant may submit a maximum of seven journal articles for continuing
education credit for each licensure period.
(f) The content and objective of the
continuing education activity shall be primarily related to the practice of
dietetics pursuant to
K.S.A.
65-5902, and amendments thereto. The purpose
of the educational activity shall be the furthering of the applicant's
education and shall not be a part of the applicant's job responsibilities.
In-service shall be considered to be part of the applicant's job
responsibilities.
(g)
(1) Approval for a continuing education
activity may be obtained by either of the following methods:
(A) The instructor or sponsor of a
single-offering continuing education activity submitting information and
documentation on forms approved by the secretary before the activity's
occurrence; or
(B) the applicant
submitting information and documentation on forms approved by the secretary
requesting approval for an activity before the program date.
(2) An organization, institution,
agency, or individual shall be qualified for approval as a long-term sponsor of
continuing education activities if, after review of the application, the
secretary determines that the applicant agrees to perform all of the following:
(A) Present organized programs of learning;
(B) present subject matter that
integrally relates to the practice of dietetics;
(C) approve and present program activities
that contribute to the professional competency of the licensee; and
(D) sponsor program presenters who are
individuals with education, training, or experience qualifying them to present
the subject matter of the programs.
(h) All continuing education sponsors that
received approval as specified in paragraph (g)(2) shall provide a certificate
of attendance to each licensee who attends a continuing education activity.
This certificate shall state the following:
(1) The sponsor's name and approval number;
(2) the date of the program;
(3) the name of the participant;
(4) the total number of
clock-hours of the approved activity attended, excluding introductions,
registration, breaks, and meals;
(5) the activity title and its presenter;
(6) the location; and
(7) an indication of whether or not the
activity has been approved for dietetics continuing education.
(i) Assignment of clock-hours to
approved continuing education activities shall be determined by the following
criteria:
(1) One academic-semester credit
hour course shall be equivalent to 15 clock-hours of continuing education. One
academic-trimester credit hour course shall be equivalent to 14 clock-hours of
continuing education. One academicquarter credit hour course shall be
equivalent to 10 clockhours of continuing education.
(2) One academic-semester credit hour course
audited shall be equivalent to eight clock-hours of continuing education. One
academic-trimester credit hour course audited shall be equivalent to seven
clock-hours of continuing education. One academic-quarter credit hour course
audited shall be equivalent to five clock-hours of continuing education.
(3) One clock-hour of contact
between a presentation instructor and the applicant shall be equivalent to one
clock-hour of continuing education for the applicant.
(A) Contact time shall be rounded down to the
nearest one-half hour.
(B) The
presenting instructor may be given two clockhours of continuing education for
every one clock-hour of contact between the instructor and the attendees for
each first-time preparation and presentation of a new workshop, seminar, or
poster session.
(C) If the
presentation was presented by more than one instructor, the continuing
education clock-hours shall be prorated among the instructors.
(4) One clock-hour of time
required to complete the self-directed study material, as specified by the
sponsor of the material, shall be equivalent to one clock-hour of continuing
education. The criteria for approving self-directed study shall include the
following:
(A) Contact time shall be rounded
down to the nearest one-half hour.
(B) Each applicant shall provide validation
of actual completion of the material.
(C) A maximum of 10 clock-hours shall be
awarded for self-directed study material for each licensure period.
(5) One clock-hour shall be
awarded for attendance at food exhibits upon verification of six poster
sessions or six vendors at each exhibit. The licensee shall provide
documentation of at least six vendor contacts for each food exhibit. A maximum
of two clock-hours for attendance at food exhibits shall be awarded for each
licensure period.
(6) Five
clock-hours shall be awarded for the initial publication of an article in a
peer-reviewed journal or a chapter of a book. Ten clock-hours shall be awarded
for the initial publication of a book. Documentation of publication shall
include a copy of any of the following:
(A)
Each article published in a peer-reviewed journal;
(B) each chapter published in a book; or
(C) the title page, the page
containing the copyright and copyright date, and the table of contents for each
book.
(7) Fifteen
clock-hours shall be awarded upon attainment of certification in each program
as specified in paragraph (e)(1)(G).
(j) Each applicant shall maintain individual
records of information and documentation on approved continuing education
hours. If the licensee's application is selected for an audit, the licensee
shall submit verification of these records to the secretary as part of the
license renewal application.
(k)
Each licensee whose initial licensure period is less than 24 months shall be
required to obtain at least onehalf hour of continuing education for each month
in the initial licensure period.
