Current through 2024-13, March 27, 2024
A. Each licensee
must submit twenty-four (24) units/hours of approved continuing professional
education, at the time he or she applies for her/his second license renewal.
Beginning with the January 1, 2002 license biennium, the total number of
CEUs/hours will increase to thirty-six (36). Beginning with the January 1, 2004
license biennium, the total number of CEUs/hours will increase to forty-eight
(48).
B. Proof of continuing
professional education must be submitted on forms provided by the Board before
November 1 of the year during which the current license expires.
C. A license cannot be renewed without
evidence of having fulfilled the continuing education requirements.
D. CEUs/hours earned in the current biennium,
that are in excess of the requirements for license renewal, may not be applied
retroactively nor carried forward to a subsequent license renewal
period.
E. The Board, at its
discretion, may grant an extension of time for completion of all or part of the
continuing education requirements to a licensee who, because of extenuating
circumstances, has been unable to meet the continuing education requirements
during the license biennium. The Board requires verification in writing of the
extenuating circumstance.
F. The
Board will approve CEUs/hours taken for credit towards license renewal. Such
approvals may take the form of:
1. Program
approval(s) granted by the Board to the sponsor or instructor of a continuing
professional education offering;
2.
Individual requests for credit granted by the Board to a licensee or an
offering whose sponsor or instructor did not seek program approval;
or
3. Program approval(s) granted
by the Board to organizations whose continuing education standards have been
approved by the Board.
G. The Board shall annually review the
standards used in determining such approval(s).
H. The Board may waive particular rules
regarding continuing professional education in specific situations for
licensees. Such waivers shall only be effective when recorded in the official
minutes of the Board.
I. There
shall be two (2) types of continuing professional education approved by the
Board, Category 1 and Category 2. (In each category, the unit or hour
represents one clock hour).
1. Category 1
activities include (documented physical attendance required);
a. Courses sponsored or co-sponsored by
agencies, organizations, or institutions accredited by the United States Office
of Education, are within the health professions, and have been approved by the
Board; or
b. Courses offered by
individuals sponsored by national or state professional associations, are
within the health professions, and have been approved by the Board.
c. Each Category 1 course must include
subject material related to the concepts of chiropractic principles and
practice including, but not limited to, diagnostic procedures, patient care and
management.
i. Principles in the practice of
chiropractic include, but are not limited to:
Chiropractic treatment and adjusting
technique(s);
Physical, laboratory, orthopedic, neurologic
examination and diagnosis;
Radiology, its technique and
interpretation;
Nutrition and dietetics;
Ancillary procedures related to chiropractic
healthcare; and
Chiropractic history and theory.
ii.
Chiropractic office procedures include, but are not limited to:
Regulatory compliance and risk management;
Insurance procedures and reporting; and
Public service programs and other community service
activities. For example, screenings, sports programs, patient education
programs, etc.
iii.
Licensees will only receive continuing education professional credit for
Category 1 courses for each licensing biennium.
2. Category 2 activities include:
a. Instruction/teaching, including teaching
chiropractic students, chiropractic doctors, other health professionals and
corporations, businesses and groups interested in the subject of chiropractic
health;
b. Preparing and publishing
research papers or case studies, writing on health subjects or making
presentations to a professional audience;
c. Participating in inspection programs for
accreditation and/or approval of colleges or clinics, administering and
participating in programs or examinations leading to chiropractic licensure or
post-graduation certification;
d.
Self-instruction such as reading health related professional publications,
and/or distance learning as it relates, the use of health-related audio tapes,
videotapes, slides, programmed instructions or computer-assisted
programs;
e. Peer review activities
such as chiropractic audit, utilization review or participating in a peer
review organization;
f.
Professional self-assessment programs;
g. Meritorious learning experiences that are
individually approved by the Board;
h. CPR certification, CPR recertification,
basic/advanced first aid training; or
i. Wellness programs.
J.
Continuing Professional
Education Requirements
Each chiropractic doctor licensed by the Board, shall
complete a minimum of twenty four (24) units of Category 1 continuing education
during the current biennium. Beginning with the January 1, 2002 license
biennium, each chiropractic doctor shall complete thirty six (36) units of
continuing education, a minimum of twenty four (24) units in Category 1 and up
to twelve (12) units in Category 2. Beginning with the January 1, 2004 license
biennium, each chiropractic doctor shall complete forty eight (48) units of
continuing education, a minimum of thirty six (36) units in Category 1 and up
to twelve (12) units in Category 2.
K.
Continuing Education Officer
1. At the first annual meeting or when
necessary, the Board shall designate a member of the Board to serve as the
continuing education officer.
2.
The continuing education officer shall be responsible for coordinating all
aspects of these rules, which apply to continuing professional
education.
L.
Approval for Continuing Education Professional Programs
An application for Board approval of a course shall be made
in writing and submitted to the Board together with supporting documents on
forms prescribed by the Board, which shall include at a minimum, the following
items:
1. Syllabus or program
outline;
2. Information specifying
the classroom units/hours of each segment of the program;
3. A vitae of each instructor; and
4. Information that describes the method used
to verify and confirm attendance of each participant.
