Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
A Continuing Education activity may be used to satisfy the
Continuing Education requirements set forth in
105
CMR 802.300 only if it contributes directly
to the professional competence of a Registered Sanitarian and meets all of the
applicable standards set forth in
105
CMR 802.310.
(1)
Amount of Credit
Earned.
(a) 50 consecutive clock
minutes is equivalent to one Contact Hour.
(b) A Registered Sanitarian is required to
complete a total 12 Continuing Education Contact Hours for each calendar
year.
(2)
Provider Standards.
(a) Learner Objectives shall be written and
be the basis for determining content, learning experience, teaching
methodologies, and Evaluation.
(b)
Subject matter description shall include learner Objectives, content, time
allotment, teaching methods, faculty, and Evaluation format.
(c) Learning experiences and teaching methods
should be appropriate to achieve the Objectives of the Program.
(d) Principles of adult education should be
used in the design of the Program.
(e) Time allotted for each activity should be
sufficient for the learner to meet the Objectives of the Program.
(f) Facilities and educational resources
should be adequate to implement the Programs.
(g) Faculty should possess knowledge of the
principles of adult education and should provide documentation to the
Provider/learner illustrating competency in the content of the planned learning
experience.
(3)
Evaluation. Provision must be made for evaluating the
participant's attainment of the stated learner Objectives or outcomes.
Participants must be given the opportunity to evaluate faculty, learning
experiences, instructional methods, facilities, and educational resources used
for the Programs.
(4)
Records. Records of completed Programs shall be kept
by the Provider for a period of four years. Records should include content,
Objectives, outline of offering, faculty qualifications, teaching methods and
materials, Evaluation tools and data, and a list of participants.
(5)
Subject Matter.
Appropriate subject matter for Continuing Education purposes shall include, but
shall not be limited to, one or more of the following:
(a) Public health or environmental health
science and practice;
(b) Public
and environmental health education;
(c) Research in public and environmental
health;
(d) Social, economic,
political, or legal aspects of public and environmental health;
(e) Environmental health and consumer
education;
(f) Health and racial
equity;
(g) Subject matter which
improves competency, is not specified on the forgoing list, and is related to
one or more of the Basic Sciences.
(6)
Methods of Obtaining Contact
Hours. Continuing Education Contact Hours shall be obtained as
follows:
(a) By attending workshops, lectures,
and seminars in accordance with
105
CMR 802.300 and
105
CMR 802.310; or
(b) By completing an academic course within
the framework of a curriculum that leads to an academic degree in environmental
health or is relevant to environmental health, or any course within that
curriculum necessary to an individual's professional growth and development;
or
(c) By completing a self-study
or correspondence course. The course should:
1. be developed by a professional group such
as an educational corporation or professional association;
2. follow logical sequence;
3. involve the learner by requiring active
response to module materials and providing feedback;
4. contain a test to indicate progress and
verify completion of module; and
5.
supply a bibliography for continued study; or
(d) By teaching a particular academic course,
seminar series, or workshop in the field of environmental health for the first
time; or
(e) By delivering a paper
or lecture in the field of environmental health; or
(f) By publishing an article in a
peer-reviewed professional or scientific journal or a book in the field of
environmental health.
(7) As provided in
105
CMR
802.310(l)through(6),first
time teaching of an academic course, seminar series, workshop, or publishing of
a book may be considered for up to nine Contact Hours; a published article may
be considered the equivalent of up to five Contact Hours; and a lecture or
paper may be considered the equivalent of up to three Contact Hours.
(8) Employee orientation or in-service
training presentations concerning standard operating procedures specific to the
employing agency or entity shall not be accepted for Continuing Education
purposes.
