Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1)
Licensed Electrologists are required, as a condition of license renewal, to
complete a minimum of ten units of continuing education activities for the
registration period of every two years.
(2) Licensees who have received their initial
registration as an electrologist shall not be required to complete the
Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for the preliminary renewal cycle, but will
be required to obtain CEU's for all subsequent cycles.
(3) Licensees will not be permitted to carry
over any continuing education hours into the next licensing renewal
period.
(4) Each Licensee shall
maintain a record of all continuing education courses or programs she or he has
completed for a period of three years.
(5) A unit of continuing education (a contact
hour) shall be a minimum of 50 minutes of organized learning experience. The
Board, in its discretion, may approve other programs of continued professional
competence that contribute to a licensee's professional growth.
(6) A minimum of three continuing education
hours must be earned in the following courses:
(a) Infection Control;
(b) Blood-borne Diseases;
(c) Universal Precautions;
(d) HIV/AIDS; and
(e) Sanitation and Sterilization.
(7) Courses for continuing
education credit may include:
(a) Successful
completion of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course given by the
American Heart Association or American Red Cross, by a qualified instructor
with a maximum of three continuing education units to be granted per licensing
renewal period.
(b) Hospital
sponsored health-related courses and conferences.
(c) Post graduate classes at a licensed
electrology school.
(d) Medical
school health related educational offerings
(8) The following credit-bearing college
courses and other post graduate classes will be accepted:
(a) Electrology theory;
(b) Technical and clinical aspects of
electrolysis;
(c) Electrology
research;
(d) Research of new
technology utilizing other forms of energy that pertain to hair removal;
and
(e) Ethical or legal aspects of
electrolysis.
(9) The
following electrology related educational activities will be accepted by the
Board:
(a) An original presentation of the
licensee of paper, essay, or formal lecture relating to electrology to a group
of fellow professionals.
(b) Home
study electrology courses including professional journals which require the
successful completion of a written examination.
(c) Electrology programs online or in other
electronic format which require a successful completion of a written
examination.
(d) Authorship of
published books, chapters of published books, articles in refereed journals,
research projects, and/or other such publications approved by the Board related
to the science or practice of electrology. A maximum of three units may be
credited for each book chapter, article or project.
(e) Instruction or presentation of an
academic course, workshop, seminar, lecture or poster session, or seminar for
the first time. Credit for two units of continuing education will be given for
each unit taught or presented.
(f)
Successful completion of an academic course related to contemporary electrology
practice and offered by an educational institution or program recognized by the
United States Department of Education. Each semester hour shall equate to 15
continuing education units; trimester hours shall equate to 12 units; quarter
hours shall equate to ten units.
