New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Gal - Guardian ad Litem Board
Chapter Gal 400 - CONTINUED STATUS
Part Gal 403 - CONTINUING EDUCATION
Section Gal 403.01 - Continuing Education Requirements
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) Guardians ad litem requesting renewal of an existing certification, shall complete at least 30 continuing education credits within the expiring period of certification that gave rise to the request for renewal.
(b) A certified or previously certified person who has entered into a settlement or agreement with the board that includes a specification of continuing education credit that is to be completed shall complete continuing education credits as required by the settlement or agreement.
(c) A formerly certified person requesting reinstatement of a certification that has expired or been suspended or revoked shall complete at least 30 continuing education credits as described in Gal 403.02 and Gal 403.03 within the 3-year period prior to the request for reinstatement.
(d) All continuing education shall be completed in the periods specified in these rules, except that:
(e) Excess credits earned shall not be carried over into any other period for which continuing education is required, except as provided in paragraph (d) above.
(f) Applicants requesting renewal of an existing certification shall complete continuing education credits prior to any period of temporary certification under Gal 401.01(c) and (d), unless otherwise allowed by the board pursuant to paragraph (i) below.
(g) Activities in which an individual is engaged in order to fulfill a sanction or penalty imposed by the board, other than those specifically taken to complete a suspension imposed for failure to complete continuing education requirements, shall not be counted toward credit for continuing education.
(h) Only those activities qualifying for continuing education credits under Gal 403.02 and Gal 403.03, or those activities qualifying for continuing education credit under Gal 403.05 and approved under Gal 403.06 shall be claimed as continuing education credits.
(i) The board shall alter the time in which continuing education credits shall be completed:
(j) A person who has been granted an alteration of time periods under (i) above shall be deemed temporarily certified if:
(k) Temporary certification under (j) above shall remain in effect only for the altered time period specified by the board.
(l) A person who, under (i) above, has been granted additional time in which to complete continuing education credits shall submit to the board written documentation, as described in Gal 403.08(b) (1) through (8) and (10), of the completion of those credits on or before the close of the period of extension.
(m) No more than 75% of the total continuing education credits claimed by a guardian ad litem in any one period may consist of credit for service as an instructor under Gal 403.03(e), or (g), or any combination of those paragraphs.
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