New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Resp - Governing Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners
Chapter Resp 400 - CONTINUED STATUS
Part Resp 406 - CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Section Resp 406.01 - Continuing Professional Education Requirements
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Resp 406.01
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) Unless receiving a waiver pursuant to Resp 406.02, licensees intending to renew their licensure shall engage in continuing professional education by:
(1) Completing 12 contact hours of continuing
professional education in each 2-year renewal cycle in accordance with (d)
below if they are renewing:
a. An initial
license issued in an even-numbered year; or
b. A license already renewed at least once;
or
(2) Completing 6
contact hours of continuing professional education in accordance (d) below if
they are renewing an initial license issued between January 1 and August 31 in
an odd-numbered year.
(b) At least one half of the contact hours required by (a) above shall relate directly and primarily to the clinical application of respiratory care.
(c) The balance of the contact hours required by (a) above shall relate to:
(1) How to teach
respiratory care;
(2) Respiratory
care supervision and consultation skills;
(3) Respiratory care curriculum
development;
(4) Trans-disciplinary
issues or skills applicable to respiratory care;
(5) Respiratory care administration and
management;
(6) Respiratory care
research; and
(7) Other continuing
professional education similarly not related directly and primarily to the
clinical application of respiratory care.
(d) Continuing professional education credit shall be accumulated through the following kinds of participation, as applicable, in the activities listed in (e) below:
(1) On-site participation in courses,
workshops and seminars;
(2)
Distance-learning; or
(3)
Participation through correspondence courses provided that the licensee has
passed the test that is part of the course.
(e) The following activities shall qualify as continuing professional education:
(1)
Passing the NBRC re-credentialing examination, as further described in
Resp
406.03;
(2) Successful completion of a college-level
course related to respiratory care, as further described in
Resp
406.04;
(3) Successful completion of courses,
programs, workshops and seminars, as further described in
Resp
406.05;
(4) Passing specialty examinations, as
further described in Resp 406.06;
(5) Public professional presentations
relating to respiratory care, as further described in
Resp
406.07;
(6) Participation in a respiratory care
research project, as further described in
Resp
406.08;
(7) Informal independent study in respiratory
care, as further described in
Resp
406.09;
(8) Taking and passing courses for either
initial or renewal certification, as further described in
Resp
406.10;
(9) Participation as an instructor or
instructor trainee in one of the courses for either initial or renewal
certification mentioned in (8) above, as further described in
Resp
406.11;
(10) Teaching a college-level course relating
to respiratory care, as further described in
Resp
406.12;
(11) Facility-based respiratory care
in-service training, as further described in
Resp
406.13;
(12) Publication of writing related to
respiratory care, as further described in
Resp
406.14; and
(13) Participation in the work of
professional boards, committees and agencies, as further described in
Resp
406.15.
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