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 406.02 - Full and Partial Waivers of Continuing Professional Education Requirements
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Resp 406.02
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) The board shall issue the following waivers of the obligation set forth in Resp 406.01(a) and Resp 604.01(a) to licensees on active military duty or ordered to perform active military duty:
(1) A full waiver of all of the obligation
set forth in Resp 406.01(a)
and Resp 604.01(a) for a licensee who:
a. Is
on, or ordered to perform, active military duty before March first of the
calendar year preceding the renewal year; and
b. Submits a request for the waiver and a
photocopy of an official document establishing the obligation to do active
military duty; and
(2) A
waiver of half of the obligation set forth in
Resp
406.01(a) and Resp 604.01(a) for a
licensee who:
a. Is on, or ordered to perform,
active military duty before January first of the renewal year; and
b. Submits a request for the waiver and a
photocopy of an official document establishing the obligation to do active
military duty.
(b) The board shall issue a partial waiver of the obligation set forth in Resp 406.01(a) and Resp 604.01(a) when:
(1) The licensee is unable both to practice
respiratory care or as polysomnographic technician and to engage in continuing
professional education for at least 90 days as a result of:
a. The licensee's extended illness or
disability;
b. The licensee's need
to take care of any of the following people during an extended illness:
i. Child, whether adopted, natural or
foster;
ii. Parent, whether
adopted, natural or foster;
iii.
Sibling, whether adopted, natural or foster;
iv. Spouse; or
v. Spousal equivalent;
c. The destruction by fire, flood or other
accidental or natural disaster of the licensee's home; or
d. Other equally severe exigencies;
and
(2) The licensee
makes a written request for such a partial waiver:
a. As soon as the licensee becomes aware of
the need for the waiver but in no event later than November 20 of the renewal
year;
b. Stating as a reason for
the request one of the reasons in (1) above; and
c. Giving a detailed account of the
circumstances.
(c) The partial waiver shall be of a sufficient number of hours of continuing professional education to:
(1) Fairly recognize the exigency encountered
by the licensee; and
(2) Maintain
the board's objective to insure through renewal licensure that its licensees
maintain their professional knowledge and reasoning, clinical skills and
ethics.
#9068, eff 1-11-08; ss by #9958-A, eff 7-16-11
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