Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A licensee may obtain continuing
education credit for successful completion of a Board-approved
performance-based competency assessment (PBCA) administered in a licensed
healthcare facility, consistent with the following requirements:
1. The PBCA shall include the presentation of
materials and objectives, procedure(s) demonstration by licensee attendees and
a written examination certified by the healthcare facility's director of
respiratory care. For purposes of this section, a "director of respiratory
care" means a respiratory care practitioner licensed in the State of New Jersey
who is responsible for the activities of all respiratory care practitioners
employed by the healthcare facility, including oversight for the policies and
procedures that guide respiratory care practice in the healthcare
facility;
2. The PBCA shall include
only clinical respiratory procedures within the scope of practice of the
healthcare facility's department of respiratory care;
3. The director of respiratory care shall
submit an application for Board approval of the PBCA at least 60 days prior to
the administration of the PBCA. The application shall include: the name of the
healthcare facility, the name of the director of respiratory care, the name and
qualifications of the PBCA presenter, a description of the competency covered
and the objectives to be achieved by the PBCA, a copy of the written
examination and a copy of the PBCA attendee evaluation form or its
equivalent;
4. The director of
respiratory care shall provide licensee attendees of the PBCA with a
certificate of completion, which shall include the title of the PBCA, the date
the PBCA was completed and the number of continuing education credits awarded
for completion of the PBCA; and
5.
The PBCA shall be at least one instructional hour in length. For purposes of
this section, an "instructional hour" means no less than 50 minutes of material
presentation, procedure(s) demonstration and examination. One continuing
education credit shall be awarded for each Board-approved PBCA to a maximum of
six credits per biennial registration period;
i. The Board shall not approve a PBCA that is
less than one instructional hour in length, except that when the presentation
of materials and objectives, procedure(s) demonstration and written examination
for a single topic is less than one instructional hour, two topics may be
combined in one PBCA for Board approval. A Board-approved PBCA shall include no
more than two topics.
(b) A PBCA may be administered by a
healthcare entity, other than a licensed healthcare facility, that provides
respiratory care services, provided the PBCA is certified by the healthcare
entity's director of respiratory care. If the healthcare entity does not have a
director of respiratory care, the entity's medical director shall certify the
PBCA. The entity's director of respiratory care or medical director shall
ensure compliance with all requirements of this section.
(c) The director of respiratory care or the
medical director and all licensee attendees of the PBCA shall maintain
documentation of successful completion of the PBCA for four years from the date
of completion consistent with the requirements of
13:44F-10.3(a).
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a),
(b), and (c) above, pursuant to
N.J.S.A.
45:14E-16.b (3), the Board shall not grant
credit for continuing education for any program of activities designed to
fulfill assigned general employment responsibilities specific to the
expectations of an employer.
