Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The completion of 20 clock hours of continuing education is
a requirement for biennial license renewal or license reactivation.
A. Continuing education hours must be
directly related to respiratory therapy, pulmonary function technology, or
related inter-disciplinary areas of health care.
B. All licensees must complete at least one
hour of ethics related continuing education in the license renewal
cycle.
C. The department may
consult with the board to resolve questions as to appropriate continuing
education hours.
(1) The department shall be
the final authority on acceptance of any educational activity submitted by a
licensee or a sponsor for approval.
(2) Each respiratory care practitioner must
participate in at least 20clock hours of continuing education activities every
renewal cycle, or as provided by
16.23.12.12
NMAC and
16.23.12.13
NMAC.
D. A minimum of
twelve clock hours of the twenty clock hours of continuing education must be
consistent with American Medical Association Category I, which includes any of
the following types of educational offerings:
(1)
lecture - a discourse given
for instruction before an audience or through teleconference;
(2)
panel - a presentation of a
number of views by several professionals on a given subject with none of the
views considered a final solution;
(3)
workshop - aseries of
meetings for intensive, hands on, study or discussion, in a specific area of
interest;
(4)
seminar
- a directed advanced study or discussion in a specific field of
interest;
(5)
symposium - conference of more than a single session organized for
the purpose of discussion of a specific subject from various viewpoints and by
various presenters;
(6)
distance education - includes such enduring materials as text,
internet or CD, provided the provider has included an independently scored test
as part of the learning package; and
(7)
NBRC-awarded continuing
education credit for successful completion of re-credentialing examination(s)
for renewal of credential as a CRT (if the CRT was issued prior to January 1,
2018) or RRT.
