North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 61.5 - North Dakota Board of Physical Therapy
Article 61.5-03 - Continuing Competence
Chapter 61.5-03-02 - Continuing Competence Activities and Unit Standards
Section 61.5-03-02-02 - Activity content
Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
Twenty-five units are required every two years. The units may include:
1. Activities related to physical therapy approved by the American physical therapy association, state physical therapy associations, and state physical therapy boards.
2. Completion of an American physical therapy association specialty certification or recertification will equal fifteen units.
3. Completion of a physical therapy residency program equals twenty-five units.
4. One unit for every one hundred sixty-five hours of clinical instruction with a maximum of five units per reporting period.
5. A person teaching an approved continuing competence activity must be awarded additional credit for preparation time not to exceed a ratio of five to one between preparation time and presentation time respectively. This credit may be taken for only one course annually.
6. Teaching at an accredited physical therapy or physical therapist assistant program as long as teaching is not the licensee's primary occupation. One unit is allowed per direct contact hour in teaching a maximum of five units per recording period.
General Authority: NDCC 43-26.1-03(5)
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-26.1-03(7)