Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4713 - State Cosmetology and Barber Board
Chapter 4713-21 - Continuing Education
Section 4713-21-08 - Application criteria and procedures for continuing education course approval
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4713-21-08
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) A provider seeking approval to offer a continuing education course to board licensees or boutique services registration holders in the form of seminars, demonstrations, workshops, or other venues in which the licensee's or boutique services registration holder's personal attendance is required shall comply with the following:
(1) The course and
instructions shall be designed to further professional education for board
licensees and boutique services registration holders in the services the
licensees or boutique services registration holders on
the practice of infection control and safety.
(2) The provider shall submit the application
with a one hundred dollar, non-refundable processing fee for each course the
provider would like to offer to Ohio licensees;
(3) The completed application, including a
full description of the course outline and copies of credentials to support the
qualifications of each educator and person developing the course, shall be
received
electronically submitted no less than thirty days
prior to the anticipated date of the course offering;
(4) Any portion of a course that is devoted
to a break, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, or other refreshments,
or any portion that is devoted to the check-in process, course evaluation
completion, disseminating completion certificates, or the hard sell of
products, shall not be credited toward the continuing education hours given to
each licensee or boutique services registration holder in attendance;
(5) No continuing education course provider
or educator shall certify the attendance of a person who was not physically
present for at least ninety per cent of the course;
(6) All licensees and boutique services
registration holders who successfully complete a continuing education course
shall be provided with a certificate of completion by the provider of the
continuing education course that includes the provider's name, CE course
approval number, the course title, course number, the licensee's or boutique
services registration holder's name and license or registration number, the
date the course was completed, and the total number of hours successfully
completed in each subject covered by the continuing education course;
(7) Assigned course numbers shall not be
published on or within any advertisements, websites, on-line testing sites,
etc. Assigned course numbers shall only be provided to a licensee or boutique
services registration holder upon completion of the approved course,
and
(8) Any application which fails
to meet the requirements of this rule may be denied approval.
(B) A provider seeking approval to offer a continuing education course to board licensees or boutique services registration holders through the internet shall comply with the following:
(1) The course and instructions shall be
designed to further professional education for board licensees and boutique
services registration holders
on the practice of infection control and
safety.
(2) The application shall be submitted with a
two hundred fifty dollar, non-refundable processing fee per course;
(3) The completed application, including a
full description of the course outline and copies of credentials to support the
qualifications of each educator and person developing the course, shall be
electronically submitted no less than forty-five
days prior to the anticipated date of the course offering;
(4) Any portion of a course that is devoted
to log-in procedures, course evaluation completion or supplying any information
other than directly related to the subject matter of the continuing education
course shall not be considered part of the required hours.
(5) Assigned course numbers shall not be
published on or within any advertisements websites, on-line testing
sites,
etc. Assigned course numbers shall only be provided to a licensee or boutique
services registration holder upon completion of the approved course;
(6) Question with correct answers shall not
be published or otherwise publicly distributed or made available to those who
may take or consider taking the internet course.
(7) All licensees and boutique services
registration holders who successfully complete a continuing education course
shall be provided with a certificate of completion by the provider of the
continuing education course that includes the provider's name, CE course
approval number, the course title, course number, the licensee's or boutique
services registration holder's name and license or registration number, the
date the course was completed, and the total number of hours successfully
completed in each subject covered by the continuing education course;
(8) An on-line course shall include the
following:
(a) With the exception of an
on-line presentation that consists of a video, digital, web, or live on-line
presentations, each hour segment of course material randomly changes;
(b) A bank
consisting of a minimum
of thirty randomized questions so that the test
questions are not predictable;
(c)
A means of timing the course to subtract the time when the test-taker has
logged off the program and to ensure the hours credited equal the hours
taken;
(d) Six multiple choice
questions embedded in each hour segment. For the test-taker to move to the next
hour segment, the test-taker shall correctly answer a minimum of seventy-five
per cent of the questions;
(e)
Clear wording stating that a licensee or boutique services registration holder
shall not receive continuing education credit for the course unless the
licensee's or boutique services registration holder's total score on all
questions is at least seventy-five per cent or better;
(f) A minimum of six thousand words of
discussion of the subject matter covered in each hour segment of the
material.
(g) If the on-line
presentation is a video, digital, web, or live on-line presentation, each hour
of the presentation shall be considered the equivalent of the six thousand word
discussion.
(i) A provider, seeking board
approval for a video, digital, web, or live online course shall submit to the
board a description of the course, a detailed outline of the course.
(ii) The provider of a video, digital, web,
or live on-line presentation shall follow the requirement for testing the
licensees or boutique services registration holders on the course material as
set forth in this paragraph, except the questions
may be at the
end
of the presentation. The student shall
correctly answer a minimum of seventy-five per cent of
the questions to pass the course.
(iii) The board shall monitor the course to
ensure that the actual course is consistent with the material submitted to the
board.
(9) The
provider shall notify a licensee or boutique services registration holder if
the score received is less than seventy-five per cent, and
(10) Any application which fails to meet the
requirements of this rule may be denied approval.
(C) Providers seeking approval to offer a continuing education course to board licensees or boutique services registration holders through a correspondence program shall comply with the following:
(1) The course and instructions
shall be designed to further professional education for board licensees and
boutique services registration holders
on the practice of infection
control and safety.
(2) The application shall be submitted with a
two hundred fifty dollar, non-refundable processing fee per course;
(3) The completed application shall be
received at the board at least forty-five days prior to the date that the
provider plans to offer the correspondence course to licensees or boutique
services registration holders in Ohio. Along with identification and other
information as specified by the board, the complete application shall include
the following information: a complete copy of the proposed catalogue course,
copies of the credentials of each author of each segment of the course, and the
credentials of the person developing the course;
(4) Assigned course numbers shall not be
published on or within any advertisements, websites, on-line testing sties,
etc. Assigned course numbers shall only be provided to a licensee or boutique
services registration holder upon the successful completion of the approved
course;
(5) All licensees and
boutique services registration holders who successfully complete a continuing
education course shall be provided with a certificate of completion by the
provider of the continuing education course that includes the provider's name,
the CE course approval number, the course title, the licensee's or boutique
services registration holder's name and license or registration number, the
date the course was completed, and the total number of hours successfully
completed in each subject covered by the continuing education course;
(6) A correspondence course shall include the
following:
(a) Information segments presented
in different order;
(b) Randomized
questions so that the test questions are not the same in each correspondence
course sent to licensees or boutique services registration holders;
(c) A minimum of six thousand words of
discussion of the subject matter covered in each hour segment of the
material;
(d) No less than six
randomly selected multiple choice questions following each hours segment of
material;
(e) The course shall
contain at least
three versions with identifiers;
(f) Each of the
three or more
versions shall contain test questions unique to each segment of the
book;
(g) Each book shall have a
unique identification number so that only one individual may answer the
questions for continuing education credit;
(h) The course shall clearly state that a
licensee or boutique services registration holder shall not receive continuing
education credit for the course unless the licensee's or boutique services
registration holder's total score on all questions is at least seventy-five per
cent or better;
(i) The provider
shall allow the licensee or boutique services registration holder to send
answers to test questions by mail, facsimile, telephone, or electronic
mail.
(j) A provider may make
available an answer sheet on-line for submission, but the questions shall not
be included. The provider shall request the identification number of each book
be either called in with the test answers or the identification number of each
book shall be placed on the test answer sheet. A provider shall not credit an
individual who has used an identification number that has been previously used
for that course.
(7) The
provider shall notify licensees and boutique services registration holders if
the score received is less than seventy-five per cent, and
(8) Any application that fails to meet the
requirements of this rule may be denied approval.
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