Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a)
Credit hour
requirements. A genetic counselor shall satisfy the following
continuing education credit hour requirements:
(1) As a condition for biennial registration,
a genetic counselor shall complete at least 30 hours of continuing education
applicable to the practice of genetic counseling, including at least 2 hours of
approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with
§
16.108(b)
(relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
requirement). Credit will not be given for a course in office management or
practice building. A genetic counselor is not required to complete continuing
education during the biennium in which the genetic counselor was first licensed
if licensure occurred within 3 years of completion of the degree.
(2) Except when reactivating an inactive
license, when the Board has granted a waiver, or when ordered by the Board,
continuing education credits may be used to satisfy the continuing education
credit hour requirements only for the biennial period in which the credits were
earned. An hour of continuing education may not be used to satisfy the
requirement of paragraph (1) for more than one biennium.
(3) A genetic counselor may request a waiver
of the continuing education credit hour requirements because of serious
illness, military service or other demonstrated hardship by submitting a
request for waiver with the supporting documentation to the Board at least 90
days prior to the end of the biennial registration period for which the waiver
is sought. The Board may grant the waiver request in whole or in part and may
extend the deadline by which the credit hour requirements shall be
met.
(4) A genetic counselor may be
subject to disciplinary sanction as provided in section 41 of the act
(63
P. S. §
422.41), including the
suspension or revocation of the license, imposition of a civil penalty or other
corrective measure as determined by the Board, if the licensee either submits
false information to the Board regarding completion of the continuing education
credit hour requirements to complete biennial registration, or fails to
complete the continuing education hour requirements and practices as a genetic
counselor after the end of the biennial period.
(b)
Continuing education
activities. Credit for continuing education may be earned for
activities approved by the ABGC or the NSGC.
(c)
Documentation of continuing
education. Continuing education shall be documented with a certificate
of attendance or completion issued by the activity provider. The certificate
must include the name of the course provider, the name and date of the course,
the name of the licensee, the number of credit hours based on a 50-minute hour,
and the category of continuing education, if applicable.
The provisions of this §
18.709 amended under section 8 of
the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. §
422.8); and
23 Pa.C.S. §
6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
18.706 (relating to biennial
registration of genetic counselor license); and 49 Pa. Code §
18.707 (relating to inactive
status of genetic counselor license; reactivation of inactive
license).
