Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
General. Educational
courses offered by preap-proved and Board-approved providers will be accepted
as satisfying the continued competency requirement. It is the responsibility of
the licensee to ascertain the approval status of the provider before
undertaking a course.
(b)
Rights reserved. The Board reserves the right to reject a
course if the content is outside of the scope described in §
42.55(a)
(relating to acceptable continued competency activities).
(c)
Preapproved providers.
The Board has preapproved educational courses provided, coprovided or approved
by the following entities:
(1) A National,
international or state-level occupational therapy association.
(2) The American Occupational Therapy
Association's Approved Provider Program.
(3) American Society of Hand
Therapists.
(4) Association for
Driver Rehabilitation Specialists.
(5) Department of Education.
(6) An accredited college or university or
post-secondary vocational technical school or institution.
(7) Federal or State government programs
related to health care.
(8) A
provider approved by another health licensing board within the Bureau of
Professional and Occupational Affairs or another State licensure
board.
(9) National and State
professional health care organizations.
(10) National and State professional
education organizations.
(11)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
(12) Case Management Society of
America.
(d)
Board-approved providers. The Board will consider for
approval, on a biennial basis, providers of educational courses that comply
with § 42.55(a) as follows:
(1) The
provider seeking approval shall submit an application to the Board at least 60
days prior to the beginning of the course but no later than 90 days before the
end of the biennial renewal period. The applicant will be notified of approval
or disapproval in writing.
(2) The
Board will not approve a provider unless it:
(i) Offers courses with specific learning
objectives.
(ii) Has criteria for
selecting and evaluating faculty instructors, subject matter and instructional
materials.
(iii) Has a procedure
for determining licensees' perceptions of the extent to which the objectives
have been met.
(e)
Individual course
approval.
(1) A licensee may request
approval of contact hours for educational courses not otherwise approved by
submitting an application for approval to the Board no later than 90 days
before the end of the biennial renewal period that includes all of the
following:
(i) The title of the course and
number of contact hours.
(ii) The
description of the course from the program catalog or brochure.
(iii) The learning objectives.
(iv) The name and qualifications of the
presenter.
(v) An assessment of the
course.
(2) Upon review
of the completed application, the Board will notify the applicant whether the
course has been approved or disapproved and, if approved, the number of contact
hours that will be awarded.
(f) Withdrawal of approval. The Board may
withdraw approval of a provider for cause. The provider will be notified in
writing of the reasons for withdrawal of approval.
The provisions of this §42.54 issued under
sections 5(b) and 15(a) of the Occupational Therapy Practice Act (63 P. S.
§§
1505(b) and
1515(a)); amended under
sections 5(b), 8(5)(vi) and 15(a) of the Occupational Therapy Practice Act
(63
P.S. §§
1505(b),
1508(5)(vi) and
1515(a)).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
42.51 (relating to purpose); and
49 Pa. Code §
42.52 (relating to definitions).
