Current through April 3, 2024
(1) Basic
Requirements - Each certificate holder certified by the board must complete
three (3) clock hours of continuing education each calendar year.
(2) New Certification Requirements
(a) A two (2) clock hour Board-approved
course in risk management, sexual/professional boundaries, and Tennessee
statutory and regulatory chiropractic jurisprudence must be taken within the
twelve (12) months prior to certification or within the first (1st) calendar
year that continuing education is required. If taken prior to certification,
the course must be an additional course beyond the regular x-ray technologist
program. If taken after certification, the course shall not constitute part of
the three (3) clock hour continuing education requirement in paragraph (1) of
this rule. Those who are certified as both chiropractic X-ray technologists and
chiropractic therapy assistant need only take this course once.
(b) New certification by examination or
reciprocity - New certificate holders, whether by examination or reciprocity,
shall be exempted from the continuing education requirements of
0260-03-.12(1)
for the calendar year in which they are certified, but must take the two (2)
hour course as described above in
0260-03-.12(2)(a).
(c) New certification by
Reciprocity/Endorsement - Proof of successful completion of all requirements
necessary for certification in Tennessee, pursuant to paragraph
0260-03-.04(3),
shall be considered sufficient preparatory education and training to constitute
continuing education credit for the calendar year in which they become
certified by the Tennessee Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(3) Acceptable Continuing
Education
(a) To be acceptable continuing
education, the course shall be approved by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
No prior approval is required for continuing education courses conducted by the
American Chiropractic Association, the International Chiropractors Association,
or the Tennessee Chiropractic Association.
(b) Education content may include radiation
protection, radiation physics, radiation techniques, patient care and
positioning, equipment maintenance, radiographic anatomy and physiology, x-ray
quality control, and instruction on the Tennessee statutes and rules pertaining
to chiropractic x-ray technologists.
(c) Whenever the Board decides that there is
information that is crucial for certificate holders to have it, the Board may
prepare and send that information to all continuing education providers in a
format no larger than two (2) pages. All approved continuing education
providers must, as a prerequisite to remaining an approved provider, reproduce
and distribute this information from the Board to every certificate holder
attending each of its individual continuing education courses or group of
courses.
(4)
Documentation
(a) The certificate holder must,
within thirty (30) days of a request from the board, provide evidence of
continuing education activities. Such evidence must be copies of one (1) or
more of the following:
1. Original
certificates or photocopies of original certificates verifying the certificate
holder's attendance at continuing education program(s). The original
certificates or photocopies of original certificates must include the
following: continuing education program's sponsor, date, clock hours awarded
(continuing education units must be converted to clock hours), program title,
certificate holder's name, and certification number.
2. Original letters or photocopies of
original letters on official stationery from the continuing education program's
sponsor indicating date, clock hours awarded (continuing education units must
be converted to clock hours), program title, certificate holder's name, and
certification number.
3. Original
documents or photocopies of original documents verifying successful completion
of a written post experience examination to evaluate material retention upon
completion of a multi-media course, as provided in paragraph (6). The original
documents or photocopies of original documents must include the clock hours
awarded (continuing education units must be converted to clock hours), program
title, certificate holder's name, and certification number.
(b) Each certificate holder must
retain original documents or photocopies of original documents which verify
proof of attendance and completion of all continuing education requirements.
This documentation must be retained for a period of four (4) years from the end
of the calendar year in which the continuing education was acquired. This
documentation must be produced for inspection and verification, if requested in
writing by the board during its verification process. The board will not
maintain continuing education files.
(c) If a person submits documentation for
training that is not clearly identifiable as appropriate continuing education,
the board will request a written description of the training and how it applies
to the practice of chiropractic x-ray technologists. If the board determines
that the training cannot be considered appropriate continuing education, the
individual will be given ninety (90) days to replace the hours not allowed.
Those hours will be considered replacement hours and cannot be counted during
the next renewal period.
(5) Continuing education credit shall be
awarded for distance learning hours or courses attended in person as outlined
in this rule.
(6) Continuing
education credit will not be allowed for the following:
(a) Regular work activities, administrative
staff meetings, case staffing/reporting, etc.
(b) Membership in, holding office in, or
participation on boards or committees, business meetings of professional
organizations, or banquet speeches.
(c) Education content that is for practice
building, practice management, patient acquisition or reimbursement. Education
should focus on clinical and/or scientific content, with an emphasis related to
the role of a chiropractic x-ray technician.
(d) Training specifically related to policies
and procedures of an agency, except state statutes and rules and policies
governing the practice of a chiropractic x-ray technologist.
(7) Continuing Education for
Reactivation or Reinstatement of Retired, Revoked, or Expired Certificate
(a) Reactivation of Retired Certificate
1. An individual whose certificate has been
retired for one year or less will be required to fulfill continuing education
requirements as outlined in this rule as a prerequisite to reinstatement. Those
hours will be considered replacement hours and cannot be counted toward meeting
the calendar year end requirement.
2. Any individual requesting reactivation of
a certificate which has been retired for one or more years must submit, along
with the reactivation request, verification which indicates the attendance and
completion of three (3) hours of continuing education for each year the
certificate was retired. The continuing education hours must have begun and
been successfully completed prior to the date of reactivation.
(b) Reactivation of Revoked
Certification - No person whose certification has been revoked for failure to
comply with continuing education may be reactivated without complying with
these requirements. Continuing education requirements will accumulate at the
same rate as that for those certificates which are active. The required clock
hours of continuing education must have been begun and successfully completed
before the date of reactivation.
(c) Reactivation or Reinstatement of Expired
Certification - No person whose certificate has expired may be reactivated or
reinstated without submitting evidence of continuing education. The continuing
education hours documented at the time of reactivation or reinstatement must
equal the hours required, had the certificate remained in an active status, and
must have been begun and successfully completed before the date of reactivation
or reinstatement.
(d) Continuing
education hours obtained as a prerequisite for reactivating or reinstating a
certificate may not be counted toward the calendar year requirement.
(8) Violations
(a) Any certificate holder who falsely
certifies attendance and completion of the required hours of continuing
education, or who does not or cannot adequately and timely substantiate
completed continuing education hours with the required documentation, may be
subject to disciplinary action. Such disciplinary action may include a civil
penalty of up to three hundred ($300) dollars and the requirement that
deficient hours be made up within the next calendar year or any other lawful
discipline.
(b) Continuing
education hours obtained as a result of compliance with the terms of a Board
Order in any disciplinary action shall not be credited toward the continuing
education hours required to be obtained in any renewal period.
(9) Wavier of Continuing Education
(a) The board may grant a waiver of the need
to attend and complete the required hours of continuing education if it can be
shown to the board that compliance is or was beyond the physical capabilities
of the person seeking the waiver.
(b) Waivers will be considered only on an
individual basis and may be requested by submitting the following items to the
board's administrative office.
1. A written
request for a waiver which specifies what requirement is sought to be waived
and written and signed explanation of the reason for the request.
2. Any documentation which supports the
reason for waiver requested or which is subsequently requested by the
board.
(c) A waiver
approved by the board is effective only for the calendar year for which the
waiver is sought.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
63-1-107,
63-4-103,
63-4-106, 63-4-112, 63-4-114,
63-4-115, 63-4-119 and 63-4-123.