(1) Continuing education
(CE).
(A) Program content structure must be
approved by the board-approved organization, or be offered by a provider
accredited by that organization. Programs must meet the following criteria:
(i) Program content must be easily
recognizable as pertinent to the physical therapy profession and in the areas
of ethics, professional responsibility, clinical application, clinical
management, behavioral science, science, or risk management.
(ii) The content must be identified by
instructional level, i.e., basic, intermediate, advanced. Program objectives
must be clearly written to identify the knowledge and skills the participants
should acquire and be consistent with the stated instructional level.
(iii) The instructional methods related to
the objectives must be identified and be consistent with the stated
objectives.
(iv) Programs must be
presented by a licensed health care provider, or by a person with appropriate
credentials and/or specialized training in the field.
(v) Program providers are prohibited from
self-promotion of programs, products, and/or services during the presentation
of the program.
(vi) The
participants must evaluate the program. A summary of these evaluations must be
made available to the board-approved organization upon request.
(vii) Records of each licensee who
participates in the program must be maintained for four years by the CE
sponsor/provider and must be made available to the board-approved organization
upon request.
(B) CE
programs subject to this subsection include the following:
(i) Live programs.
(I) One contact hour equals 1 continuing
competence unit (CCU).
(II)
Documentation must include the name and license number of the licensee; the
title, sponsor/provider, date(s), and location of the course; the number of
CCUs awarded, the signature of an authorized signer, and the accredited
provider or program approval number.
(III) If selected for audit, the licensee
must submit the specified documentation.
(ii) Self-study programs - Structured,
self-paced programs or courses offered through electronic media (for example,
via the internet or on DVD) or on paper (for example, a booklet) completed
without direct supervision or attendance in a class.
(I) One contact hour equals 1 CCU.
(II) Documentation must include the name and
license number of the licensee; the title, sponsor/provider, date(s), and
instructional format of the course; the number of CCUs awarded, the signature
of an authorized signer, and the accredited provider or program approval
number.
(III) If selected for
audit, the licensee must submit the specified documentation.
(iii) Regular inservice-type
programs over a one-year period where individual sessions are granted 2 CCUs or
less.
(I) One contact hour equals 1
CCU.
(II) Documentation must
include the name and license number of the licensee; the title,
sponsor/provider, date(s), and location of the inservice; the signature of an
authorized signer, and the accredited provider or program approval number with
the maximum CCUs granted and the CCU value of each session or group of sessions
specified and justified.
(III)
Additionally, proof of attendance to any or all inservice sessions must be
provided so that individual CCUs earned can be calculated by the program
sponsor/provider for submission to the board-approved organization.
(IV) If selected for audit, the licensee must
submit the specified documentation.
(iv) Large conferences with concurrent
programming.
(I) One contact hour equals 1
CCU.
(II) Documentation must
include the licensee's name and license number; title, sponsor/provider,
date(s); and location of the conference; the number of CCUs awarded, the
signature of an authorized signer, and the accredited provider or course
approval number.
(III) If selected
for audit, the licensee must submit the specified documentation and proof of
attendance.