12 AAC 79.210 - Continuing education requirements
(a) Each biennial
licensing period, an applicant for renewal of a massage therapy license shall
complete
(1) not less than 16 continuing
education credits completed between the beginning of the concluding licensing
period and the time of application, two of which must be in ethics;
and
(2) a cardiopulmonary
resuscitation course as required under
12 AAC 79.200.
(b) An applicant for renewal may
receive two hours of continuing education credit for completion of a hands-on
cardiopulmonary resuscitation course through the American Red Cross, American
Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute, a course that adheres
to the most recent American Heart Association guidelines, or a course that is
compliant with current Joint Commission standards.
(c) Continuing education must be completed
through
(1) an approved massage
school;
(2) a regionally or
nationally accredited institution of higher education; a course, seminar,
workshop, or other program through that institution must be approved by the
board as directly related to the skills and knowledge required for the practice
of massage therapy; or
(3) a local,
state, or national professional organization that serves the massage therapy
profession, including
(A) Associated Bodywork
and Massage Professionals;
(B) the
American Massage Therapy Association;
(C) the Federation of State Massage Therapy
Boards; or
(D) the National
Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
(d) An applicant for renewal is
responsible for maintaining adequate and detailed records of all continuing
education hours claimed and shall make the records available to the board upon
request under
12 AAC 79.220. Records must be
retained for four years from the date the contact hours were
obtained.
(e) An applicant for
renewal may receive three continuing education credits for attending at least
75 percent of a regularly scheduled board meeting once every biennial licensing
period.
(f) An applicant for
renewal who has been licensed more than 90 days but less than 12 months of the
concluding biennial license period is not required to submit an attestation of
having satisfied continuing education requirements, as required under
12 AAC
79.200(b).
(g) For the purposes of this section,
(1) one continuing education credit equals
one hour of classroom instruction between instructor and participant;
(2) one academic semester credit equals 15
contact hours; and
(3) one academic
quarter credit equals 10 contact hours.
Notes
Authority: AS 08.61.020
AS 08.61.030
AS 08.61.050
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