Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-45-209 - Acceptable Continuing Education

A. The Board shall accept CEUs from a continuing education course approved by the:

1. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology;

2. American Academy of Pediatrics;

3. American Academy of Physician Assistants;

4. American Association for Respiratory Care and its state affiliates;

5. American Association of Critical Care Nurses and its state affiliates;

6. American College of Chest Physicians;

7. American College of Emergency Physicians;

8. American College of Physicians;

9. American College of Health Care Executives;

10. American Heart Association;

11. American Lung Association and its state affiliates;

12. American Medical Association and its state affiliates;

13. American Nurses Association and its state affiliates;

14. American Osteopathic Association and its state affiliates;

15. American Thoracic Society and its state affiliates;

16. Arizona Society for Respiratory Care;

17. Center for Disease Control;

18. Centers for Medicare Medicaid (Joint Commission);

19. College of American Pathologists;

20. National Asthma Educator Certification Board

21. Red Cross of America;

22. Society for American Anesthesiology; or

23. Society of Critical Care Medicine and its state affiliates.

B. The provider of, or an individual who takes, a continuing education course that is not approved by the American Association for Respiratory Care or the Arizona Society for Respiratory Care may apply to the Board for approval under R4-45-210 . The Board shall accept no more than 15 CEUs during an initial licensure period or a two-year licensure period for courses or activities a licensee completed online, except for live courses or activities a licensee completed online.

C. The Board shall accept no more than five CEUs during an initial licensure period or a two-year licensure period in any one of the following courses:

1. Advanced cardiac life support;

2. Neonatal advanced life support or neonatal resuscitation program; and

3. Pediatric advanced life support.

D. The Board shall not accept any CEUs in basic life support.

E. The Board shall accept no more than 10 CEUs during an initial licensure period or a two-year licensure period for each NBRC specialty examination the licensee passes during the initial licensure period or the two-year licensure period.

F. Notwithstanding subsection (E), the Board shall not accept CEUs for the following NBRC practitioner examinations:

1. The Therapist Multiple-Choice Examination; or

2. The Clinical Simulation Examination.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-45-209

Adopted effective September 12, 1996 (Supp. 96-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 968, effective May 6, 2006 (Supp. 06-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 834, effective 6/1/2017.