Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-8-206 - Continuing Education Requirement

A. A licensee shall complete at least 15 hours of approved continuing education per year.

B. The Board shall award hours in an approved continuing education as follows:

1. Seminar or workshop: One hour of continuing education for each contact hour;

2. Course at an accredited educational institution: 15 hours of continuing education for each semester hour;

3. Self-study, online, or correspondence course: Hours of continuing education determined by the course provider;

4. Teaching an approved continuing education: One hour of continuing education for each hour taught;

5. Having an article on the practice of acupuncture or traditional East-Asian medicine published in a peer-reviewed professional journal or in a text book: 15 hours of continuing education;

6. Attending a Board meeting: One hour for attending one meeting during a year; and

7. Having a text book published relating to the practice of acupuncture or traditional East-Asian medicine: 15 hours of continuing education.

C. The Board shall limit the number of hours of approved continuing education awarded as follows:

1. No more than 30 percent of the required hours may be obtained from teaching an approved continuing education. Hours may be obtained from teaching a particular approved continuing education only once during each year. No hours may be obtained from participating as a member of a panel at an approved continuing education; and

2. Hours that exceed the maximum required during a year may not be carried over to a subsequent year.

D. A licensee shall obtain a certificate or other evidence of attendance from the provider of each approved continuing education attended that includes the following:

1. Name of the licensee;

2. License number of the licensee;

3. Name of the approved continuing education;

4. Name of the continuing education provider;

5. Name of the entity that approved the continuing education;

6. Date, time, and location of the approved continuing education; and

7. Number of hours of approved continuing education.

E. A licensee shall maintain the evidence of attendance described in subsection (D) for two years and make the evidence available to the Board under R4-8-207 and as otherwise required under this Chapter.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-8-206

New Section adopted by final rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 2534, effective June 12, 2000 (Supp. 00-2). Former R4-8-206 renumbered to R4-8-205; new R4-8-206 renumbered from R4-8-205 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 690, effective April 5, 2008 (Supp. 08-1).