(1)
General
criteria. A
continuing education activity must meet the following
criteria:
a. Constitute an organized program
of learning that contributes directly to the professional competency of the
licensee;
b. Pertain to subject
matters that integrally relate to the practice of the profession;
c. Be conducted by individuals who have
specialized education, training and experience concerning the subject matter of
the program. At the time of audit, the board may request the qualifications of
presenters;
d. Fulfill stated
program goals, objectives, or both; and
e. Provide proof of attendance to licensees
in attendance, including:
(1) Date(s),
location, course title, presenter(s);
(2) Number of program contact hours;
and
(3) Certificate of completion
or evidence of successful completion of the course provided by the course
sponsor.
All licensees must retain the information identified in
paragraph 102.3(1)"e" for two years after the biennium has
ended.
(2)
Specific criteria.
a. The following categories of
continuing
education are accepted:
(1) Public health and
technical: chemistry, microbiology and public health, anatomy, pathology,
restorative art, arterial and cavity embalming.
(2) Business management: accounting, funeral
home and crematory management and merchandising, computer application, funeral
directing, and small business management.
(3) Social sciences/humanities: psychology of
grief, counseling, sociology of funeral service, history of funeral service,
communication skills, and philosophy.
(4) Legal, ethical, regulatory: mortuary law;
business law; ethics; Federal Trade Commission, OSHA, ADA, and EPA regulations;
preneed regulation; social services; veterans affairs benefits; insurance;
state and county benefits; legislative concerns. Insurance will be related to
life insurance and will not exceed 8 hours each biennium.
b. Academic coursework that meets the
criteria set forth in the rule is accepted.
Continuing education credit
equivalents are as follows:
1 academic semester hour = 10 continuing education
hours
1 academic trimester hour = 8 continuing education
hours
1 academic quarter hour = 7 continuing education hours
A course description and an official school transcript
indicating successful completion of the course must be provided by the licensee
to receive credit for an academic course if continuing education is
audited.
c. Attendance at or
participation in a program or course that is offered or sponsored by a state or
national funeral association that meets the criteria in subrule 102.3(1) and
paragraph 102.3(2)"a" is accepted.
d. Independent study credits, including those
obtained by television viewing, Internet, video-or sound-recorded programs, or
correspondence work or by other similar means that meet the criteria in
paragraph 102.3(2)"a," must be accompanied by a certificate
from the sponsoring organization that indicates successful completion of the
test. Continuing education credit obtained by independent study will not exceed
12 hours of the 24 hours required during the compliance period.
e. Presentations of a structured continuing
education program or a college course that meets the criteria established in
standards for approval may receive 1.5 times the number of hours granted the
attendees. These hours will be granted only once per biennium for identical
presentations.
f. Two of the 24
hours of continuing education will be in current Iowa law and rules covering
mortuary science content areas including but not limited to Iowa law and rules
governing the practice of mortuary science, cremation, vital statistics,
cemeteries and preneed.
