Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-72-7 - Registration renewals; continuing education

(a) Each registration initially issued or renewed by the board on or after January 1, 2009 and through December 31, 2009 shall expire on December 31, 2010.

(b) Each registration initially issued or renewed by the board on or after January 1, 2010 shall expire on December 31 of the year of issuance.

(c) Each registered naturopath who wishes to renew the registration shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Submit an application for renewal of registration and the registration renewal fee; and

(2) for the second and each subsequent renewal and for each renewal after reinstatement, submit evidence of satisfactory completion of at least 50 hours of continuing education since the registration was last renewed or was reinstated, whichever is more recent. At least 20 of these hours shall be taken in a professionally supervised setting, and not more than 30 of these hours may be taken in a non-supervised setting.

(d) Continuing education activities shall be designed to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of persons registered to practice as a naturopathic doctor. All continuing education shall deal primarily with the practice of naturopathy. Each continuing education activity that occurs in a professionally supervised setting shall be presented by a provider.

(e) One hour shall mean 60 minutes of instruction or the equivalent.

(f) The content of each continuing education activity shall have a direct bearing on patient care.

(g) An activity occurring in a "professionally supervised setting" shall mean any of the following:

(1) Lecture, which means a discourse given before an audience for instruction;

(2) panel discussion, which means the presentation of a number of views by several professional individuals on a given subject;

(3) workshop, which means a series of meetings designed for intensive study, work, or discussion in a specific field of interest;

(4) seminar, which means directed, advanced study or discussion in a specific field of interest;

(5) symposium, which means a conference that consists of more than a single session and is organized for the purpose of discussing a specific subject from various viewpoints and by various speakers; or

(6) other structured, interactive, and formal learning methods approved by the board on a case-by-case basis.

(h) An activity occurring in a "non-supervised setting" shall mean any of the following:

(1) Teaching health-related courses to practicing natur-opathic doctors or other health professionals;

(2) presenting a scientific paper to an audience of health professionals, or publishing a scientific paper in a medical or naturopathic journal;

(3) engaging in self-instruction, including journal reading and the use of television and other audiovisual materials;

(4) receiving instruction from a medical or naturopathic consultant;

(5) participating in programs concerned with review and evaluation of patient care;

(6) spending time in a self-assessment examination, not including examinations and quizzes published in journals; or

(7) engaging in meritorious learning experiences that provide a unique educational benefit to the registrant.

(i) To provide evidence of satisfactory completion of continuing education, each registrant shall submit the following to the board, as applicable:

(1) Documented evidence of attendance at each activity occurring in a professionally supervised setting; and

(2) proof of participation in each activity occurring in a non-supervised setting, which shall include a copy of any professional publication, the certification of a teaching activity, or the personal verification of any other activity occurring in a non-supervised setting.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-72-7

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-7203; implementing K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 65-7209; effective, T-100-1-2-03, Jan. 2, 2003; effective Nov. 14, 2003; amended March 27, 2009.