A.
Providers. Eligible
continuing education activities may be offered by providers of continuing
education such as departments of regionally-accredited institutions; national,
state or local professional organizations or associations; public or private
human services organizations; or private consultants or individuals.
Such organizations include, but are not limited to:
(1) Any accredited college or
university.
(2) Any program
accredited by CODA.
(3) The
American Dental Association, the National Dental Association, or their
component and constituent societies, associations, and local society.
(4) The American Dental Hygienists
Association, the National Dental Hygienists Association, or their component or
constituent societies, associations, and local society.
(5) The International Federation of
Denturists (IFD) or its component societies.
(6) The Maine Licensed Denturist
Association.
(7) The academies and
specialty organizations recognized by the Board.
(8) The Veterans Administration or the armed
forces.
(9) Providers who are
accredited, approved, or recognized by:
a. The
American Academy of Dental Hygiene;
b. The American Dental Association's
Continuing Education Recognition Program ("ADA CERP");
c. The Academy of General Dentistry's Program
Approval for Continuing Education ("PACE");
d. Accrediting agencies recognized by the
American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education; or
e. The Accreditation Council for Medical
Education.
B.
Documentation. All documentation must be maintained for the time
periods set forth in Section
V(A). All continuing
education activities completed by a licensee, including teaching, writing,
independent study, and other distance learning activities, must be documented
by a certificate issued by a provider of continuing education, an official
academic transcript, or other reliable written proof of successful completion
that is acceptable to the Board. The documentation must include the date,
location, and duration of the activity; the name of the presenter; the name of
the course or program; an agenda showing the content of the program; and the
number of credit hours claimed.
Continuing education printouts or logs maintained by a third
party and provided to the Board by the licensee are not acceptable unless the
printout or log contains all of the following information:
(1) The date, location, and duration of the
activity.
(2) A certificate of
completion documenting the name of the course or program, and the number of
credit hours earned.
(3) The name
of the continuing education presenter and/or organization providing the
activity.
If the third party does not have a certificate of completion
to document the activity, then it is the licensee's responsibility to maintain
documentation to substantiate the activity in accordance with this
chapter.
