N.J. Admin. Code § 13:37A-4.1 - Continuing education
(a) Upon biennial
license renewal, licensees shall attest that they have completed courses of
continuing education of the types and number of credit hours specified in (b),
(c), (d) and (e) below and
N.J.A.C.
13:37A-4.2. Falsification of any information
submitted on the renewal application may require an appearance before the Board
and may subject a licensee to penalties and/or suspension or revocation of the
license pursuant to
N.J.S.A.
45:1-21 through 25.
(b) Each applicant for biennial license
renewal shall be required to complete during the preceding biennial period 20
credit hours of continuing education related to the practice of massage and
bodywork therapy, except as provided at (d) below. These 20 credit hours shall
include at least two hours in ethics and one hour in the laws and rules
pertinent to the practice of massage and bodywork therapy, specifically,
N.J.S.A.
45:11-53 et seq., and this chapter. Courses
in practices in which licensees are prohibited from engaging pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
13:37A-3.1(b) shall not
satisfy continuing education requirements.
(c) Licensees shall be limited to completing
a total of:
1. Six credit hours through
courses presented online or through DVDs; and
2. Three credit hours through courses that
are related solely to the business practices of licensees.
(d) A licensee who is licensed in the second
year of a biennial renewal period shall be required to complete 10 credit hours
of continuing education, of which at least two hours shall be in
ethics.
(e) A licensee who
completes more than the minimum continuing education credit hours set forth in
(b) or (d) above in any biennial registration period may carry no more than 18
of the additional credit hours into a succeeding biennial period. A licensee
who carries over credits into a biennial period shall complete, during that
biennial period, at least two hours of ethics.
(f) A licensee shall complete no more than
eight continuing education credit hours in one day.
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