Or. Admin. Code § 331-900-0085 - Continuing Education for Standard Body Piercing License
(1) To maintain licensure, a standard or
specialty body piercer license holder must complete a minimum of 10 hours of
satisfactory continuing education every year.
(2) A standard or specialty body piercer
license holder must document compliance with the continuing education
requirement through attestation on the license renewal application. Licensees
will be subject to the provisions of OAR
331-900-0090 pertaining to periodic audit of continuing education.
(3) Continuing Education may be obtained
through online courses, attendance at lectures, sessions, courses, workshops,
symposiums seminars or other presentations offered by:
(a) Five hours must be obtained by
participation in or attendance at a course provided by:
(A) Institutions or programs accredited by a
federally recognized accrediting agency;
(B) Institutions or programs approved by an
agency within the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission;
(C) An organization offering continuing
medical education opportunities, including Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education, Association of Professional Piercers and Fakir Piercing
Academy; and
(D) Any additional
Office approved professional organization, or association, hospital, health
care clinic or other training sponsor, including but not limited to body art
facilities or county health departments, offering continuing education related
to subject matter listed in (4) of this rule.
(b) Five hours may be self-study, where
subject matter meets the requirements under subsection (4) of this rule, which
may include the following:
(A) Correspondence
courses including online courses through completion and certification by an
approved national home study organization;
(B) Review of publications, textbooks,
printed material, or audio cassette(s); and
(C) Viewing of films, videos, or
slides.
(4) The
subject matter of the continuing education must be specifically related to body
piercing. As outlined in the approved course of study under OAR
331-900-0005(3)
and (11). Continuing education may include
the laws and rules regulating licensed body piercers, health care professional
concerns such as safety, emergencies, client consultation, business ethics, and
business practices or legalities.
(5) In order to renew, continuing education
requirements must be met every year, even if the license is inactive or
suspended.
(6) Obtaining and
maintaining proof of participation in required continuing education is the
responsibility of the licensee. The licensee must ensure that adequate proof of
attainment of required continuing education is available for audit or
investigation or when otherwise requested by the Office. Adequate proof of
participation is listed under OAR
331-900-0090(3).
(7) Documentation of participation in
continuing education requirements must be maintained for a period of five years
following renewal, and must be available to the Office upon request.
(8) Current training and certification in
CPR, first aid, and blood borne pathogens is a condition of renewal and is not
eligible for continuing education credit).
(9) A licensee may carry up to 8 hours of
excess continuing education hours forward to the next renewal cycle.
(10) For the purpose of this rule continuing
education hours mean actual academic, classroom, or course work time, including
but not limited to workshops, symposiums, or seminars. Continuing education
hours do not include travel time to or from the training site, registration or
check-in periods, breaks or lunch periods.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: 676.615, 690.385, 676.586 & 690.405
Statutes/Other Implemented: 690.385, 676.586 & 690.405
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