Or. Admin. Code § 819-025-0020 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
(1) To maintain certification, a certified
advanced esthetician must complete a minimum of five hours of continuing
education every year.
(2) The
subject matter of the continuing education must be related to advanced
nonablative esthetics pursuant to OAR 819-020-0100 and ORS
676.630.
Continuing education may include the laws and rules, infection control,
professional ethics and business practices.
(3) A certification holder must document
compliance with the continuing education requirement through attestation on the
certification renewal application. A certification holder is subject to
provisions of OAR 819-025-0030 pertaining to periodic audit of continuing
education.
(4) Continuing
education may be obtained through online courses, attendance at lectures,
sessions, courses, workshops, symposiums seminars or other presentations
offered by:
(a) Institutions or programs
accredited by a federally recognized accrediting agency;
(b) Institutions or programs approved by
Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission;
(c) An organization offering continuing
advanced nonablative esthetic education opportunities, including but not
limited to, Board-approved professional organization, association, hospital, or
health-care clinic offering continuing education related to subject matter
listed in subsection (2) of this rule.
(d) Society of Plastic Surgical Skin Care
Specialists, Associated Skin Care Professionals, New Age Spa Institute, Cascade
Aesthetic Alliance and and National Coalition of Estheticians
Manufacturers/Distributors and Associations (NCEA) Commission on
Accreditation.
(5)
Continuing education relating to subject matter listed in subsection (2) of
this rule may also be obtained through self-study, research, authorship, or
teaching, provided that no more than half the required hours be in research,
authorship or teaching.
(6)
Obtaining and maintaining proof of continuing education is the responsibility
of the certificate holder. The certificate holder 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 819-025-0030.
(7) Documentation of participation in
continuing education requirements must be maintained for a period of five
years.
(8) Hours of continuing
education that are obtained in excess of the minimum requirements listed in
this rule will not be carried forward as credit for the subsequent license
renewal reporting cycle.
(9) For
the purpose of this rule continuing education must include periods of
continuous instruction and education, not to include breaks, rest periods,
travel, registration or meals.
(10) A certification holder is not required
to attest to having five hours of annual continuing education until their
second renewal. The second and all subsequent renewals require annual
attestation of five hours of continuing education.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 676.615, ORS 676.586 & ORS 676.655
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 676.655
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