49 Pa. Code § 18.309a - Requirement of continuing education
(a) The following continuing education
requirements shall be completed each biennial cycle:
(1) An applicant for biennial renewal or
reactivation of licensure is required to complete, during the 2 years preceding
the application for renewal or reactivation, a minimum of 30 hours of
continuing education as set forth in section 36.1(f)(2) of the act
(63
P.S. §
422.36a(f)(2)).
(2) At least 10 continuing education hours
shall be obtained through classroom lecture, clinical presentation, real-time
web-cast or other live sessions where a presenter is involved.
(3) At least 10 continuing education hours
shall be obtained through traditional continuing education such as classroom
lecture, clinical presentation, real-time web-cast or other live sessions where
a presenter is involved. To qualify for credit, the provider shall make
available documented verification of completion of the course or
program.
(4) One continuing
education hour shall be completed in medical ethics, 1 continuing education
hour shall be completed in patient safety and at least 2 hours shall be
completed in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with §
16.108(b)
(relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
requirement).
(5) Credit will not
be given for continuing education in basic life support, including basic
cardiac life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In any given biennial
renewal period, a licensee may receive credit for no more than 8 continuing
education hours in advanced life support, including advanced cardiac life
support, neonatal advanced life support/neonatal resuscitation and pediatric
advanced life support.
(6) A
licensee will not receive continuing education credit for participating in a
continuing education activity with objectives and content identical to those of
another continuing education activity within the same biennial renewal period
for which credit was granted.
(b) An individual applying for the first time
for licensure in this Commonwealth is exempt from completing the continuing
education requirements during the initial biennial renewal period in which the
license is issued.
(c) The Board
may waive all or a portion of the requirements of continuing education in cases
of serious illness, other demonstrated hardship or military service. It shall
be the duty of each licensee who seeks a waiver to notify the Board in writing
and request the waiver prior to the end of the renewal period. The request must
be made in writing, with appropriate documentation, and include a description
of circumstances sufficient to show why the licensee is unable to comply with
the continuing education requirement. The Board will grant, deny or grant in
part the request for waiver and will send the licensee written notification of
its approval or denial in whole or in part of the request. A licensee who
requests a waiver may not practice as a respiratory therapist after the
expiration of the licensee's current license until the Board grants the waiver
request.
(d) A licensee shall
maintain the information and documentation supporting completion of the hours
of continuing education required, or the waiver granted, for at least 2 years
after the conclusion of the biennial renewal period to which the continuing
education or waiver applies, the date of completion of the continuing education
or grant of the waiver, whichever is latest, and provide the information and
documentation to representatives of the Board upon request.
Notes
The provisions of this § 18.309a amended under sections 8, 8.1, 13(c) and 13.1(c) of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. §§ 422.8, 422.8a, 422.13(c) and 422.13a(c)); and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 18.309 (relating to renewal of licensure).
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