49 Pa. Code § 49.38 - Reporting by licensee of hours spent in continuing education; continuing education audit and enforcement
(a)
Applicants for license renewal shall provide a signed statement certifying that
the continuing education requirements have been met. The certification
statement will be included on the application form for renewal of
licensure.
(b) The Board will
randomly audit licensees to ensure compliance with the continuing education
requirements. A licensee selected for audit shall provide information to
document the licensee's completion of required continuing education. The
information must include the following:
(1)
The date attended.
(2) The clock
hours claimed.
(3) The title of
course or program and description of content.
(4) The school, hospital, medical center or
organization which sponsored the course or program.
(5) The instructor.
(6) The location of course or
program.
(7) The Board approval
number assigned to the course or program unless the provider is preapproved
under §
49.36(a)
(relating to preapproved providers of continuing education courses and programs
for professional counselors).
(c) A licensee who, as a result of an audit,
is determined to be deficient in continuing education hours is subject to
formal disciplinary action under section 11(a)-(c) of the act (63 P. S. §
1911(a)-(c)) or the issuance
of a citation under section 5(a) of the act of July 2, 1993 (P. L. 345, No. 48)
(63 P. S. §
2205(a)) as
provided in §
43b.24 (relating to schedule of
civil penalties-social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional
counselors).
(d) Notwithstanding
other action taken as set forth in subsection (c), a licensee who is determined
to be deficient in continuing education hours is required to make up deficient
hours of continuing education and submit documentation containing the
information in subsection (b) to the Board within 6 months from the issuance of
a warning letter, the issuance of a citation or the imposition of discipline.
Hours of continuing education submitted to the Board to make up for a
deficiency may not be used by the licensee to satisfy the continuing education
requirement for the current biennium .
(e) Failure to make up the deficiencies in
subsection (d) will subject the licensee to further disciplinary action under
section 11(a)-(c) of the act .
Notes
The provisions of this § 49.38 amended under
section 18(a) of the Social Workers, Marraige and Family Therapists and
Professional Counselors
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 49.31 (relating to definitions).
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