Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0090-05-.02 - STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

(1) The Commissioner shall have the authority to review and either accept or deny approval for courses based upon the criteria established in Rule 0090-03-.01, paragraph (4).

(2) Educational courses submitted for approval shall list the following:

(a) Title of course;

(b) Class length (in hours);

(c) Alarm classification to which course is applicable;

(d) Synopsis and objective(s) of course;

(e) Reference materials used with the course;

(f) Author of course and employment affiliation;

(g) Selection of criteria for students; and

(h) Related courses.

(3) Course materials and information shall be submitted to the Commissioner for review. The Commissioner shall accept or reject the course for continuing education credit. The Commissioner may audit the course if deemed necessary for evaluation purposes.

(4) All correspondence regarding materials submitted for evaluation by the Commissioner and/or the Commissioner's Committee(s) shall be public record. However, nothing in this rule shall adversely affect copyrighted material.

(5) These approved courses must certify the attendance and successful completion of the course for each of its students to the Commissioner on an appropriate form.

(6) A course approval shall continue in effect for four (4) years from the date on which the course is approved.

(7) The Commissioner reserves the right to issue course approvals for periods of less than four (4) years.

(8) Course providers shall resubmit their courses for approval at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the applicable expiration date. Failure to meet this deadline may result in the non-approval of a course.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0090-05-.02

Original rule filed January 14, 1993; effective February 28, 1993. Amendment filed October 30, 1994; effective December 30, 1994. Amendment filed May 26, 2009; effective August 9, 2009. Amendments filed March 22, 2023; effective 6/20/2023.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 62-32-307, 62-32-313(k), and 62-32-316.