22 Tex. Admin. Code § 216.5 - Additional Methods for Meeting Continuing Competency Requirements
(a) Academic Courses. A licensee may receive
CNE credit for attendance and completion of an academic course within the
framework of a curriculum that leads to an academic degree in nursing or any
academic course directly relevant to the licensee's area of nursing practice.
(1) Upon audit by the Board, the licensee
must submit to the Board an official transcript indicating completion of the
course with a grade of "C" or better, or a "Pass" on a Pass/Fail grading
system.
(2) Contact hours may be
obtained by this means for academic courses that were completed within the
licensing period. CNE credit for academic courses will convert on the following
basis: one academic quarter hour = 10 contact hours; one academic semester hour
= 15 contact hours.
(b)
Program Development and/or Presentation.
(1)
A licensee may receive CNE credit for development and/or presentation of a
program that is approved by one of the credentialing agencies or providers
recognized by the Board.
(2) Upon
audit by the Board, the licensee must submit to the Board on one page: the
title of the program, program objectives, brief outline of content, name of
credentialing agency that approved the program for contact hours, provider
number, program number, dates and locations of the presentation, and number of
contact hours.
(3) Contact hours
for program development and/or presentation shall equal the number of contact
hours awarded by a credentialing agency or provider recognized by the Board for
the offering. Contact hours may be obtained by this means by the nurse(s) who
developed and/or presented the qualifying program per licensing period; only
distinct activities may be used to obtain contact hours by this means for a
licensing period.
(c)
Authorship.
(1) A licensee may receive CNE
credit for development and publication of a manuscript related to nursing and
health care that is published in a nursing or health-related textbook or
journal.
(2) Upon audit by the
Board, the licensee must submit to the Board a letter from the publisher
indicating acceptance of the manuscript for publication or a copy of the
published work.
(3) One contact
hour per distinct publication may be obtained by this means per licensing
period.
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