§2446.1. Continuing education requirement
A. Beginning December 1, 2005, the board shall require all licensees applying for reinstatement or renewal of licenses to have completed fifteen hours of continuing education per year in courses approved by the board, which may consist of a maximum of three hours obtained through Internet or correspondence courses, in order to renew their license on January first of the following year. Each licensee shall submit documentation from any recognized professional or educational institution to the board as proof that each licensee has been exposed to new developments in the practice which have occurred since the prior issuance or renewal of such license.
B. Among those subjects which shall be approved by the board as categories of study toward completion of the annual requirement of continuing education are:
(1) Procedures in the selection and fitting of hearing aids.
(2) Advances in pre- and post-fitting management of patient.
(3) Advances in transducer and amplifier technology and functions to improve patient performance.
(4) Advances in earmold design and functions contributing to improved patient performance.
(5) Trends in office and business management procedures for dispensing of hearing aids.
(6) State and federal regulations affecting dispensing of hearing aids.
(7) Allied professional disciplines relating to the deaf or hard of hearing and hearing aid devices may be approved by the board.
C. Any person receiving a license by endorsement or examination on July first or later in that year shall not be required to have the fifteen hours of continuing education until December thirty-first of the following year.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 273, §1. Acts 1989, No. 752, §1 Acts 2005, No. 261, §1; Acts 2011, No. 93, §1; Acts 2017, No. 146, §7.
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