1. A. Continuing education is a prerequisite of license or certificate renewal.

   1. 1. A licensed administrator shall obtain 50 credit hours of Board-approved continuing education during each biennial period. During the biennial period in which an administrator is initially licensed, the administrator shall obtain two credit hours of Board-approved continuing education for each month or part of a month remaining in the biennial period.
   2. 2. A certified manager shall obtain 24 credit hours of Board-approved continuing education during each biennial period. During the biennial period in which a manager is initially certified, the manager shall obtain one credit hour of Board-approved continuing education for each month or part of a month remaining in the biennial period.

2. B. The Board shall award credit hours in an approved continuing education as follows:

   1. 1. Seminar or workshop. One credit hour of continuing education for each contact hour;
   2. 2. Course at an accredited educational institution. Fifteen credit hours of continuing education for each course hour;
   3. 3. Attendance at a business meeting of a national health care organization or of a state association affiliated with a national health care organization. One-half credit hour of continuing education for each business meeting attended;
   4. 4. Self-study, online, or correspondence course. Approved credit hours of continuing education requested by the course provider;
   5. 5. Serving as a preceptor. Two credit hours of continuing education for each month that an administrator serves as an AIT preceptor; and
   6. 6. Teaching a Board-approved continuing education. One credit hour of continuing education for each hour taught.

3. C. The Board shall limit the number of credit hours of Board-approved continuing education awarded as follows:

   1. 1. No more than 40 percent of the required credit hours may be obtained using self-study, online, or correspondence courses;
   2. 2. No more than 50 percent of the required credit hours may be obtained from serving as an AIT preceptor;
   3. 3. Hours may be obtained for teaching a particular continuing education only once during each biennial period; and
   4. 4. Hours that exceed the minimum required for a biennial period may not be carried over to a subsequent biennial period.

4. D. An administrator or manager shall obtain a certificate or other evidence of attendance from the provider of each continuing education attended that includes the following:

   1. 1. Name of the administrator or manager;
   2. 2. License or certificate number of the administrator or manager;
   3. 3. Name of the continuing education;
   4. 4. Name of the continuing education provider;
   5. 5. Date, time, and location of the continuing education; and
   6. 6. Number of credit hours in the continuing education.
5. E. An administrator or manager shall maintain the evidence of attendance described in subsection (D) for three years and make the evidence available to the Board under R4-33-503 and as otherwise required under this Chapter.

6. F. To obtain an extension of time under A.R.S. § 36-446.07(G) to complete the continuing education requirement, an administrator or manager shall submit to the Board a written request that includes the following:

   1. 1. Ending date of the requested extension,
   2. 2. Continuing education completed during the current biennial period and the documentation required under subsection (D),
   3. 3. Proof of registration for additional continuing education that is sufficient to enable the administrator or manager to fulfill the continuing education requirement before the end of the requested extension, and
   4. 4. Administrator’s or manager’s attestation that the continuing education obtained under the extension will be reported only to fulfill the current renewal requirement and will not be reported on a subsequent renewal application.

7. G. The Board shall grant an extension of time within seven days after receiving a request for an extension of time if the request:

   1. 1. Specifies an ending date no later than October 31,
   2. 2. Includes the required documentation and attestation,
   3. 3. Is submitted no sooner than April 30, and
   4. 4. Will facilitate the safe and professional regulation of nursing care institutions or assisted living facilities in this state.

; Extension of Time

Historical Note

New Section made by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 4075, effective December 4, 2006 (Supp. 06-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 15 A.A.R. 1975, effective November 3, 2009 (Supp. 09-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 233, effective April 4, 2021 (Supp. 21-1).