Continuing Education for Chiropractors

For the purpose of sections 20-32b-1 through 20-32b-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions apply:

1. (1) "Active practice" means the treatment in Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration period.

2. (2) "Certificate of completion" means a document issued to a participant by a provider which certifies that said participant has successfully completed a continuing education activity. Such certificate shall include:

   1. (A) participant's name;
   2. (B) provider's name;
   3. (C) title or subject area of the activity;
   4. (D) date and location of attendance; and(E) number of contact hours completed.

3. (3) "Self-assessment program" means a comprehensive, complex, interactive self-study, primary-care, patient-centered evaluation covering each of the following areas:

   1. (A) differential diagnosis;
   2. (B) treatment programs;
   3. (C) risk management; and(D) cost effective managed care.
4. (4) "Contact hour" means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education activity.
5. (5) "Continuing education monitoring period" means a period beginning in an odd-numbered year and consisting of two consecutive registration periods.
6. (6) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
7. (7) "Face-to-face instruction" means in-person, live instruction which a participant physically attends, either individually or as part of a group of participants.
8. (8) "Licensee" means a chiropractor licensed pursuant to Section 20-27 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
9. (9) "License renewal due date" means the last day of the month of the licensee's date of birth.
10. (10) "Participant" means a licensee who successfully completes a continuing education activity.
11. (11) "Provider" means the individual, organization, educational institution or other entity conducting the continuing education activity.
12. (12) "Registration period" means the one-year period during which a license which has been renewed in accordance with Section 19a-88 of the Connecticut General Statutes, is current and valid and which one year period terminates on the license renewal due date.

(Adopted effective April 29, 1997)