10108.1 This section shall apply to applicants for renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a registration and shall not apply to applicants for an initial registration or applicants seeking renewal of a registration for the first time after the initial grant of the registration.

10108.2 To be eligible for the renewal of a registration, an applicant shall have completed, during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the registration expires, ten (10) hours of approved continuing education related to audiology, including one (1) hour of ethics and two (2) hours of continuing education on cultural competency or specialized clinical training focusing on patients or clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, or question their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression (“LGBTQ”) meeting the requirements of Section 510(b)(5) of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.10(b)(5)).

10108.3 To be eligible for the reinstatement of a registration issued pursuant to this chapter, an applicant shall have completed ten (10) hours of continuing education described in § 10108.2 during the two (2) years preceding the submission of the reinstatement application.

10108.4 To qualify for the reactivation of a registration in accordance with Section 511(c) of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11(c)), the following applicants shall be deemed to meet the requirement of Section 511(c)(2):

(a) An applicant who has been actively and lawfully practicing audiology assisting in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States;

(b) An applicant who has not been actively and lawfully practicing audiology assisting in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States, seeks the reactivation of the registration five (5) years or less after the last expiration of the registration, and has completed ten (10) hours of continuing education described in § 10108.2 during the two (2) years preceding the submission of the reactivation application; or

(c) An applicant who has not been actively and lawfully practicing audiology assisting in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States and seeks the reactivation of the registration more than five (5) years after the last expiration of the registration who can demonstrate his or her current competency to the Board’s satisfaction.

10108.5 The Board may conduct a random audit of at least ten percent (10%) of its active registrants to determine continuing education compliance. Any registrant selected

for the audit shall submit proof of his or her continuing education compliance to the Board within thirty (30) days of receiving notification of the audit.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 8271 (August 18, 2017).