10208 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

10208.1 This section shall apply to applicants for renewal, reinstatement, or reactivation of a registration and shall not apply to applicants for an initial registration or applicants seeking the renewal of a registration for the first time after the initial grant of the registration.10208.2 To qualify for the renewal of a registration, an applicant shall have completed ten (10) hours of approved continuing education during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the license expires, including one (1) hour of ethics and two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.10208.3 To qualify for the reinstatement of a registration, an applicant shall have completed ten (10) hours of continuing education described in § 10208.2 during the two (2) years preceding the submission of the reinstatement application.10208.4 To qualify for the reactivation of a registration in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11(c), the following applicant shall be deemed to meet the requirement of D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11(c)(2):- (a) An applicant who has been actively and lawfully practicing speech-language pathology assisting in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States;

- (b) An applicant who has not been actively and lawfully practicing speech-language pathology 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 § 10208.2 during the two (2) years preceding the submission of the reactivation application; or

- (c) An applicant who has not been actively and lawfully practicing speech-language pathology 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.10208.5 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 provide 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 8280 (August 18, 2017).