6206

CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

6206.1 Subject to § 6206.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license for a term expiring June 30, 2004.

6206.2 This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial license by examination, reciprocity, or endorsement, nor shall it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a license granted by examination.

6206.3 A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 6207.

6206.4 An applicant for renewal of a license shall submit proof of having completed forty (40) hours of approved continuing education credit during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the license expires. At least ten (10) hours of the required forty (40) hours shall have been in one (1) or more of the following areas:

(a) Staff management;

(b) Continuity in assigning the same nursing staff to the same residents as often as practicable;

(c) Creating a resident-centered environment;

(d) Activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living;

(e) Wound care;

(f) Pain management;

(g) Prevention and treatment of depression;

(h) Prevention of pressure ulcers;

(i) Urinary incontinence management;

(j) Discharge planning and community transitioning;

(k) Fall prevention;

(l) Geriatric social services and individual competency; or

(m) Behavior management.

6206.5 To qualify for a license, a person in inactive status within the meaning of § 511 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11) (2001) who submits an application to reactivate a license shall submit proof of having completed twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit for each year after June 30, 2003 that the applicant was not actively licensed, up to a maximum of one hundred (100) hours. At least twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit shall have been completed in the one (1) year period prior to the application date.

6206.6 To qualify for a license, an applicant for reinstatement of a license shall submit proof of having completed twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit for each year after June 30, 2003 that the applicant was licensed, up to a maximum of one hundred (100) hours. At least twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credit shall have been completed in the one (1) year period prior to the application date.

6206.7 An applicant under this section shall prove completion of required continuing education credits by submitting with the application the following information with respect to each program:

(a) The name and address of the sponsor of the program;

(b) The name of the program, its location, a description of the subject matter covered, and the names of the instructors;

(c) The dates on which the applicant attended the program;

(d) The hours of credit claimed; and

(e) Verification by the sponsor of completion, by signature or stamp, after which time continuing education credit will be granted.

6206.8 An applicant for renewal of a license who fails to submit proof of having completed continuing education requirements by the date the license expires may renew the license up to sixty (60) days after expiration by submitting proof pursuant to § 6206.7 and by paying the required additional late fee.

6206.9 Upon submitting proof and paying the late fee, the applicants shall be deemed to have possessed a valid license during the period between the expiration of the license and the submission of the required documentation and payment of the late fee.

6206.10 If an applicant for renewal of a license fails to submit proof of completion of continuing education requirements or pay the late fee within sixty (60) days after the expiration of applicant's license, the license shall be

considered to have lapsed on the date of expiration.

6206.11 The Board may, in its discretion, grant an extension of the sixty (60) day period to renew after expiration if the applicant's failure to submit proof of completion was for good cause. As used in this section, "good cause" includes the following:

(a) Serious and protracted illness of the applicant;

(b) The death or serious and protracted illness of a member of the applicant's immediate family.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 3774, 3781 (May 20, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 10627 (November 19, 2004); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 9400, 9402 (November 4, 2011).