6906 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

6906.1 Subject to § 6906.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license.

6906.2 This section does not apply to applicants for an initial license or applicants for the first renewal after the initial grant of a license.

6906.3 A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 6907.

6906.4 To qualify for the renewal of a license, an applicant shall complete thirty (30) hours of valid continuing education during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the license expires, which shall also meet the following requirements:

(a) At least fifteen (15) hours of valid continuing education shall be completed in live program(s); and

(b) An applicant seeking to renew his or her license on or before December 31, 2017 shall complete three (3) hours each in ethics and cultural competency; or

(c) An applicant seeking to renew his or her license on or before December 31, 2019 and thereafter shall complete two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.

6906.5 A reactivation applicant in inactive status within the meaning of § 511 of the Act, D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11, who submits an application to reactivate a license that has been inactive up to a maximum of two (2) years shall submit proof of having completed fifteen (15) approved continuing education hours for each inactive year. A reactivation applicant whose license was inactive for more than two (2) years shall retake and pass the D.C. jurisprudence examination, as provided in § 6905, and shall complete the number and type of continuing education credits required by Board which shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.

6906.6 An applicant for reinstatement whose license had expired no more than two (2) years shall submit proof of having completed fifteen (15) approved continuing education hours, including one (1) hour of LGBTQ continuing education, for each year after the license expired. A reinstatement applicant whose license has expired for more than two (2) years shall retake and pass the D.C. jurisprudence examination, as provided in § 6905, and complete the number and type of continuing education credits required by the Board, which shall be determined on a case by case basis.

6906.7 A renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement applicant shall prove completion of required continuing education credits by submitting the following information with respect to each continuing education program or activity:

(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, a complete schedule with time allotments for each topic or subtopic and lunch or breaks, and the name of each instructor or speaker;

(c) The date(s) on which the applicant participated in the program;

(d) The hours of continuing education credit claimed; and

(e) A copy of the continuing education completion verification document that includes the sponsor's signature and seal.

6906.8 An applicant under this section shall prove completion of continuing education course work which was audited, as provided in § 6908.3, by submitting a signed statement from the instructor on college stationery for each class attended.

6906.9 [REPEALED].

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 2921, 2925 (April 22, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 6019-6020 (July 31, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 4921 (May 16, 2014); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 8248 (August 18, 2017).