7008 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

7008.1 Except as provided in § 7008.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license.7008.2 This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial District of Columbia license, nor to applicants for the first renewal of a license granted by examination.7008.3 Continuing education credits (CEUs) may be granted only for programs or activities approved by the Board.7008.4 Beginning with the renewal period of 2007, an applicant for renewal of a license shall have completed forty (40) hours of approved continuing education credit during the two-year period preceding the date the license expires. A minimum of six (6) hours of the total continuing education credits shall have been in ethics.7008.5 To qualify for a license, an applicant 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 that the applicant was in active status.7008.6 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 that the license was expired.7008.7 An applicant under this section shall submit with the application a completed form approved by the Board for each program for which continuing education credit is claimed, and shall maintain for a period of at least five (5) years 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.7008.8 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 the expiration by submitting this proof and paying the required additional late fee.7008.9 Upon submission of proof and payment, the applicant shall be deemed to have possessed a valid license during the period between the expiration of the license and the submission of the proof and payment.7008.10 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 the applicant's license, the license shall be considered to have lapsed on the date of expiration.7008.11 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.

7008.12 An applicant under this section shall prove completion of continuing education course work which was audited under § 7010.3 by submitting with the application a verification of registration from the office of the registrar of the institution at which the course was audited.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 8281, 8284 (December 8, 1989); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 10686 (December 9, 2005).