7808.1 This section shall apply to applicants for a renewal, reinstatement, or reactivation of a license and shall not apply to applicants for an initial license or applicants seeking the renewal of a license for the first time after the initial grant of the license.

7808.2 To qualify for the renewal of a license, an applicant shall have completed twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the license expires, which shall include one (1) hour of ethics. It shall also include two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education. This LGBTQ continuing education requirement shall become effective and enforceable six (6) months after the effective date of this section.

7808.3 Notwithstanding the requirement of §§ 7808.2 and 7906.2 of this title, an applicant for dual licensure renewal shall have completed thirty (30) hours of approved continuing education during the two year-period preceding the date the licenses expire, including one (1) hour of ethics, two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education, and five (5) hours of each of the audiology and speech-language pathology disciplines.

7808.4 To qualify for the reinstatement of a license, an applicant shall have completed twenty (20) hours of continuing education described in § 7808.2 during the two (2) years preceding the submission of the reinstatement application.

7808.5 To be eligible for the reactivation of a license in accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11(c), the following applicants 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 audiology in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States;

(b) An applicant who has not been actively and lawfully practicing audiology in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States, seeks the reactivation of the license five (5) years or less after the last expiration of the license, and has completed twenty (20) hours of continuing education described in § 7808.2 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 in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States and seeks the reactivation of the license more than five (5) years after the last expiration of the license who can demonstrate his or her current competency to the Board's satisfaction.

7808.6 The Board may periodically conduct a random audit of at least ten percent (10%) of its active licensees to determine continuing education compliance. Any licensee 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 58 DCR 4336, 4342 (May 20, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8530, 8531 (July 20, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 1958 (March 7, 2014); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 00169 (January 12, 2018).