7809.1 A continuing education hour shall be valid and granted credit only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board as a program or activity that contributes to the growth of professional competence in the practice of audiology or speech-language pathology, is current in its subject matter, and is developed and taught or conducted by qualified individual(s).

7809.2 Subject to § 7809.1, the Board may grant continuing education credit for programs or activities offered or sponsored by the following organizations:

1. (a) The Speech-Language Hearing Association of the District of Columbia or similar speech-language hearing association of another state;
2. (b) The American Academy of Audiology;
3. (c) The American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and its approved continuing education providers;
4. (d) An accredited provider of The Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education of the American Medical Association offering Category I continuing medical education;
5. (e) The International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and its authorized providers;
6. (f) A health care organization accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO); or
7. (g) The International Hearing Society.

7809.3 Subject to § 7809.1, the Board may grant continuing education credit for the following activities:

1. (a) Attendance and completion of:
2. (1) A course given at an accredited college or university;
3. (2) A seminar or workshop;
4. (3) An educational program given at a conference; or
5. (4) An in-service training;

(b) Serving as a presenter or speaker at a conference, seminar, workshop, or in- service training; or

(c) Publishing an article related to audiology or speech-language pathology in a professional journal or authoring or co-authoring a book, a chapter in a book or a book review related to audiology or speech-language pathology.

7809.4 The Board shall not grant credit for work done in the course of a requestor's normal occupation or incident to the performance of his or her regular duties, such as teaching courses, research, or course preparation in the case of a teacher or professor.

7809.5 A requestor shall have the burden of verifying whether a program or activity is approved by the Board.

7809.6 Satisfactory proof of completion of a seminar, a workshop, or an educational program given at a conference or an in-service training shall include:

(a) The name and address of the provider 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 course provider or accreditor of completion, which for a course provider shall be by signature or stamp, and for an accreditor shall be by an official transcript.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 4336, 4342 (May 20, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8530, 8532 (July 20, 2012); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 00169 (January 12, 2018).