7906.1 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.

7906.2 To qualify for the renewal of a license, an applicant shall have completed, during the two (2)-year period preceding the date the license expires, twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education, which shall include the following:

1. (a) One (1) hour of ethics;
2. (b) Two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education; and
3. (c) Ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate.

7906.3 Notwithstanding the requirement of §§ 7906.2 and 7808.2 of Chapter 78 of this title, an applicant for dual licensure renewal may qualify for the renewal of both licenses by completing thirty (30) hours of approved continuing education during the two (2) year-period preceding the date the licenses expire, which shall include:

1. (a) One (1) hour of ethics;
2. (b) Two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education;
3. (c) Five (5) hours of each of the audiology and speech-language pathology disciplines; and
4. (d) Ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate.

7906.4 To qualify for the reinstatement of a license, an applicant shall have completed twenty (20) hours of continuing education described in § 7906.2 during the two (2) years preceding the submission of the reinstatement application.

7906.5 To qualify 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 speech-language pathology in another jurisdiction or territory of the United States;

(b) An applicant who has not been actively and lawfully practicing speech-language pathology 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 § 7906.2 during the two (2) years preceding the submission of the reactivation application; or

(c) An applicant who has not been actively and lawfully practicing speech-language pathology 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.

7906.6 The Board may 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 continuing education compliance to the Board within thirty (30) days of receiving notification of the audit.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 7314 (September 4, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 14810 (October 18, 2013); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 00177 (January 12, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 5658 (May 3, 2019).