8606

CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

8606.1 Subject to § 8606.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a registration.

8606.2 This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial registration by examination, reciprocity, or endorsement, nor shall it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a license granted by examination.

8606.3 An applicant for renewal of a registration shall submit proof of having completed thirty (30) hours of approved continuing education credits during the two (2) year period preceding the date the license expires.

8606.4 An 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 two (2) years shall submit proof of having completed fifteen (15) approved continuing education credits for each inactive year. An applicant whose license was inactive for more than two (2) years shall retake and pass the District examination and shall complete the number and type of continuing education credits required by the Board which shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.

8606.5 An application for reinstatement of a license that has been expired up to a maximum of two (2) years shall submit proof of having completed fifteen (15) approved continuing education credits for each year the license was expired. An applicant whose license was expired for more than two (2) years shall retake and pass the District examination and complete the number and type of continuing education credits required by the Board, which shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.

8606.6 A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 8607.

8606.7 An applicant under this section shall prove completion of the required continuing education credits by submitting with the application 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 and its location;

(c) A description of the subject matter covered;

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

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

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

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

8606.8 An applicant under this section shall prove completion of continuing education course work that was audited by submitting with the application a signed statement from the instructor on college stationery for each class attended.

8606.9 At least three (3) of the continuing education credits shall be in each of the following areas:

(a) Ethics or risk liability; and

(b) Cultural competence.

8606.10 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 expiration by submitting proof and paying the required additional late fee.

8606.11 Upon submitting proof and paying the late fee, 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 required documentation and payment of the late fee.

8606.12 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.

Source: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3246, 3248 (April 15, 2011).