- (a) Each licensee shall be responsible for identifying and seeking continuing professional education requirements.
- (b) Licensees shall complete Continuing Education Units (CEUs) as follows:
- (1) Tier one (1) licensees and certified CAAs shall complete twenty-four (24) clock hours of CEUs each license year.
- (2) Tier 2 RC/AL administrators shall successfully complete sixteen (16) clock hours of continuing education during each license year.
- (3) Licensed Tier 2 Adult Day Care Administrators shall successfully complete sixteen (16) clock hours of continuing education during each license year.
- (4) Licensed Tier 2 ICF/IID-16 administrators shall successfully complete sixteen (16) clock hours of continuing education during each license year.
- (c) License and certificate holders are responsible for maintaining their own CEU records.
- (d) Required CEUs must be completed within the licensure period.
- (e) Credit will only be given once per approved program for each licensure period; duplication of credit for the same course is not permissible in the same licensure year.
- (f) A written request for an extension may be submitted to the Department when a license or certificate holder cannot meet the requirements for continuing education due to illness, emergency, or other hardship. Extension requests will be reviewed by the Department and determinations made on a case-by-case basis.
- (g) CEU documentation must be uploaded in the online renewal portal at the time of renewal for review by the Department. Renewal applicants must complete CEUs prior to the Department issuing a renewal to the renewal applicant. .
- (h) All licensees, even those subject to enforcement action, are required to complete continuing education.
- (i) Continuing education requirement hours will be required for first year license and certificate holders are:
- (1) Tier 1 administrators and certified CAAs shall be required to complete six (6) hours of continuing education for each quarter in which they hold a license.
- (2) Licensed Tier 2 administrators shall be required to complete four and a half (4 1/2) hours of continuing education for each quarter in which they hold a license.
<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Transferred from 490:1-9-4 by HB 2824 (2023), eff 11-1-23</span></div>
Amended at 41 Ok Reg, Number 22, effective 8-11-24