- (a) Continuing Professional Education will be referred to herein as CPE.
- (b) The purpose of CPE is to help ensure that licensees are able to serve the public in a competent manner.
(c) The following terms when used in this section, shall have the meanings, given below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
- (1) A "program" is designed to permit a participant to use a given body of knowledge at specified level of skill.
- (2) A "formal group program" is a program that complies with the standards in the board's Rules.
- (3) A "self-study program" is a program designed to permit a participant to learn a given subject without major interaction with an instructor.
(4) A "formal self-study program" is one for which the sponsor:
- (A) requires and evaluates evidence (such as a workbook or examination paper) the participant has completed the course satisfactorily;
- (B) provides a certificate based upon evidence of satisfactory completion; and
- (C) complies with the standards in the board's Rules.
(5) A "computer-based interactive format program" is one designed to simulate a classroom learning process by employing structured software or technology-based systems that provide significant ongoing interactive feedback for the participant regarding the learning process. This type of program clearly defines lesson objectives and manages the participant through the learning process by:
- (A) requiring frequent response to questions that test for understanding of the material presented;
- (B) providing evaluative feedback to incorrectly-answered questions; and
- (C) providing reinforcement feedback to correctly-answered questions.
(d) Sponsors are responsible for ensuring that their programs:
- (1) use appropriate delivery methodology;
- (2) deliver what participants may reasonably expect based on the program description; and
- (3) comply with all the standards in the board's Rules.
Source Note:The provisions of this §523.102 adopted to be effective April 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 3476.