1. (1)(a) Under Subsection 58-1-601(3), the Division shall produce the suicide prevention videos described in Subsection 58-1-601(2) by meeting at least annually with the Division of Integrated Healthcare to review information on existing videos and plan new videos, including:

   1. (i) establishing goals, specifications, and standards for the videos;

      1. (ii) identifying approved vendors from Utah's Best Value Cooperative Contracts list or otherwise planning requests for proposals;
      2. (iii) awarding contracts for creation of the videos; and
      3. (iv) producing the videos and providing them in effective formats.
   2. (b) The Division shall collaborate with the Department of Government Operations to allow primary care providers access to view the suicide prevention videos described in Subsection 58-1-601(2) on the Division's website, at no cost to the providers.

   3. (c) A primary care provider may fulfill up to ten of their CPE hours by viewing the Division-created suicide prevention videos, as follows:

      1. (i) for a video 25 minutes or less in length, a provider may recognize one-half CPE credit hour; and
      2. (ii) for a video 26 minutes or longer, a provider may recognize CPE credit in 50-minute hour blocks of time.
   4. (d) The Division's production of the suicide prevention videos may include posting Division-approved substitutes for the videos on its website, such as Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) training, or more robust in-person training CME hours from a Suicide Prevention Summit provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.

2. (2)(a) Under Subsection 58-1-601(2)(b), the Division-approved educational materials or courses related to suicide prevention shall include those identified on the Division's website.

   1. (b) The number and type of CPE credit hours allowed for completion of each educational material or course shall be stated on the Division's website or in the educational materials or course.

3. (3)(a) The Division or other provider of suicide prevention educational materials, courses, or videos may track or confirm a primary care provider's completion of the educational materials, course, or video.

   1. (b) A primary care provider shall maintain documentation sufficient to prove compliance with Section 58-1-601 and this section, for two years after the end of the licensure cycle for which the CPE is due, including:

      1. (i) title of the educational materials, course, or video;
      2. (ii) date completed;
      3. (iii) number of CE hours claimed; and
      4. (iv) type of CE.

KEY: licensing, supervision, evidentiary restrictions

Date of Last Change: December 24, 2024

Notice of Continuation: November 2, 2021

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 58-1-106(1)(a); 58-1-308; 58-1-501(2)