Wyo. Code R. 078-0001-6
Effective Date: 07/01/1997 to 11/04/1997
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 078.0001.6.07011997
(a) Licenses and certifications shall be renewable every two (2) years by providing the Board with the following:
(b) Each Licensee and Certificate shall earn a minimum of forty-five (45) clock hours of continuing education every two (2) years.
(i) Clock hours for purposes of this section shall be the actual number of contact hours during which instruction was received. For academic courses, one (1) semester credit equals fifteen (15) contact hours. One (1) CEU credit is equal to ten (10) clock hours.
(ii) Only those hours acquired during the current two (2) year renewal period will be considered.
(A) For initial renewal, the two (2) year renewal period begins on the license or certification issue date and ends on the designated expiration date.
(B) For subsequent renewals, the two (2) year renewal period begins on the last date renewed and ends on the designated expiration date.
(iii) The following standards shall govern acceptability of continuing education activities:
(A) These activities shall have significant intellectual or practical content, and the primary objective shall be to increase the participant's competence within each licensed or certified discipline.
(B) These activities shall constitute an organized program of learning dealing with matters directly related to the clinical practice, professional responsibility or ethical obligations of each discipline.
(C) Presenters of these activities should be experts in the discipline and of at least master's degree level in education. The scope of practice for each discipline in these rules and regulations may be used as a basis of what knowledge and skills are acceptable to the Board as continuing education activities.
(iv) Licensees and Certificates shall attest to the number of continuing education hours completed.
(v) Licensees and Certificates shall list their continuing education activities on the form provided by the Board.
(A) In addition to the listing, the Licensees and Certificates shall attach copies of any certificates of attendance, letters certifying attendance, transcripts, or any official documents which serve as proof of participation or attendance.
(B) Proof of attendance shall contain the activity title, dates, clock hours attended, sponsor and sponsor's signature, presenter, qualifications of the presenter and the name of the Licensee or Certificate.
(vi) Licensees and Certificates are responsible for maintaining their own continuing education documentation
(vii) Approximately sixty (60) days prior to the renewal date the Board should send a renewal application to the last address of record.
(viii) Renewal applications will not be accepted more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the expiration date.
(ix) Renewal applications received which are postmarked after the expiration date, or after the next business day in cases when the expiration date falls on a weekend or holiday, will not be accepted by the Board, and the license or certification will become null and void.
(x) Failure to receive an application for renewal from the Board does not excuse a Licensee or Certificate from the requirement for renewal under the Act and these rules.
(c) For the initial renewal after July 1, 1997, each Licensee and Certificate must provide verification that at least one (1) continuing education activity completed during the renewal period was a program in professional ethics, or that they had completed course work in professional ethics as part of their educational preparation.