California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 13.7 - Acupuncture › Article 8 - Continuing Education › Section 1399.489 - Continuing Education Compliance

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) With the exception of those holding an
				inactive license, when renewing an initial license that has been issued for
				less than two (2) years, licensees shall complete the following hours of
				Board-approved continuing education:
Period of Initial
						  Licensure
Required Continuing Education
						  Hours
13-16 Months..........................
35
17-20 Months..........................
40
21-23 Months..........................
45
Thereafter, all licensees shall complete 50 hours every two
				  (2) years as a condition of renewal. No more than five (5) hours of continuing
				  education in each two-year period may be obtained in Category
				  2.
(b) Licensees are limited
				to 50% of the required continuing education hours every two (2) years for
				independent or home study courses.
(c) Each licensee at the time of license
				renewal shall sign a statement under penalty of perjury that the licensee has
				or has not complied with the continuing education requirements. It shall
				constitute unprofessional conduct for any licensee to misrepresent completion
				of the required continuing education.
(d) The Board may audit a random sample of
				licensees who have reported compliance with the continuing education
				requirement.
(e) Any licensee
				selected for audit shall be required to submit documentation or records of
				continuing education coursework that the licensee has taken and
				completed.
(f) Each licensee shall
				retain for a minimum of four (4) years records of all continuing education
				programs that the licensee has attended that indicate the provider's name,
				title of the course or program, date(s) and location of course, and number of
				continuing education hours awarded.
(g) Instructors of approved continuing
				education courses may receive one (1) hour of continuing education credit for
				each classroom hour completed as an instructor, up to a maximum of six (6)
				hours of continuing education credit per year, regardless of how many hours or
				courses are taught. Participation as a member of a panel presentation for an
				approved course shall not entitle the participant to earn continuing education
				hours equal to the actual panel presentation time within the appropriate
				category.
(h) Any licensee who
				participates in the development of an occupational analysis, examination
				development session, item review session, or passing score workshop, shall
				receive one (1) hour of continuing education for every two (2) hours of
				participation.
1. Renumbering
				  and amendment of former section
				  1399.482 to section
				  1399.489 filed 4-3-95; operative
				  5-3-95 (Register 95, No. 14).
2. Amendment of subsection (f) filed
				  7-25-97; operative 8-24-97 (Register 97, No. 30).
3. Amendment of
				  section heading, new subsection (a), and amendment of NOTE filed 7-29-98;
				  operative 8-28-98 (Register 98, No. 31).
4. Change without
				  regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (c) filed 2-17-99 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 99, No. 8).
5. Editorial correction of
				  subsection (f) (Register 2004, No. 46).
6. Amendment filed
				  8-25-2008; operative 9-24-2008 (Register 2008, No. 35).
7. Change
				  without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 4-22-2022 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2022, No. 16).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 4933,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 4945
					 and
					 4955,
					 Business and Professions Code.