California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 4 - State Board of Chiropractic Examiners › Article 6 - Continuing Education › Section 364 - Exemptions and Reduction of Requirement

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A licensee may qualify for a full or partial exemption, from
				  the continuing education requirements of Section
				  361 if a licensee meets any of the
				  criterion listed below:
(a) A licensee
				who holds a license on inactive status is not required to complete continuing
				education on an annual basis; however, they must provide proof of completion of
				the required continuing education hours prior to activating their license as
				specified in Section
				371(f);
(b) A new licensee is exempt from continuing
				education requirements in the year of initial licensure;
(c) An instructor who has taught for one (1)
				year and currently teaches core curriculum courses for more than eight (8)
				credit hours per week at any Council on Chiropractic Education accredited
				college for at least six (6) months during any license renewal period year
				shall be exempt from continuing education.
(d) A licensee who teaches a board-approved
				continuing education course may earn one (1) hour of continuing education
				credit for each hour of lecture up to 24 hours per year.
(e) Notwithstanding Section
				361(c), a
				licensee who is unable to attend continuing education courses due to a physical
				disability and provides written certification from a primary health care
				provider may earn all 24 hours of continuing education credits for the period
				of the license renewal through Board-approved distance learning courses as
				defined in Section
				363.1.
(f) A licensee who participates as an
				examiner for the entire part four portion of the National Board of Chiropractic
				Examiners (NBCE) examinations shall receive a maximum of six (6) hours of
				continuing education credit for each examination period conducted by the NBCE
				during the license renewal period. The licensee must provide written
				certification from the NBCE confirming the licensee has met the requirements of
				this subsection.
(g) A licensee who
				participates in the entire two-day workshop as a Subject Matter Expert for the
				purpose of exam development of the California Law and Professional Practice
				Examination will receive one hour of CE credit for each hour volunteered, up to
				a maximum of sixteen hours, which includes eight (8) hours in the Ethics and
				Law and eight (8) hours in the Principles of Practice subject areas as defined
				in sections
				361(g)(11) and
				361(g)(16)(A),
				respectively.
(h) An active Board
				Member. A professional board member who has served one full year on the Board
				of Chiropractic Examiners shall be exempt from the continuing education
				requirement in each year of board member service.
(i) A licensee on active duty with a branch
				of the armed forces of the United States or the California National Guard who
				meets the exemption requirements specified in Business and Professions Code
				section
				114.3
				shall be exempt from continuing education requirements.
1. Renumbering
				  of former section
				  358 to section
				  364, including amendment of
				  section and NOTE, filed 5-9-2011; operative 6-8-2011 (Register 2011, No.
				  19).
2. New subsection (g), subsection relettering, amendment of
				  newly designated subsection (i) and amendment of NOTE filed 6-7-2018; operative
				  10-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 23).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 114.3
					 and
					 135.5,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Section
					 1000-
					 4(b),
					 Business and Professions Code (Chiropractic Initiative Act of California,
					 Stats. 1923, p. 1xxxviii). Reference: Sections
					 114.3
					 and
					 135.5,
					 Business and Professions Code; and Sections
					 1000-
					 4(b),
					 1000-
					 4(e)
					 and
					 1000-
					 10,
					 Business and Professions Code (Chiropractic Initiative Act of California,
					 Stats. 1923, p. 1xxxviii).