Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXXV - Speech Pathology and Audiology › Chapter 1 - General Rules › Section LXXV-127 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each licensee shall complete continuing
				professional education activities of at least 10 clock hours each license
				period, July 1-June 30.
B. Of the
				10 hours, five shall be educational activities directly related to the scope of
				practice of the licensee and must be designed to increase the knowledge and
				skills in the area of licensure.
C.
				Of the 10 hours, five may be in areas related to the professions of audiology
				and speech-language pathology. Such activities shall increase knowledge and
				skills pertinent to practice. Examples include: billing; coding and
				reimbursement; record-keeping; ethics; supervision.
D. Audiologists who dispense shall ensure
				that at least 3 of the total 10 hours are in areas directly related to hearing
				aid dispensing, such as business/practice management, marketing, aural
				habilitation/ rehabilitation, diagnostic assessment, characteristics of hearing
				aids and their application, etc.
E.
				Dual licensees shall complete 15 hours per year with a minimum of five hours in
				audiology and five hours in speech-language pathology; the remaining five may
				be in areas related to the professions of audiology and speechlanguage
				pathology. Related activities shall increase knowledge and skills pertinent to
				practice. Examples include: billing; coding and reimbursement; record-keeping;
				ethics; supervision.
F.
				Out-of-state audiologists and speech-language pathologists who hold telehealth
				registration shall complete the continuing education requirements consistent
				with the license the individual possesses for the state in which the provider
				is located. Telehealth registrants residing in states which do not require
				continuing education for audiologists and/or speech-language pathologists shall
				complete the annual continuing education requirements specified in this Section
				and may be audited.
G. Continuing
				education events occurring in the month of June will be accepted for the
				collection period in which they occur or they may be counted in the following
				collection period which begins on July 1. Hours from one event may not be
				divided between two collection periods.
H. The graduated scale for the collection of
				continuing education hours is based on the date an applicant receives his/her
				initial license or registration.
License/Registration Received
Hours Required
April, May, June
0
January, February, March
3
October, November, December
6
July, August, September
10
I.
				In the case of extenuating circumstances, when the licensee does not fulfill
				the continuing education requirements, the licensee shall submit a written
				request for extension to the board for consideration.
J. Continuing education hours accrued during
				the applicant's grace period will be accepted.
K. Acceptable continuing education sponsors
				and activities that are directly related to the practice of audiology and/or
				speech-language pathology:
1. board-sponsored
				activities;
2. presentations that
				are directly in the area of communication disorders sponsored by professional
				organizations such as American Academy of Audiology (AAA), American
				Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Louisiana Academy of Audiology
				(LAA), Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association (LSHA), Speech
				Pathologists and Audiologists in Louisiana Schools (SPALS), Louisiana Society
				for Hearing Aid Specialists, etc. Business meetings, luncheons, award
				ceremonies, receptions, and other non-content area events are not recognized as
				acceptable continuing education activities;
3. activities provided by ASHA-approved
				continuing education providers or AAA-approved continuing education activities
				that are directly in the area of communication disorders;
4. meetings of related professional
				organizations that are directly in the area of communication disorders (e.g.,
				Council for Exceptional Children, International Dyslexia
				Association);
5. college courses in
				the area of licensure, with the exception of clinical practicum, taken for
				credit or official audit (3 semester hours or 6 quarter hours=10 hours of
				continuing education);
6. distance
				learning (video conferences, telephone seminars and internet courses sponsored
				by universities, schools, clinics, state agencies, hospitals, professional
				organizations, or related professional organizations) that are directly in the
				area of communication disorders;
7.
				workshops and in-services that are university, school, clinic, hospital or
				state agency sponsored (maximum of five hours in a related area) that are
				directly in the area of communication disorders. Only content area workshop and
				in-service time shall count as earned continuing education. Documentation of
				staff development content must be separated from employee meeting activities
				such as announcements, review of deadlines, event planning, and other
				non-content area activities.);
8.
				publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal for the year in which it
				was published;
9. digital media
				(e.g. CD, DVD, online webinars, etc.) which is ASHA-approved or AAA-approved
				continuing education media that are directly in the area of communication
				disorders;
10. the presenting
				licensee may count 1 1/2 times the value of an activity the first time it is
				presented to allow for preparation time (example: a 3 hour workshop=4 1/2
				hours). The activity will count for the actual hour value for each subsequent
				presentation of the same activity;
11. teaching at the college level in the area
				of communication disorders is not acceptable.