Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 650 - Dental Board › Title V - Professional Standards › Chapter 25 - Continuing Education › Rule 650-25.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, these definitions shall
				  apply:
"Advisory committee "
means a committee on
				  continuing education formed to review and advise the board with respect to
				  applications for approval of sponsors or activities. The committee's members
				  shall be appointed by the board and consist of at least one member of the
				  board, two licensed dentists with expertise in the area of professional
				  continuing education, two licensed dental hygienists with expertise in the area
				  of professional continuing education, and two registered dental assistants with
				  expertise in the area of professional continuing education. The advisory
				  committee on continuing education may recommend approval or denial of
				  applications or requests submitted to it pending final approval or disapproval
				  of the board at its next meeting.
"Board"
means the dental board.
"Continuing dental education "
consists of
				  education activities designed to review existing concepts and techniques and to
				  update knowledge on advances in dental and medical sciences. The objective of
				  continuing dental education is to improve the knowledge, skills, and ability of
				  the individual to deliver the highest quality of service to the public and
				  professions.
Continuing dental education should favorably enrich past
				  dental education experiences. Programs should make it possible for
				  practitioners to attune dental practice to new knowledge as it becomes
				  available. All continuing dental education should strengthen the skills of
				  critical inquiry, balanced judgment and professional technique.
"Dental public health"
is the science and
				  art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health
				  through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice in
				  which the community serves as the patient rather than the individual. It is
				  concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental
				  research, with the administration of group dental care programs, and with the
				  prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis.
"Hour of continuing education "
means one
				  unit of credit which shall be granted for each hour of contact instruction and
				  shall be designated as a "clock hour." This credit shall apply to either
				  academic or clinical instruction.
"Licensee "
means any person who has been
				  issued a certificate to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in the state of
				  Iowa.
"Registrant"
means any person registered to
				  practice as a dental assistant in the state of Iowa.
"Self-study activities"
means the study of
				  something by oneself, without direct supervision or attendance in a class.
				  "Self-study activities" may include Internet-based coursework, television
				  viewing, video programs, correspondence work or research, or computer programs
				  that are interactive and require branching, navigation, participation and
				  decision making on the part of the viewer. Internet-based webinars which
				  include the involvement of an instructor and participants in real time and
				  which allow for communication with the instructor through messaging, telephone
				  or other means shall not be construed to be self-study activities.
"Sponsor "
means a person, educational
				  institution, or organization sponsoring continuing education activities which
				  has been approved by the board as a sponsor pursuant to these rules. During the
				  time a person, educational institution, or organization is an approved sponsor,
				  all continuing education activities of such person or organization may be
				  deemed automatically approved provided the continuing education activities meet
				  the continuing education guidelines of the board.