Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts › Chapter 9 - Licensing of Anesthesiologist Assistants › Section 20 CSR 2150-9.070 - Continuing Education

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule details the board's minimum
				  requirements for continuing education.
(1) Each licensee shall complete and report
				at least forty (40) hours of continuing education each renewal period. The
				board shall not issue a renewal of a licensee's certificate of registration
				unless the licensee demonstrates active certification by the National
				Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants and completion of
				forty (40) hours of continuing education accredited by the National Commission
				for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants or the American Academy of
				Anesthesiologist Assistants. The period for completion of the continuing
				education requirements shall be the twenty-four (24)-month period prior to the
				expiration of their license. A licensee who has failed to obtain and report, in
				a timely fashion, forty (40) hours of continuing education shall not engage in
				practice as an anesthesiologist assistant unless an extension is obtained
				pursuant to section (4) of this rule.
(2) Each licensee shall certify by
				attestation, under penalty of perjury, that s/he has completed the required
				hours of continuing education listed by him/her on the renewal form.
(3) Each licensee shall retain records
				documenting his/her attendance at and completion of the required hours of
				continuing education for a minimum of three (3) years after the reporting
				period in which the continuing education was completed. The records shall
				document the titles of the courses taken, dates, locations, course sponsors and
				number of hours earned. The board may conduct an audit of licensees to verify
				compliance with the continuing education requirement. Licensees shall assist
				the board in its audit by providing timely and complete responses to the
				board's inquiries.
(4) A licensee
				who cannot complete the required hours of continuing education because of
				personal illness, military service or other circumstances beyond the licensee's
				control which the board deems to be sufficient to impose an insurmountable
				hardship may apply for an extension of time to complete the continuing
				education requirements. Any extension of time to complete the continuing
				education requirements will be granted solely in the discretion of the board.
				The licensee must make a written application for extension of time prior to the
				deadline for completion of the continuing education requirement. The
				application for extension shall be accompanied by a processing fee as required
				in
				20 CSR
				2150-9.080. The licensee shall provide full and
				complete written documentation of the grounds supporting the reasons for which
				an extension is sought.
(A) Pursuant to
				section
				41.946,
				RSMo licensees in the military are exempt from obtaining continuing medical
				education if they are called to active duty under competent orders for at least
				a majority of the reporting period due to his/her military service commitment.
				At a minimum, the licensee must submit written documentation from the
				appropriate military authorities verifying the licensee's military service
				commitment.
(B) Illness extensions
				may be granted only to a licensee who has suffered a personal illness or
				personal disability of a nature as to prevent him/her from engaging in the
				active practice for at least a majority of the reporting period. At a minimum,
				the licensee shall provide the board with written documentation from the
				licensee's treating physician stating the nature of the illness or disability,
				the period of the illness or disability, any limitations on the licensee's
				activities which resulted from the illness or disability. The licensee shall
				notify the board of the number of hours earned in the reporting year and a plan
				for completing the balance of the requirement.
(C) The board, solely in its discretion, may
				grant an extension based on unforeseeable circumstances beyond the licensee's
				control which impose an insurmountable hardship precluding the licensee from
				obtaining the required continuing education. At a minimum, the licensee must
				provide written documentation explaining specifically and in detail the nature
				of the circumstances, why the circumstances were unforeseeable and beyond the
				licensee's control, the period during which the circumstances were in
				existence, the number of continuing education credits earned in the reporting
				period and the licensee's plan for completing the balance of the requirements.
				The board, in its discretion, shall determine if the situation described in the
				licensee's application constitutes unforeseeable circumstances beyond the
				licensee's control which impose an insurmountable hardship precluding the
				licensee from obtaining the required continuing education.
(D) A licensee who is granted an extension of
				time shall complete the balance of his/her continuing education requirements no
				later than April 30 immediately following the end of the reporting period for
				which an extension was sought and shall provide the board with written
				documentation of his/her completion of the continuing education requirements no
				later than May 10 immediately following the end of the reporting period for
				which an extension was sought. Failure to complete the continuing education
				requirements by April 30 or to file the documentation with the board by May 10
				shall constitute a violation of section
				334.420,
				RSMo and this rule.
(E) An
				extension of time shall not be granted to any licensee who obtained an
				extension in the immediately preceding reporting period in which the licensee
				held an active license.