Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ABSTRACTERS BOARD OF EXAMINERS › Title 1 - NEBRASKA ABSTRACTERS BOARD OF EXAMINERS › Rule 8 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Section 1-8-002 - One Hour Credit for One Hour Attendance

Current through June 17, 2024
Professional development credits shall be awarded on the
				  basis of attendance at Board approved seminars, workshops or correspondence
				  courses which are directly related to the practice of abstracting, at a rate of
				  1.0 Professional Development Credit for each actual hour of attendance.
002.01 Requirements of Sponsors
Program sponsors will be required to submit to the Board an
				  outline of each program for which professional development credits is sought.
				  Such outline must be submitted not later than forty five (45) days prior to the
				  date set for presentation of the program. Upon review of the outline and any
				  other information submitted by program sponsors, the Board may approve or
				  disapprove of the number of professional development credit hours sought, or
				  the Board may approve a lesser number of credit hours than originally sought by
				  the program sponsor.
002.02
				Request for Approval
Program sponsors may request approval of professional
				  development programs for credit in letter form with course outlines, syllabi or
				  other relevant material attached.
002.03 Partial or Divided Credits
If a program consists of a session of more than one day's
				  duration, the credits may be divided between the days, and credits may be
				  obtained for hours of actual attendance on any day or days of any particular
				  program, unless the granting of partial or divided credits would be achieved
				  only through a break in continuity of subject matter of a particular
				  program.
002.04 Notice to
				Registered Abstracters
Once the Board has approved the professional development
				  program for professional development credits, the program sponsor must mail
				  notice of such program to all registered abstracters within the State of
				  Nebraska at least twenty (20) days in advance of the program presentation. The
				  official roster of Registered Abstracters as maintained by the Director shall
				  control in the event of any controversy regarding mailing of notice to any
				  particular abstracter or abstracters.
002.05 Correspondence Course
Any correspondence course for which approval of professional
				  development credits is requested will be examined by the Board with strict
				  scrutiny in order to determine, to the extent possible, that integral to such
				  courses are sufficient controls to ensure that the courses are administered in
				  a fair, professional manner, to ensure that the individuals seeking
				  professional development credits actually participate in, and successfully
				  complete, the course for the actual number of hours for which credit is
				  sought.
002.06 Appeal of
				Award of Credit Hours
Any program sponsor may request that the Board of Examiners
				  review the number of credit hours awarded that sponsor's professional
				  development programs. Such request shall be in writing and shall be received at
				  the Office of the Board of Examiners not later than ten days following the date
				  of mailing, to the program sponsor, of the original notice of award of credit
				  hours. Upon receipt of a written request for review, the Board of Examiners
				  shall forthwith conduct its review and advise the program sponsor, in writing,
				  of:
(a) an award of a greater number of
				credit hours than originally granted, or;
(b) no change in the number of credit hours
				granted.
The Board of Examiners shall complete its review and
				  notification of the program sponsor within ten days of receipt of the sponsor's
				  request for review.