Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-14 - Continuing Education › Section 4723-14-12 - OBN approver processes and statements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An OBN approver
			 shall establish, implement, and enforce processes that address the following:
(1) The scope of the approver's approval
			 activities including identification of the target audience of providers and the
			 type of applications to be approved;
(2) Qualifications and responsibilities of
			 all paid or volunteer staff members of the approver, including a mechanism for
			 identifying and handling potential conflicts of interest for individuals
			 involved in the approval process;
(3) A peer review process to be used for
			 review and approval of all continuing education activities;
(4) A process to ensure that documentation of
			 a planned activity satisfies the requirements of this chapter;
(5) An application process and guidelines for
			 approval and reapproval of faculty-directed, enduring, and independent study
			 continuing education activities, according to rules
			 4723-14-15 and
			 4723-14-16 of the Administrative
			 Code, that ensure:
(a) The approval or
			 reapproval process is completed prior to the date the continuing education
			 activity is offered; and
(b) The
			 content of the activity meets the criteria for approval set forth in paragraph
			 (J) of rule
			 4723-14-01 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(6) An application
			 process and guidelines for approval and reapproval to be used by an approved
			 provider unit that applies to have its continuing education system approved
			 according to rule
			 4723-14-17 of the Administrative
			 Code. The process must ensure that the internal review and documentation used
			 by the approved provider unit are completed before the date continuing
			 education activity is offered;
(7)
			 The documentation, review process, and record-keeping to be used by the OBN
			 approver offering its own continuing education activities that ensure all
			 documentation and reviews are completed before the date continuing education
			 activity is offered;
(8) The
			 process for awarding contact hours for a continuing education activity,
			 including a statement of minimum requirements an individual must meet to
			 receive contact hours;
(9) The
			 process for ensuring content integrity and that the primary purpose of a
			 continuing education activity is not to promote the sale of items or
			 services;
(10) If any commercial
			 support is provided for an educational activity, the continuing education
			 provider will maintain control of the educational content and disclose the
			 existence of the commercial support to the learner;
(11)
									For clinical
			 content only, the
									 provider will
			 disclose to learners that there is no relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company
			 involving anyone with the ability to control content of the educational
			 activity, or, if there is a relevant relationship with an ineligible company,
			 that it has been mitigated by the provider. The provider will disclose to the
			 learner the name of the individual, the type of relationship and the name of
			 the ineligible company;
(12)
			 Exhibits shall not be set up or positioned in such a way that will influence or
			 distract a learner from the educational activity;
(13) A system for record-keeping that ensures
			 the following records are maintained, safely stored, and readily retrievable
			 for a minimum of six years:
(a) A copy of the
			 entire application package submitted to the board by the OBN approver and all
			 reapproval applications;
(b) A copy
			 of each continuing education application reviewed by the OBN approver with all
			 attachments;
(c) Documentation of
			 the review and action taken on each application;
(d) A copy of any letter stating OBN approver
			 decisions and all other pertinent correspondence; and
(e) All additional or clarifying information
			 concerning the application;
(14) An evaluation process that provides for
			 evaluation of the activities of the OBN approver;
(15) The process for assuring that the OBN
			 approver number is used in all correspondence and advertising as required by
			 paragraph (E) or (F) of rule
			 4723-14-14 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(16) The process for
			 development and distribution to the public of material related to approval
			 activities including a current list of continuing education activities approved
			 or offered by the OBN approver;
(17) Possible actions an OBN approver may
			 take in response to an application for approval submitted by a continuing
			 education provider, including the time period for notifying the applicant
			 regarding the action taken;
(18)
			 The actions a continuing education provider may take while an application for
			 approval of a continuing education activity is pending before an OBN approver,
			 including a process for appealing a negative decision by the
			 approver;
(19) The process for
			 withdrawal of approval of a continuing education provider's activity or system
			 that includes a description of the circumstances that can lead to loss of
			 approval and the process used to notify consumers regarding the loss of
			 approval;
(20) Publication of
			 deadlines for submitting continuing education provider applications and fees
			 for the approval process;
(21) The
			 process for documenting a review conducted by the OBN approver in response to
			 complaints received about a provider or provider unit.