Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:16 - Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board › Chapter 4101:16-3 - Examinations; Continuing Education; Adjudication Hearings › Section 4101:16-3-03 - Continuing education - course approval

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Continuing education course
			 criteria.
(1) The appropriate specialty sections shall
			 approve a course of study or program of instruction offered for continuing
			 education purposes within the curriculum pursuant to this rule only if the
			 training agency has been approved by the administrative section and the
			 training agency submits the nonrefundable fees as
			 set forth in rule
			 4101:16-2-09
			 of the Administrative Code. No training agency may conduct the course of study
			 or program of instruction for credit unless the administrative section has
			 approved that training agency and the course has been approved by the
			 appropriate specialty section.
(2)
									If the training agency fails to submit its
			 course application as set forth in this rule, the specialty sections may not
			 consider such application at its next regular scheduled meeting. The training
			 agency shall submit its application for a course approval not less than
			 sixty
			 calendar days nor more than one year prior to the date of the course or
			 program offering. No application for a course of study or program of
			 instruction for continuing education shall be approved by the appropriate
			 specialty section unless such course or program meets the curriculum as defined
			 in this rule. The application shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the
			 appropriate specialty section.
(3)
			 Online or computer-based courses.
(a) For purposes of
			 this chapter, "online or computer-based courses" means
			 any e-learning, online, electronic,
			 computer-based, or similar course or program that is designed to teach or
			 educate using electronic media of some form, typically employing the use of the
			 internet. "Online or computer-based
			 courses" does not include courses
			 offered on VHS, DVD, or similar non-interactive media.
(b) Online or computer-based courses will
			 only be approved in accordance with paragraph (A)(5) of this rule, but shall not account for more than half of the
			 continuing education hours required for license renewal for each
			 licensee.
(4) The appropriate specialty section, when acting upon an application for approval of a
			 course of study or program of instruction, will
			 consider, but not be limited to, the following criteria:
(a) The application shall contain the
			 following:
(i) Name, address, email address,
			 facsimile, and telephone number of the training agency;
(ii) The policy regarding attendance and the
			 procedure used for record keeping of attendance;
(iii) The date(s), location, and time that the course/program will be
			 offered;
(iv) Name, address, email
			 address, facsimile, telephone number, and occupation of proposed
			 instructors;
(v)
											Résumé of the proposed instructors
			 detailing their experience and qualifications and the
			 résumé of any alternate proposed
			 instructors;
(vi) The content of
			 the course/program;
(a) Title of the
			 course/program;
(b) Educational
			 objective of the course/program;
(c) Textbooks and student materials
			 prescribed;
(d) Outline or syllabus
			 that contains a brief description of the course/program; and
(e) Duration of time of the
			 course/program.
(vii)
			 Sample of the proposed advertising or written notice of
			 the course/ program;
(viii)
			 Fee for course/program;
(ix) A
			 description of the physical facility in which the course or program of
			 instruction is offered, unless the course or program is online or
			 computer-based; and
(x) Such other
			 information as the appropriate specialty section may request.
(b) The suitability of the
			 physical settings of the programs offered by the training agency, unless the
			 course or program is online or computerbased;
(c) Demonstrated adherence to specialty
			 section rules, procedures, and standards; and
(d) The electronic and
			 technological capacity of the training agency to
			 provide the appropriate specialty section with attendance information, course
			 information, and any other information the specialty section deems necessary to
			 be received electronically.
(5)
									In addition to
			 considering the criteria set forth in paragraph (A)(4) of this rule, the
			 appropriate specialty section, when acting upon
			 an application for approval of a course of study or program of computer-based
			 or online instruction,
									shall not
			 approve the course/program unless it also complies with the following
			 criteria:
(a) The course is
			 designed to assure that participants are actively engaged in the instructional
			 process while completing the course by utilizing techniques that require
			 participant interaction with the computer program;
(b) If in each unit of
			 instruction there is no activity from the participant after thirty minutes of
			 instruction time, the course will shut down and the participant will have to
			 begin from the beginning of the unit;
(c) The provider
			 utilizes procedures that provide reasonable assurance of participant identity
			 and that the participant receiving the continuing education credit for
			 completing the course actually performed all of the work required to complete
			 the course; and
(d) The provider
			 utilizes a clock or timer on each screen that accurately records the course
			 completion time to ensure course time equals the amount of continuing
			 education credit hours received.