Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4781 - Ohio Manufactured Homes Program › Chapter 4781-9 - Continuing Education › Section 4781-9-03 - Continuing education course approval

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Continuing education course criteria:
(1)
									The division
			 shall approve a course of study or program of instruction offered for
			 continuing education purposes only if the training agency has met the
			 requirements of this rule and the training agency submits the nonrefundable fee
			 as set forth in rule 4781-9-05 of  the Administrative Code. No training agency may conduct the course of study or program of instruction for credit for licensed manufactured home installers or certified inspectors unless the division has approved that training agency;
(2)
									The training agency shall submit its application for
			 course approval not less than thirty days nor more than one year prior to the
			 date of the course or program offering. If the training agency fails to submit
			 its course application as set forth in this rule, consideration of the
			 application may be delayed. The application shall be on forms prescribed and
			 furnished by the division;
(3)
									The application
			 for approval of a course of study or program of instruction shall contain the
			 following:
(a)
										Name, address, email address, facsimile, and telephone
			 number of the training agency;
(b)
										The policy
			 regarding attendance and the procedure used for record keeping of
			 attendance;
(c)
										The date(s), location, and time that the course/program
			 will be offered;
(d)
										Name, address, email address, facsimile, telephone
			 number, and occupation of proposed instructors;
(e)
										Resume of the
			 proposed instructors detailing their experience and qualifications and the
			 resume of any alternate proposed instructors;
(f)
										The content of
			 the course/program, including:
(i)
											Title of the course/program;
(ii)
											Educational
			 objective of the course/program;
(iii)
											Textbooks and
			 student materials prescribed;
(iv)
											Outline or
			 syllabus that contains a brief description of the course/ program;
			 and
(v)
											Duration of the
			 course/program.
(g)
										Sample of the proposed advertising or written
			 notice;
(h)
										Fee for the course/program;
(i)
										A description of
			 the physical facility in which the course or program of instruction is offered;
			 and
(j)
										Such other information as the division may
			 request.
(4)
									An application for a computer-based course of study or
			 program of instruction shall not be approved by the division unless it complies
			 with paragraph (A)(3) of this rule; and
(a)
										The course is
			 designed to ensure 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 insure course time equals
			 the amount of continuing education credit hours received.