Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-14 - Continuing Education › Section 4723-14-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Accredited provider" means an entity
			 that has received accreditation through a nationally recognized system. An
			 accredited provider is authorized to plan, present and award contact hours for
			 continuing education activities.
(B) "Approved provider unit" means an entity
			 whose continuing education system has been approved by an OBN approver
			 according to this chapter, or who has been approved by a national accrediting
			 body to provide continuing education in a health care field. An approved
			 provider unit is authorized to plan, present and award contact hours for
			 continuing education activities.
(C) "Asynchronous learning" means forms of
			 education, instruction and learning that do not occur in the same space or at
			 the same time.
(D) "Blended
			 learning" is a combination of independent study materials and faculty directed
			 education or enduring materials and faculty directed education.
(E) "Category A" means the portion of
			 continuing education that meets the one hour requirement directly related to
			 Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and the rules of the board as described in
			 rule 4723-14-03 of the Administrative
			 Code. To qualify as category A, the continuing education must be approved by
			 the board, an OBN approver, or offered by an approved provider unit
			 headquartered in the state of Ohio.
(F)
								"Clinical
			 content" means that the continuing education being provided includes
			 information about patients, patient care, clinical skills, or clinical
			 knowledge.
(G) "Commercial
			 support" means monetary or in-kind contributions given to the provider, or
			 approved provider unit of a continuing education activity by an ineligible
			 company that is used to pay for all or part of the costs of a continuing
			 education activity.
(H) "Content integrity"
			 means assuring the content of the education is evidence based and free from
			 commercial bias and marketing.
(I) "Contact hour"
			 means sixty minutes of continuing education, which may be determined by
			 rounding to the nearest quarter hour.
(J) "Continuing
			 education" means a learning activity that builds upon a prelicensure or
			 precertification education program and enables a licensee or certificate holder
			 to acquire or improve knowledge or skills that promote professional or
			 technical development to enhance the licensee's or certificate holder's
			 contribution to quality health care and pursuit of health care career goals
			 according to rule
			 4723-14-05 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(1) "Faculty-directed continuing
			 education activity" means a continuing education activity in which faculty
			 facilitate the pace and content of the activity, and the activity is one for
			 which contact hours may be awarded. The activity may occur in settings such as
			 a classroom, on-line, or via teleconference provided that one or more
			 individuals is facilitating the pace of the activity.
(2) "Independent study continuing education
			 activity" means a self-paced learning activity for which contact hours may be
			 awarded that includes both a mechanism for evaluation of learning and feedback
			 to the learner.
(3) "Enduring
			 continuing education activity" means a provider-directed learner selfpaced
			 learning activity for which contact hours may be awarded.
(4) "Interprofessional continuing education"
			 means a planned, organized learning experience designed for a target audience
			 made up of members of two or more different professions.