North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 22 - HEARING AID DEALERS AND FITTERS › Subchapter F - LICENSING PROVISIONS › Section .0200 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 22F .0201 - CONTINUING EDUCATION DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to the Rules contained in
					 this Section:
(1) "CE Program" means a
				  continuing education presentation where attendance is monitored and the
				  participants are required to be present at one or more designated physical
				  locations. The CE Program shall consist of sessions that may be eligible for
				  Board-approved CEU credit. A CE Program may be televised or conducted via the
				  internet only if participants must be at a designated location where attendance
				  is monitored by the CE Program provider.
(2) "CEU accrual period" means the calendar
				  year (January 1 through December 31) immediately preceding the March license
				  renewal deadline.
(3) "CEU
				  reporting deadline" means the tenth day of January that immediately follows the
				  CEU Accrual Period.
(4) "CEU
				  Verification Report" means the electronic form available on the Board website
				  (www.nchalb.org) for recording CEU credits earned to satisfy the license
				  renewal requirement.
(5)
				  "Continuing Education Unit" (CEU) means the reporting unit used in calculating
				  approved continuing education hours. One-tenth of a CEU (0.10) equals one hour
				  of approved instruction. Ten hours of approved instruction equals 1.00 CEU
				  credit. The Board-approved CEU credits are recorded to two decimal points (for
				  example, a session conducted for two hours would be recorded as 0.20
				  CEU).
(6) "Educational objective"
				  means a statement of the working knowledge or understanding of presented
				  content that a participant is expected to attain upon completion of the
				  session.
(7) "Hour" means a full
				  clock hour (60 minutes) of instruction and learning, excluding any time allowed
				  for any other activity such as meals, breaks, or business or committee
				  meetings.
(8) "Program application"
				  means the Board's official application for the purpose of program review for
				  Board-approved CEU credit, which is available on the Board website.
(9) "Presentation format" means the teaching
				  method utilized to impart information to the participants (for example,
				  lecture, panel discussion, demonstration, practicum, or debate).
(10) "Report of Attendance" means the
				  official attendance verification form entitled "Continuing Education Report of
				  Program Attendance," which is available on the website in generic form and in
				  specific form for approved programs and self-study.
(11) "Self-study" means independently
				  completed internet-based activities or events provided by the Board, or
				  approved by the International Institute for Hearing Instruments Studies
				  (IIHIS), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), or American
				  Academy of Audiology (AAA), for at least one hour of credit that includes an
				  internet-presented examination addressing the content of the self-study
				  session. Self-study may be:
(a) live, online
				  presentations;
(b) prerecorded,
				  downloaded presentations; or
(c)
				  text-based, downloaded readings.