Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-26 - Community Health Workers › Section 4723-26-05 - Continuing education requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: Information regarding the
				availability and effective date of the materials incorporated by reference in
				this rule can be found in paragraph (G) of rule
				4723-1-03
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 Except in the case of the first renewal of a current, valid certificate to
			 practice as a community health worker, to be eligible to renew a certificate, a
			 community health worker shall complete fifteen contact hours of continuing
			 education during each renewal period. For each reporting period, at least one
			 of the required hours of continuing education must be directly related to
			 Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and the rules of the board in Chapters 4723-1
			 to 4723-27 of the Administrative Code. To qualify as continuing education
			 directly related to Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and the rules of the
			 board, the continuing education must be approved by an OBN approver, or offered
			 by an OBN approved provider unit headquartered in the state of Ohio. For each
			 reporting period, at least one of the required hours of continuing education
			 must be directly related to establishing and maintaining professional
			 boundaries. This requirement applies to the reporting period set forth in
			 paragraph (B) of this rule.
(B) A
			 community health worker who requests that the certificate to practice as a
			 community health worker be placed on inactive status shall not be required to
			 meet the continuing education requirement for the period of time the
			 certificate is on inactive status. To reactivate the certificate the community
			 health worker shall complete fifteen hours of continuing education that meet
			 the requirements as set forth in paragraph (A) of this rule, during the
			 twenty-four months immediately prior to the application for
			 reactivation.
(C) The holder of a
			 lapsed certificate shall complete fifteen hours of continuing education that
			 meet the requirements of paragraph (A) of this rule during the twenty-four
			 months immediately prior to the application for reinstatement of the
			 certificate.
(D) A community health
			 worker shall verify completion of the continuing education required by this
			 rule on the "Community Health Worker Renewal
			 Application" or "Community Health Worker Reactivation and Reinstatement
			 Application" for
			 certificate renewal, reactivation or reinstatement,
			 
								 and at the
			 discretion of the board, may be required to show proof of completion of the
			 approved continuing education. Failure to verify or provide proof of completion
			 shall result in ineligibility to renew,
			 reactivate or reinstate a certificate until proof of completion of the
			 continuing education requirements is provided to the board.
(E) A community health worker who earns more
			 than the number of contact hours of continuing education required for a single
			 reporting period cannot apply the excess hours to satisfy future continuing
			 education requirements.
(F) A
			 community health worker who is ineligible to renew or reinstate a certificate
			 due to failure to meet the continuing education requirements, may be required
			 to show completion of up to thirty contact hours of continuing education, that
			 meets the requirements of this rule, before their certificate is renewed or
			 reinstated by the board. The continuing education shall be obtained within the
			 forty-eight months immediately prior to the application for renewal or
			 reinstatement.
(G) A community
			 health worker may use a waiver to satisfy the continuing education requirement
			 only one time, and must notify the board in writing requesting the waiver. Once
			 requested the waiver cannot be rescinded and use of the waiver shall be
			 documented on the community health worker's certification record.
(H) The calculation of contact hours based on
			 credit hours earned in an academic institution shall be made according to
			 paragraph (B) of rule
			 4723-14-04
			 of the Administrative Code.
(I)
			 Educational activities that satisfy the requirements of this rule are the same
			 as those set forth in rule
			 4723-14-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(J) The
			 board may conduct a retrospective audit of any holder of a certificate to
			 practice as a community health worker to determine compliance with this rule.
			 The audit shall be conducted according to rule
			 4723-14-07
			 of the Administrative Code. A community health worker shall retain proof of
			 completion of approved continuing education for a period of six
			 years.
(K) A community health
			 worker certificate holder who is engaged in active military duty may be
			 eligible for an extension of time to complete continuing education as provided
			 in rule
			 4723-2-04
			 of the Administrative Code.