Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4723 - Ohio Board of Nursing › Chapter 4723-14 - Continuing Education › Section 4723-14-05 - Educational activities that do and do not meet the continuing education requirement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any of the following options may be used
			 by a licensee or certificate holder to meet the continuing education
			 requirements set forth in section
			 4723.24 of the Revised Code,
			 this chapter, or Chapter 4723-23, 4723-26 or 4723-27 of the Administrative
			 Code:
(1) A continuing education activity that
			 has been approved by an OBN approver or provided by an approved provider
			 unit;
(2) A continuing education
			 activity that has been approved by a board or agency regulating the licensee or
			 certificate holder in another jurisdiction;
(3) A continuing education activity that has
			 been approved or provided by a nationally recognized accreditation system of
			 continuing education or a national certifying organization that meets the
			 requirements in division (A) of section
			 4723.46 of the Revised
			 Code;
(4) A successfully completed
			 course provided by an accredited educational institution for which academic
			 credit is awarded to the licensee or certificate holder;
(5) An independent study continuing education
			 activity, or an enduring continuing education
			 activity, as defined in rule
			 4723-14-01 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(6) Interprofessional
			 continuing education as defined in rule
			 4723-14-01 of the Administrative
			 Code;
(7) A continuing education
			 activity that has been approved by a board or an agency that regulates a health
			 care profession or related discipline in Ohio or another
			 jurisdiction;
(8) Continuing
			 education credit may be given to a licensee or certificate holder who develops
			 and presents a course or activity, or develops an independent study
			 continuing education activity, or an enduring
			 continuing education activity, as follows:
(a) For the first time a presentation is
			 given, the licensee or certificate holder who develops and presents the course
			 or activity shall be awarded the same number of contact hours as the
			 participant receives for the presentation. Contact hours shall only be awarded
			 for the first time a presentation is given;
(b) For an independent study
			 continuing education activity, or an enduring
			 continuing education activity, the number of contact hours awarded to the
			 licensee or certificate holder who develops the independent study
			 or enduring activity shall be equal to the number
			 of contact hours awarded to participants who complete the independent study
			 or enduring activity;
(c) A licensee or certificate holder who
			 presents a portion of an activity may receive continuing education contact
			 hours for additional portions of the activity the licensee or certificate
			 holder attends but does not present.
(9) The board may award contact hours for a
			 board-approved continuing education activity.
(10)
									A nurse who
			 completes CE activities defined in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(9) shall retain and
			 submit upon audit or request of the Board proof of completion of continuing
			 education as contained in rule
			 4723-14-06 of the Administrative
			 Code.