Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 39 - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS › CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 39.61 - Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A licensee
					 shall complete at least 48 clock hours of continuing education during the
					 preceding biennial period as a condition of renewal. Beginning with the
					 continuing education completed during the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024,
					 biennial renewal period, at least 12 of the required 48 clock hours shall be
					 completed in the subject areas of emergency preparedness and infection
					 control.
(b) All continuing
					 education clock hours shall be completed in courses preapproved by NAB or the
					 Board, except as provided in subsection (c)(2)-(5).
(c) Of the 48 clock hours required, the
					 following apply:
(1) Up to 48 clock hours may
					 be taken in lecture, college or university, computer interactive, distance
					 learning or correspondence courses preapproved by NAB or the Board.
(2) A maximum of 12 clock hours may be earned
					 by serving as an instructor of a NAB or Board-approved continuing education
					 program or as an instructor of a college or university course approved by NAB
					 or the Board. Instructors may earn 1 clock hour for each hour of instruction up
					 to 12 clock hours.
(3)
					 [Reserved].
(3.1) Clock hours may
					 be earned by professional writing on the topic of long-term care as follows:
(i) Authoring a book relating to long-term
					 care will earn 18 clock hours per published book per biennium.
(ii) Authoring a chapter in a book relating
					 to long-term care will earn 4 clock hours per chapter up to a maximum of 12
					 clock hours per biennium.
(iii)
					 Authoring an article relating to long-term care that is published in a
					 peer-reviewed journal will earn 3 clock hours per article up to a maximum of 9
					 clock hours per biennium.
(iv)
					 Authoring an article that is published in a non-peer-reviewed journal,
					 magazine, newsletter or other publication relating to long-term care will earn
					 2 clock hours per article, up to a maximum of 6 clock hours per
					 biennium.
(v) A licensee seeking
					 continuing education credit for professional writing as set forth in this
					 paragraph shall submit a copy of the book, chapter, article, newsletter or
					 other publication to the Board within 60 days of publication.
(4) Up to 24 clock hours may be
					 obtained by serving as a supervisor in a Board-approved AIT program, when the
					 AIT successfully completes the AIT program.
(5) A maximum of 12 clock hours may be
					 awarded retroactively for attending programs, to include lectures, and college
					 or university courses, which have not been preapproved. The attendee shall
					 submit a written request for approval within 60 days of attending the program
					 and document attendance. The attendee shall demonstrate to the Board's
					 satisfaction that the programs meet the requirements in §§
												39.14(a)(2) and
					 39.51 (relating to approval of
					 programs of study; and standards for continuing education
					 programs).