Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 25 - STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE › Subchapter J - CHILD ABUSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › CHILD ABUSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 25.417 - Child abuse recognition and reporting- mandatory training requirement

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Except as
						provided in subsection (c), individuals applying to the Board for an initial
						license shall have completed at least 3 hours of training in child abuse
						recognition and reporting requirements which have been approved by the
						Department of Human Services and the Bureau, as set forth in §
												25.418 (relating to child abuse
						recognition and reporting course approval process). The applicant shall certify
						on the application that the applicant has either completed the required
						training or has been granted an exemption under subsection (c). The Board will
						not issue a license unless the Bureau has received an electronic report from an
						approved course provider documenting the attendance/participation by the
						applicant or the applicant has obtained an exemption under subsection
						(c).
(b) Except as provided in
						subsection (c), licensees seeking renewal of a license issued by the Board
						shall complete, as a condition of biennial renewal of the license, at least 2
						hours of approved continuing education in child abuse recognition and
						reporting, as a portion of the total continuing education required for biennial
						renewal. For credit to be granted, the continuing education course or program
						must be approved by the Bureau, in consultation with the Department of Human
						Services, as set forth in § 25.418. The Board will not renew a license
						unless the Bureau has received an electronic report from an approved course
						provider documenting the attendance/ participation by the licensee in an
						approved course within the applicable biennial renewal period or the licensee
						has obtained an exemption under subsection (c). If a licensee holds more than
						one license issued by the Board, or holds a license issued by another licensing
						board within the Bureau that requires mandatory training in child abuse
						recognition and reporting, credit for completion of an approved course will be
						applied to both licenses.
(c) An
						applicant or licensee may apply in writing for an exemption from the
						training/continuing education requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b)
						provided the applicant or licensee meets one of the following:
(1) The applicant or licensee submits
						documentation demonstrating all of the following:
(i) The applicant or licensee has already
						completed child abuse recognition training as required by section
						1205.6 of the Public School Code
						of 1949 (24 P.S. §
															12-1205.6).
(ii) The training was approved by the
						Department of Education in consultation with the Department of Human
						Services.
(iii) The amount of
						training received equals or exceeds the amount of training or continuing
						education required under subsection (a) or subsection (b), as
						applicable.
(iv) For purposes of
						licensure renewal, the training must have been completed during the relevant
						biennial renewal period.