Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 5 - STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC › Subchapter G - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 5.77 - Failure to meet continuing education requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Unless granted a waiver, a licensee who
					 fails to satisfy continuing education requirements for a biennial registration
					 period will have his license classified as unregistered and will be prohibited
					 from practicing chiropractic until the licensee satisfies continuing education
					 requirements and renews registration in accordance with §
											5.18 (relating to reporting of
					 other licenses, certificates or authorizations to practice, disciplinary
					 sanctions and criminal dispositions).
(b) A licensee attending a continuing
					 education course to reinstate an unregistered license will not have the same
					 credit hours applied toward the continuing education requirement for the next
					 biennial registration period.
(c) A
					 licensee is not required to satisfy continuing education requirements for a
					 biennial period in which a license has been classified as inactive and the
					 licensee has not practiced in this Commonwealth for the entire biennial
					 period.
(d) Unless otherwise
					 excused by the act or this chapter, a licensee who fails to complete the
					 minimum required amount of continuing education during the applicable renewal
					 period is subject to discipline under §
											43b.22 (relating to schedule of
					 civil penalties-chiropractors). Within 6 months after the issuance of a
					 citation under §
											43b.22 for failing to complete the
					 required amount of continuing education, the licensee shall make up the
					 deficiency and provide proof of attendance at continuing education courses as
					 necessary to satisfy the requirements in section 507 of the act (63 P. S. §
												625.507) for the previous biennial
					 registration period. The additional continuing education may be completed
					 during the current biennial registration period, subject to the limitation of
					 subsection (b). In addition to any civil penalty assessed under this
					 subsection, failure to provide the Board with proof of the required amount of
					 continuing education within 6 months after the issuance of a citation under
					 §
											43b.22 for failing to complete the
					 required amount of continuing education shall subject the licensee to
					 disciplinary action under section 506(a)(9) of the act (63 P. S. §
												625.506(a)(9)). Failure to
					 complete all of the required amount of continuing education within 6 months
					 after the issuance of a citation under §
											43b.22 for failing to complete the
					 required amount of continuing education shall subject the licensee to
					 disciplinary action under section 506(a)(13) of the act. This subsection does
					 not apply to a licensee who permitted the license to expire at the conclusion
					 of the biennial renewal period for which the licensee did not complete the
					 required amount of continuing education and did not practice the profession
					 prior to reactivating that license under §
											5.17(j) (relating
					 to biennial registration; unregistered status and inactive status; failure to
					 renew; address of record) upon a demonstration that the licensee subsequently
					 completed all required deficient continuing education.
The provisions of this §
													5.77 issued under section 302 of
						  the Chiropractic Practice Act (act) (63 P. S. §
														625.302); amended under sections 302(3),
						  506(2)(9) and 507(a) of the act (63 P. S. §§
														625.302(3),
						  625.506(a)(13) and
						  625.507(a)(9)).