Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part III - Prevention of Diseases › Chapter 25 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, DRUGS, DEVICES AND COSMETICS › Subchapter B - HEARING AID SALES AND REGISTRATION › Section 25.219 - Responsibilities of persons offering continuing education programs

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Record
				  of attendance
. A person who offers a continuing education program
				  shall maintain a record of attendance for a program presented in a classroom
				  setting by maintaining a check-in/check-out process approved by the Department,
				  and shall assign at least one person to ensure that all individuals attending
				  the course check in when entering and check out when leaving. If an individual
				  enters a course after the starting time, or leaves a course before the
				  finishing time, the assigned person shall ensure that the time of arrival or
				  departure is recorded for the individual.
(b)
Reporting attendance
. A
				  person who offers a continuing education program shall report to the
				  Department, in the manner and format prescribed by the Department, attendance
				  at each continuing education program presented in a classroom
				  setting.
(c)
Course
				  evaluation
. A person who offers a continuing education program shall
				  develop and implement methods to evaluate the program to determine its
				  effectiveness. The methods of evaluation shall include providing a program
				  evaluation form to each person who attends the continuing education program,
				  and requesting each person to complete the form.
(d)
Record retention
. A
				  person who offers a continuing education program shall retain the completed
				  program evaluation forms and the check-in/check-out record for a program
				  presented in a classroom setting. The person shall retain the records for at
				  least 4 years from the presentation of the program.
(e)
Providing records
. A
				  person who offers a continuing education program shall promptly provide the
				  Department with complete and accurate records relating to the program as
				  requested by the Department.
(f)
Program not presented in a classroom setting
. A person who
				  offers a continuing education program shall be exempt from the requirements of
				  subsections (a) and (b) for a program which is not presented in a classroom
				  setting, if the program is approved by the Department for credit when presented
				  in that manner. When presenting the program to the Department for approval for
				  credit, the person shall present a procedure for monitoring, confirming and
				  reporting hearing aid fitter participation in a manner that achieves the
				  purposes of subsections (a) and (b).
(g)
Monitoring
				  responsibilities
. A person who offers a continuing education program
				  shall ensure that the program was presented in a manner that met all of the
				  educational objectives for the program, and shall determine whether each
				  hearing aid fitter who enrolled in the program met the requirements of this
				  subchapter and of the continuing education program to receive credit for
				  completing the program.
(h)
Program completion
. A person who offers a continuing education
				  program shall report to the Department, in a manner and format prescribed by
				  the Department, completion of a continuing education program by a hearing aid
				  fitter who completes the program, and shall identify to the Department a
				  hearing aid fitter who seeks credit for a program but who did not meet the
				  requirements of the program or this subchapter to receive continuing education
				  credit. The person who offers a continuing education program shall also provide
				  a hearing aid fitter who completes the program with a document certifying
				  completion of the program.