Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation › Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing › Part 16 - Respiratory Care Practitioners (216-RICR-40-05-16) › Section 216-RICR-40-05-16.8 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Applicants for
				  biennial licensure renewal shall meet continuing education requirements as
				  prescribed of this Part.
B. On
				  application for renewal of license, respiratory care practitioners shall attest
				  to completion of twelve (12) hours biennially in discipline-specific offerings
				  (see below) that may include, but not be limited to: formal presentations,
				  in-service programs, conferences, and/or self- study courses, such as distance
				  learning and on-line courses. Such programs or offerings shall be approved or
				  sponsored by a Board-approved organization (see §
										16.8(E)   of
				  this Part).
C. Two (2) hours shall
				  be in the area of ethics. No more than six (6) hours shall be online
				  courses.
D. Hours of continuing
				  education shall be recognized by the Board as follows:
Category I: Formal continuing education programs
								that may consist of workshops, inservice programs; professional continuing
								education activities and scientific meetings and self-directed continuing
								education activities that may consist of local, regional, national symposia,
								colloquia, journal clubs, self- study courses, on-line courses, distance
								learning activities and/or institutes; or re-credentialing examinations through
								the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
Credit: One (1) hour for each hour attended, except
								for NBRC re-credentialing examinations that carry the specific number of credit
								hours approved by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
Category II: Formal presentations by the licensee
								at a conference/seminar where continuing education credit has been approved by
								one of the sponsoring organizations cited in §
															16.8(E)   of
								this Part
Credit: Two (2) hours for each hour of instruction;
								four (4) hours for two (2) hours of instruction; six (6) hours for three (3)
								hours of instruction; up to a maximum of six (6) hours per two (2) year
								cycle
Category III: Advanced Level Examination (NBRC)
								passing score
Credit: Four (4) credit hours maximum
E.
				  Continuing education programs or offerings sponsored or approved by the
				  following organizations are deemed to be approved by the Board:
1. American Academy of Pediatrics;
2. American Association for Respiratory
				  Care;
3. American College of
				  Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology;
4.
				  American College of Chest Physicians;
5. American Heart Association programs
				  excluding Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support
				  (BLS);
6. American Hospital
				  Association;
7. American Lung
				  Association;
8. American Medical
				  Association;
9. American Society of
				  Anesthesiologists;
10. American
				  Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists;
11. American Thoracic Society;
12. National Institute of Health/National
				  Heart Lung Blood Institute;
13. New
				  England Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists
14. Rhode Island Medical Society or other
				  state medical society;
15. Rhode
				  Island State Nurses Association or other state nurses' association;
16. Or others as may be approved by the
				  Board.