Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 301-319 - General, Part I › Chapter SPS 305 - Licenses, Certifications And Registrations › Subchapter I - General Requirements › Section SPS 305.08 - Continuing education

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) Only courses, programs and seminars
					 approved in writing by the department shall be used for credit to fulfill
					 continuing education requirements.
(b)
1.
					 Requests for a course, program or seminar to be recognized for approval shall
					 be submitted in writing to the department.
2. Requests for approval shall include
					 sufficient information to determine if the course, program or seminar complies
					 with this subsection.
3. The
					 department shall review and make a determination on a request for approval
					 within 21 calendar days of receipt of the request and information necessary to
					 complete the review.
(c)
1. Thirty minutes of attendance in an
					 approved course, program or seminar shall be deemed equal to 0.5 hours of
					 acceptable continuing education.
2.
					 Continuing education credit for attendance in approved continuing education
					 courses, programs or seminars in other than 30 minute increments shall be
					 rounded down to the next half hour.
(d) Courses, programs and seminars to be
					 considered for approval towards continuing education credit shall relate to the
					 skills and knowledge of one or more license, certification or registration
					 categories.
(e)
1. The department may limit credit approval
					 to specific license, certification, or registration categories when approving a
					 course, program, or seminar for continuing education credit.
2.
a.
					 Except as provided in subd. 2. c., the approval of a course, program or seminar
					 for continuing education credit shall expire 5 years after the date of
					 approval.
b. Approval of courses,
					 programs or seminars for continuing education credit may be renewed. Renewal
					 shall be in accordance with par. (b).
c. An approval of a course, program or
					 seminar for continuing education credit under s.
					 SPS 305.68
					 or subch. VIII shall expire either 3 years after the date of approval, or as
					 otherwise specified in the approval.
3. The department may revoke the approval of
					 a course, program or seminar for continuing education credit for any false
					 statements, misrepresentation of facts or violation of the conditions on which
					 the approval was based. The department may not revoke the approval of a course,
					 program or seminar less than 30 calendar days prior to the course, program or
					 seminar being held.
(f)
1. The individual or organization which had
					 obtained the course, program or seminar approval shall maintain an attendance
					 record of those individuals who have attended and completed the course, program
					 or seminar for at least 5 years from the date of the course, program or
					 seminar.
2. The attendance record
					 shall include all of the following:
a. The
					 course name.
b. The course
					 identification number assigned by the department.
c. The date or dates the course was held or
					 completed.
d. The name of each
					 attendee.
e. The name of each
					 license, certification or registration held by the attendee for which the
					 course applies.
f. The license,
					 certification or registration number assigned by the department of each
					 attendee.
3. A copy of
					 the attendance record shall be forwarded by the person or organization which
					 had obtained the course, program or seminar approval to the department within
					 14 calendar days after completion of the course or program.
(g) Any individual or organization
					 that obtains a course, program, or seminar approval for continuing education
					 credit under s.
					 SPS 305.68
					 or subch. VIII shall notify the department of any material changes to the
					 information submitted for that approval.
(h) Any individual or organization that
					 obtains a course, program, or seminar approval for continuing education credit
					 under s.
					 SPS 305.68
					 or subch. VIII shall notify the department if the course, program, or seminar
					 is discontinued before the end of its approval period.