Wisconsin Administrative Code › Chiropractic Examining Board › Chapter Chir 5 - Continuing Education › Section Chir 5.01 - Continuing education requirements for credential renewal

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
(a) Every chiropractor shall complete at
			 least 40 continuing education credit hours in approved continuing education
			 programs during each 2-year license registration period ending on December 15
			 of each even-numbered year, except as specified in s.
			 Chir 3.02 (1)
			 (c). Completion of course work and teaching
			 or presenting courses or programs may be counted toward the requirement under
			 this paragraph as provided under pars. (d), (f), and (h).
(b) Continuing education requirements for
			 license renewal apply to the first full 2-year period in which a chiropractor
			 is licensed.
(c) The board may
			 grant a waiver, partial waiver, or postponement of the continuing education
			 requirements in cases of hardship.
(d) Course work completed in pursuit of the
			 educational requirements of ch. Chir 12 may be counted on an hour-for-hour
			 basis as continuing education credit hours.
(e) Of the 40 continuing education credit
			 hours in par. (a), a chiropractor holding a nutritional counseling certificate
			 issued under ch. Chir 12 shall complete at least 4 continuing education credit
			 hours in approved continuing education programs relating to
			 nutrition.
(f) Up to 2 credits of
			 course work completed to become proficient in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
			 certification as required in s.
			 Chir
			 3.09 and the use of an automated external
			 defibrillator as required in ss.
			 Chir 2.02 (6)
			 (c),
			 3.02 (1)
			 (e), and
			 3.03 (1)
			 (i), may be counted as 2 continuing education
			 credit hours.
(g) No more than 8 of
			 the 40 continuing education credit hours required under par. (a) may be
			 acquired through participation in online continuing education programs approved
			 under s.
			 Chir
			 5.02.
(h)
			 Continuing education credit hours may be counted for teaching or presenting a
			 course or program whose subject matter contributes to the advancement,
			 extension, and enhancement of the clinical skills of a chiropractor and fosters
			 the enhancement of general or specialized practice. One hour of continuing
			 education credit may be claimed for every 50 minutes of instruction or
			 presentation, except continuing education credit hours may not be counted for
			 subsequent presentations of the same course or program.
(i) The requirements in this paragraph first
			 apply to the renewal period beginning December 16, 2024. Of the 40 continuing
			 education hours required in par. (a), 2 hours shall be on the topic of
			 professional boundaries and ethics approved under s.
			 Chir
			 5.02. Professional boundaries and ethics courses may
			 include any of the following subjects:
1.
			 Sexual misconduct, as defined in s.
			 Chir 6.02
			 (7).
2. Ethics in billing or business management
			 practices.
3. Risk
			 management.
4. Professional
			 boundaries in clinical practice settings.
5. Any other topic that the board or the
			 board's designee approves as being related to the subject of professional
			 boundaries and ethics.