§ 18.862. Continuing education.
(a) Credit hour requirements. A licensed prosthetist, orthotist, pedorthist or orthotic fitter shall satisfy the following continuing education credit hour requirements:
(1) As a condition for biennial renewal, a prosthetist shall complete at least 24 hours of ABC-approved or BOC-approved continuing education applicable to the practice of prosthetics and an orthotist shall complete at least 24 hours of ABC-approved or BOC-approved continuing education applicable to the practice of orthotics. At least 2 of the required 24 hours shall be completed in approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with § 16.108(b) (relating to child abuse recognition and reporting—mandatory training requirement).
(2) As a condition for biennial renewal, a pedorthist shall complete at least 13 hours of ABC-approved or BOC-approved continuing education applicable to the practice of pedorthics and an orthotic fitter shall complete at least 13 hours of ABC-approved or BOC-approved continuing education applicable to the practice of orthotic fitting. At least 2 of the required 13 hours shall be completed in approved training in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with § 16.108(b).
(3) Credit for continuing education will not be given for courses in office management or practice building.
(4) A licensee is not required to complete continuing education during the biennium in which the licensee was first licensed.
(5) Except when reactivating an inactive license, when the Board has granted a waiver, or when ordered by the Board, continuing education credits may be used to satisfy the continuing education credit hour requirements only for the biennial period in which the credits were earned. An hour of continuing education may not be used to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1) or (2) for more than one biennium.
(6) A licensee may request a waiver of the continuing education credit hour requirements because of serious illness, emergency, military service or other demonstrated hardship by submitting a request for waiver with supporting documentation to the Board at least 90 days prior to the end of the biennial renewal period for which the waiver is sought. The Board may grant the waiver request in whole or in part and may extend the deadline by which the credit hour requirements must be met.
(b) Disciplinary action. A licensee may be subject to disciplinary action if the licensee submits false information to the Board regarding completion of the continuing education credit hour requirements to complete biennial renewal or fails to complete the continuing education hour requirements and practices as a prosthetist, orthotist, pedorthist or orthotic fitter after the end of the biennial period.
(c) Documentation of continuing education. A licensee shall maintain documentation of completion of continuing education by maintaining the certificate of attendance or completion issued by the course provider. A licensee shall maintain the certificates for at least 5 years after the end of the biennial renewal period in which the continuing education was completed. A certificate must include the name of the course provider, the name and date of the course, the name of the licensee, the number of credit hours based on a 50-minute hour and the category of continuing education, if applicable.
Authority The provisions of this § 18.862 amended under section 8 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. § 422.8); and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).
Source The provisions of this § 18.862 amended March 25, 2022, effective March 26, 2022, 52 Pa.B. 1899. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (384351) to (384352).
Cross References This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 18.861 (relating to biennial renewal of license); and 49 Pa. Code § 18.863 (relating to inactive and expired status of licenses; reactivation of inactive or expired license).
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