Section 338.10602. Acceptable continuing education; limitations.

The board shall consider any of the following as acceptable continuing education:

(a)   One continuing education contact hour, without limitation, may be earned for each 50 or 60-minute attendance at a continuing education program that is in compliance with the standards set forth in R 338.10603(1),(2),(3), (4),(5), and (6).

(b)   Three continuing education contact hours may be earned for each 50 or 60-minute presentation of a continuing education program that is not a part of the licensee's regular job description that is in compliance with  the standards set forth in R 338.10603(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5). Credit may be earned for the same program only once in each renewal period. A maximum of 6 continuing education contact hours may be earned pursuant to this subdivision.

(c)    Five continuing education  contact  hours   may  be  earned  for  each semester credit earned for academic courses related  to   nursing  practice  offered  in  an educational program approved by the board  pursuant  to  R 338.10201(1)(c)(i) and (ii) and (d)(i) and (ii).

(d)     Three continuing education contact hours may be earned for each quarter credit earned for academic courses related to nursing practice offered in an  educational program approved by the board pursuant to R 338.10201(1)(c)(i) and (ii) and (d)(i) and (ii).

(e)   Twenty-five continuing education contact hours may be earned by specialty certification or recertification as 1 of the following:

(i)   nurse midwife

(ii)   nurse anesthetist

(iii)   nurse practitioner.

(f)  One continuing education contact hour may be granted for each 50 or 60 minutes of program attendance, without limitation, at a continuing education program which has been granted approval by another state board of nursing.

(g)   One continuing education contact hour may be granted for each 50 or 60-minute attendance, without limitation, at a continuing education program related to nursing practice offered by an educational program approved by the board pursuant to R 338.10201(1)(c)(i) and (ii) and (d) (i) and (ii).

(h)Ten continuing education contact hour may be granted for publication, in a nursing or health care journal or textbook, of an article or chapter related to the practice of nursing or allied health.

(i)   One continuing education contact hour may be  granted  for  each documented hour of reading articles or viewing or listening to media devoted to nursing practice. A maximum of 4 hours may be credited pursuant to   this subdivision.

(j)    Ten continuing education contact hours may be granted in the year in which an applicant is advised he or she successfully completed a national nursing specialty examination.

(k)   One continuing education contact hour may be granted for each 50 or 60 minutes of particpation documented in a health care organization committee dealing with patient care related issues.  A maximum of 4 credit hours may be earned.

(l)     A maximum of 10 continuing education contact hours may be earned for participation in a workshop dealing with patient care issues, with 1 continuing education contact hour granted for each 50 to 60-minute segment offered by a health care organization or a professional organization that falls outside the methods of approval references specified in R 338.10603.

(m)   One continuing education contact hour may be granted for each 50 to 60 minutes of reading a journal and completing a test which has been developed for continuing nursing practice education.

History: 1996 AACS.