45:14E-16 Continuing education requirements, duties of board.

6. a. The board shall require each respiratory care practitioner, as a condition of biennial license renewal pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1972, c.108 (C.45:1-7), to complete any continuing education requirements imposed by the board pursuant to this section.

b. The board shall:

(1) Promulgate rules and regulations for implementing continuing education requirements as a condition of license renewal for licenses issued under its jurisdiction;

(2) Establish standards for continuing education, including the subject matter and content of courses of study, competency assessments, and the number and type of continuing education credits required of a licensee as a condition of biennial license renewal;

(3) Recognize the New Jersey Society for Respiratory Care, the American Association for Respiratory Care, and other entities or persons approved by the board as providers of continuing education, and accredit educational programs, including, but not limited to, lectures, seminars, examinations, papers, publications, presentations, and teaching and research appointments, and shall establish procedures for the issuance of credit upon satisfactory proof of the completion of these programs. In the case of education courses or programs, each hour of instruction shall be equivalent to one credit; however, credit shall not be denied for education programs provided as part of a symposium or multi-day program event if the aggregate duration of the accredited continuing education completed at the symposium or multi-day program event is at least one hour in duration. Credit for continuing education shall not be issued for any program of activities designed to fulfill assigned general employment responsibilities specific to the expectations of an employer; and

(4) Approve only those continuing education programs as are available to all respiratory care practitioners in this State on a reasonable, nondiscriminatory basis.

L.2004, c.167, s.6; amended 2017, c.119, s.4.