Section 305.08. Continuing education.

 

(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.

(2)   Evidence of compliance. Each license, certification or registration holder shall retain evidence of compliance with continuing education requirements throughout the license, certification or registration period for which continuing education credit was required for renewal of the license, certification or registration.

(a) The department shall accept as evidence of compliance original or copies of documents, certified by the individual or organization providing the course, program or seminar, indicating attendance and completion of the continuing education credit.

(b) The department may require a license, certification or registration holder to submit evidence of compliance for the continuing education credit which was required to renew the license, certification or registration.

(3)   Continuing educational cycle.

(a) Except as provided under s. SPS 305.07 (2) (b) , for those license, certification or registration categories which require continuing educational credit for renewal, the license, certification or registration holder shall obtain the necessary amount of continuing educational credit prior to the expiration date of the license, certification, or registration as specified in Table 305.06.

(c) The attendance of a continuing education course, program or seminar in order to fulfill late renewal obligations under s. SPS 305.07 (2) (b) may not be credited toward more than one renewal cycle for a specific license, certification or registration.

Cr. Register, October, 1996, No. 490 , eff. 11-1-96; am. (3) (a), Register, March, 1998, No. 507 , eff. 4-1-98; am. (1) (d), (e) 1., (f) 2. e., f., (2) (intro.), (b) and (3), Register, April, 2000, No. 532 , eff. 5-1-00; am. (3), Register, May, 2001, No. 545 , eff. 6-1-01; CR 03-075 : r. (1) (b) 2., renum. (1) (b) 3. and 4. to be (1) (b) 2. and 3., r. and recr. (1) (e) 2. b. Register June 2004 No. 582 , eff. 8-1-04; CR 06-127 : am. (1) (e) 2. a., cr. (1) (e) 2. c., (g) and (h), Register September 2007 No. 621 , eff. 10-1-07; CR 09-046 : am. (1) (f) 1. Register March 2010 No. 651 , eff. 4-1-10; correction in (1) (e) 2. c., (g), (h), (3) (a), (b), (c) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 ; CR 14-010 : am. (1) (e) 1., (3) (a), r. (3) (b) Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.

Note

The provisions under par. (c) do not limit an individual in attending or completing courses, programs or seminars multiple times on separate occasions for continuing education credit. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1