Sec.20-275b-3. Basic requirements for qualifying continuing education activities

(a) Qualifying continuing education activities are the following:

(1) courses offered or approved by the American Electrology Association or its affiliates;

(2) hospital or medical school sponsored educational offerings, provided the coursework is related to health issues of practitioners;

(3) post-graduate coursework offered at electrology schools approved in accordance with section 20-269 of the General Statutes of Connecticut for the purposes of licensure, either audited or by credit;

(4) credit-bearing college courses and other post-graduate classes for continuing education credit offered at a regionally accredited academic institution, provided the coursework is clearly related to electrology theory, technical and clinical aspects of electrolysis, electrology research, ethical or legal aspects of practicing electrolysis or health issues of electrologists;

(5) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course given by an American Heart Association or American Red Cross qualified instructor;

(6) presentation by a licensee of an original paper, essay or formal lecture in electrology; or

(7) original paper published by a licensee in a professional journal.

(b) Continuing education activities shall meet the following requirements:

(1) the activity involves face-to-face instruction or a home study program;

(2) the provider implements a mechanism to monitor and document physical attendance at such instruction or to verify licensee completion in the case of a home study program;

(3) the provider retains written records for a period of three years from the participant's actual successful completion of the activity, including but not limited to: content description; instructor; date of activity; location of activity; list of participants; participant's evaluation of instruction presented and number of contact hours; and

(4) the provider issues a certificate of completion after the participant's successful completion of the activity. Such certificate shall include the participant's name, provider's name, title or subject area of the activity, date and location of attendance and number of contact hours completed.

(c) Subject matter for qualifying continuing education activities shall reflect the scope of practice authorized under Chapter 388 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or as otherwise specified in these regulations.

(d) Activities which do not qualify for award of contact hours include: professional organizational business meetings; speeches delivered at luncheons or banquets; reading of books, articles, or professional journals; correspondence courses and other mechanisms of self instruction, except when used as a component of a home study program; and audio-visual materials, except when audio-visual materials are used as a component of a qualifying continuing education activity identified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(Adopted effective July 25, 2002)