For the purposes of this rule chapter, the following
definitions will apply:
(1) "Approved
provider" means a person approved by a board, or the department when there is
no board, to provide continuing education or whose continuing education program
has been approved by a board, or the department when there is no board.
"Approved provider" also means an institution of higher
learning or a school approved by a board, or the department when there is no
board, to provide continuing education or whose continuing education program
has been approved by a board, or the department when there is no
board.
(2) "Continuing
education (CE) tracking system" means the Department of Health designated
electronic system through which approved providers and licensees submit
necessary information on program attendance.
(3) "Program" includes a class, seminar,
lecture, presentation, symposium, convention at which continuing education is
presented by a professional trade association, self-study or home-study hours,
or other activity offered for the purpose of complying with continuing
education requirements established in statute or rule approved by the board or
the department when there is no board.
(4) "Electronically" refers to the submission
of information and data via the Internet.
(5) "Maximum Allowable" refers to the total
number of hours that a licensee can possibly earn for attending an approved
provider program.
(6) "Hours
Earned" refers to the total number of hours that a licensee is awarded during
the approved provider program.
(7)
"Mandatory Hours" refers to those specific hours, which are designated by law
or by board rule, or by rule of the department when there is no board, as
mandatory.
