S.C. Code Regs. § 93-200 - Continuing Education for Relicensure

A. Each applicant for renewal of a license shall present evidence of having earned the required number of hours of continuing education as defined in 93-50(G).

B. Evidence of continued learning appropriate to facility administration shall consist of one (1) or more of the following:

(1) records of continuing education hours awarded by an accredited college or university or approved association or professional society; or

(2) official transcripts and course descriptions of courses taken at an accredited educational institution; or

(3) certificate of attendance received for attending other continuing education programs that have been registered with the board and approved by the board for credit.

C. The board shall establish methods, procedures, and criteria for approving programs of continuing education.

D. A nursing home administrator must have twenty (20) hours of continuing education for relicensure with five (5) hours in patient care. A Community Residential Care Facility Administrator must have eighteen (18) hours of continuing education. When an administrator serves both types of facilities, twenty-nine (29) hours of continuing education is required; five (5) hours of the twenty-nine (29) must be devoted to community residential care.

E. Carry-over: Continuing Education Hours for any board-approved program may be carried forward, in their entirety, if they are in excess of that required for any licensure period. Such carry-over hours must represent the total earned during the continuing education program and must be used during the following licensure period.

F. Program Delivery Methods.

(1) Live Instruction is a program in which participants engage simultaneously through interaction of a real-time instructor or discussion leader.

(a) On-site Live Instruction Program consists of Live Instruction at a specific location.

(b) Online Live Instruction Program consists of Live Instruction using technology and/or remote access offered at a scheduled date and time.

(c) A minimum of fifty (50%) percent of required continuing education hours must be obtained via Live Instruction.

(2) Online Pre-recorded Instruction: A program designed to permit a participant to have control over time, place and/or pace of learning a given subject through the use of electronic media (including technology applications and processes and computer-based or web-based technology) without interaction with a real-time instructor.

G. Hardship Waiver. A licensee experiencing extraordinary hardship or extenuating circumstances, disability or illness, may submit a written request to the Board to waive, modify or extend the continuing education requirements. A licensee must demonstrate that they are unable to participate in a sufficient number of regular continuing educational programs required for licensure/registration.

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S.C. Code Regs. § 93-200

Added by State Register Volume 7, Issue No. 4, eff April 22, 1983. Amended by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 1993; State Register Volume 23, Issue No. 5, eff May 28, 1999; State Register Volume 28, Issue No. 4, eff April 23, 2004; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016; State Register Volume 47, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/26/2023.