083-8 Wyo. Code R. §§ 8-3 - Continuing Education
(a) Each licensee must complete twenty-four
(24) hours of CE every two years.
(i) A
licensee who becomes licensed during an even-numbered year prior to July 31 is
not required to provide evidence of CE as part of their renewal that
year.
(ii) A licensee who becomes
licensed during an odd-numbered year need only complete and report twelve (12)
hours of CE at the first even-numbered year after they become
licensed.
(iii) CE hours may only
be submitted if they are earned during the three (3) years immediately
preceding the annual license renewal.
(b) All licensees shall report their number
of CE hours every even numbered year in conjunction with the licensee's
application for renewal.
(c)
Licensees are required to keep documentation of their CE hours, to be submitted
to the board upon audit. The documentation of verification of attendance shall
include;
(i) Name of licensee;
(ii) Title of course;
(iii) Date of attendance;
(iv) Number of hours earned;
(v) Signature of the person verifying the
attendance.
(vi) If the class is
not sponsored by the NBCOT, AOTA, or WYOTA, the licensee must also present a
written course description of the course on the CE log sheet.
(A) Courses shall be taken at a NBCOT, AOTA,
or WYOTA live or virtual conference or you must register for the course through
their site for the CE to be sponsored by the association.
(B) Courses taken through organizations that
are only NBCOT, AOTA, or WYOTA approved CE providers do not meet the
requirements for being sponsored.
(d) CE credit is available for live courses,
on-line courses, college courses beyond degree requirements, written courses,
conferences, or student supervision.
(i) For
college level classes used for continuing education purposes, one semester
credit shall equal fifteen (15) contact hours and one quarter semester credit
shall equal ten (10) contact hours.
(ii) CE shall only be granted for supervision
of a Level II student or doctoral experiential student as part of an accredited
college or university training program for Occupational Therapy or Occupational
Therapy Assistants.
(A) A maximum of twelve
(12) CE can be earned through the provision of supervision for each bi-annual
period. One (1) CE is granted for every week of supervision.
(B) Documentation for this type of CE shall
include:
(1) A record of the students
supervised and dates and times of supervision; and
(2) A certification of the supervision from
the OT program.
(e) The primary objective of any CE credit
shall be to increase the participant's competence within their practice as an
occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant as defined by
W.S.
33-40-102(a).
(f) Extra hours submitted will not be carried
over, and courses may not be split unless a separate attendance verification is
obtained for separate sections of the education provided.
(g) Employment orientation, employment
training not specific to occupational therapy, facility-specific documentation
training, and CPR and First Aid classes do not count toward CE
requirements.
(h) A licensee may
obtain CE credit for contact hours spent presenting a class if:
(i) The licensee is the primary presenter or
a co-presenter;
(ii) The licensee
only submits the course for CE once;
(iii) Time spent preparing the class is not
included for credit; and
(iv) The
licensee submits a copy of the presentation and a program agenda that includes
the presentation title, presenter's name, date, and time of the
presentation.
(i) No
more than four (4) of the licensee's twenty-four (24) CE hours submitted may be
made up of classes that are less than one hour in length.
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