Section 12 AAC 36.520 - Computation of continuing education credit(a) The board has final authority with respect to the acceptance of courses, activities, credits, professional development hour values, and other methods of earning continuing education credits. Continuing education credit is computed as follows: (1) credit for college approved courses is based upon course credit established by the college and contingent upon receipt of a passing grade; for college approved courses, (A) one unit of college semester credit equals 45 professional development hours;(B) one unit of college quarter credit equals 30 professional development hours;(2) credit for qualifying courses or activities including seminars, in-house workshops, and other professional presentations is based on one professional development hour for each hour of attendance;(3) each hour of teaching equals two hours of credit for teaching under (1) and (2) of this subsection, full-time faculty may not claim teaching credit associated with the registrant's regular duties;(4) credit for published papers, articles, or books is (A) based on one professional development hour for each hour of professional preparation of the paper, article, or book; and(B) based on one professional development hour for each hour of technical or peer review of the paper, article, or book;(5) up to eight hours annually may be credited for participation in each professional and technical organization; credit may be claimed for a year of service as an officer or in active participation in a committee of the organization, based on one professional development hour for every two hours of service or participation in each organization: (6) up to 10 professional development hours may be credited for each patent awarded;(7) up to eight professional development hours may be credited for successfully completing a course or activity that has content areas focusing on ethics or business-related activity, improving a registrant's business practice or operations, or advancing professionally related skills and practices as applicable to the practice of the registrant;(8) up to one professional development hour may be credited for each hour of outreach activity the registrant completes;(9) up to four hours annually may be credited for structured self-study in the subject for which the registrant holds a registration;(10) not more than 12 professional development hours may be claimed on a single calendar day;(11) fractions of hours are rounded down to the nearest half hour.Eff. 10/18/2007, Register 184; am 7/12/2008, Register 187; am 7/13/2011, Register 199; am 10/15/2023, Register 248, January 2024Authority:AS 08.48.071
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