Section 3 AAC 23.208 - DefinitionsIn 3 AAC 23.100 - 3 AAC 23.208, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "certificate of completion" means a document signed by an authorized designee of a continuing education provider attesting to the successful completion of a continuing education course by a licensee and confirming the number of credits earned for the continuing education course;(2) "contact class course" means a classroom presentation, webinar, workshop, seminar, lecture, teleconference, or virtual class that has monitored attendance and an instructor available either in person or by means of the Internet or another technological medium that enables a licensee and the instructor to communicate and exchange information during the course;(3) "contact person" means an individual designated by a continuing education provider to be responsible for the continuing education provider's compliance with 3 AAC 23.100 - 3 AAC 23.208; the continuing education provider may designate a primary and an alternate contact person;(4) "course number" means the identifying number assigned by the director to an approved continuing education course;(5) "course outline" means (A) a list of topics to describe the content of a continuing education course; and(B) the amount of time allotted to each topic;(6) "credit hour" means an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is established by the director and for each credit hour is at least 50 minutes of continuous instruction for contact class courses or at least 50 minutes of self-study for a self-study course;(7) "disinterested third party" means a person who is(A) not related to the examinee;(B) not an immediate supervisor or employee of the examinee; and(C) not concerned, with respect to possible gain or loss, about the result of a pending course final examination;(8) "home state" means (A) the state where the continuing education provider maintains the continuing education provider's principal place of residence or principal place of business; or(B) the state that the continuing education provider elects to recognize as the home state for the purpose of filing courses in order for the continuing education provider to obtain the maximum credit hours allowed for a course;(9) "online course" means a course taken on the Internet with an internal testing program that ensures that a licensee cannot take the final examination without completing the course;(10) "self-study course" means a course that (A) does not have an instructor available to communicate and exchange information during the course; and(B) provides study materials in text, video, audio, or electronic form.Eff. 1/1/2014, Register 208, January 2014; am 11/23/2022, Register 244, January 2023Authority:AS 21.06.090
AS 21.27.020