La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-3755

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-3755 - Qualifying Continuing Professional Education Programs

A. To be acceptable as qualified continuing professional education under these rules a program shall:

1. have significant and substantial intellectual or practical content dealing principally with matters germane and relevant to the practice of clinical exercise physiology;

2. have pre-established written goals and objectives, with its primary objective being to maintain the participant's competence in the practice of clinical exercise physiology;

3. be presented by persons whose knowledge and/or professional experience is appropriate and sufficient to the subject matter of the presentation;

4. provide a system or method for verification of attendance or course completion; and

5. be a minimum of one continuous hour in length.

B. None of the following programs, seminars, or activities shall be deemed to qualify as acceptable continuing professional education programs under these rules:

1. any program not meeting the standards prescribed above;

2. independent study not approved or sponsored by the Louisiana Association of Exercise Physiologists;

3. any program, presentation, seminar, or course of instruction not providing the participant an opportunity to ask questions or seek clarification of specific matters presented;

4. teaching, training, or supervisory activities;

5. holding office in professional or governmental organizations, agencies, or committees;

6. participation in case conferences, informal presentations, or in-service activities;

7. giving or authorizing verbal or written presentations, seminars, articles, or grant applications.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-3755

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 23:410 (April 1997).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3421-3433 and 37:1270(A)(6).