Nev. Admin. Code § 640A.090

Current through October 11, 2024

Section 640A.090 - Continuing education: Subject matter; qualifying activities

1. The subject matter for continuing education activities includes, without limitation:

(a) Research relating to occupational therapy;

(b) Theoretical or practical courses relating to the practice of occupational therapy;

(c) The development, administration, supervision or teaching of the clinical practice of occupational therapy;

(d) Service delivery programs performed by an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant; and

(e) Statutes and regulations in this State relating to occupational therapy.

2. Activities that qualify as continuing education include, without limitation:

(a) Attendance and participation at a live, electronic, Internet-based or recorded presentation, which includes, without limitation, a workshop, seminar, conference or inservice educational program.

(b) Participation in a course of self-study that requires a formal assessment of learning, which includes, without limitation, self-study through an electronic or Internet-based course, a self-paced clinical course or any other formalized self-administered course.

(c) Enrollment in an academic course, which includes, without limitation, an on-site or distance learning course.

(d) Supervision of fieldwork:

(1) Which includes, without limitation, acting as a primary clinical fieldwork educator for level I fieldwork or level II fieldwork for occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant students; and

(2) Which may result in, for the biennial renewal cycle in which the fieldwork ends:

(I) A maximum of 4 hours of continuing education for level I fieldwork supervision; or

(II) A maximum of 18 hours of continuing education for level II fieldwork supervision.

(e) Writing in a professional capacity which may result in a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education for the renewal cycle within which the writing is published.

(f) Teaching an educational or academic course that is outside the normal scope of the professional employment of the licensee, which includes, without limitation, an in-person academic course, workshop, seminar, in-service course or electronic or Internet-based course.

(g) Participation in an official meeting of the Board or a professional organization formed to promote and enhance the practice of occupational therapy:

(1) Which includes, without limitation, an official board or committee meeting of such an organization; and

(2) Which may result in a maximum of 6 hours of continuing education per biennial renewal cycle.

(h) Achievement of a type of certification in a specialty or advanced practice area that is directly related to the scope of practice of occupational therapy which may result in a maximum of 12 hours of continuing education for the biennial renewal cycle in which the certification is achieved.

3. Acceptable documentation of the successful completion of continuing education described in this section includes, without limitation:

(a) A certificate of completion, certification or other similar document indicating the name of the licensee, subject matter, date and hours completed;

(b) A transcript indicating successful completion of an academic course;

(c) For supervision of fieldwork, documentation from the sponsoring educational program indicating the names of the students supervised, the name of the sponsoring educational program and the dates of the fieldwork;

(d) A copy of a peer-reviewed book, chapter of a book or article regarding occupational therapy that was written by the licensee and was published;

(e) An official program, schedule or syllabus of a course taught by the licensee, which includes, without limitation, the title, dates, hours and objectives of the course, a description of the students enrolled in the course and the signature of an appropriate official of the sponsor of the course; or

(f) For participation in an official meeting, a document from a professional organization that indicates the name of the organization, the purpose of the meeting held by the organization and a description of the role of the licensee in the organization and at the meeting.

4. As used in this section:

(a) "Level I fieldwork" means fieldwork designed to enrich didactic course work through direct observation and participation in selected aspects of the occupational therapy process.

(b) "Level II fieldwork" means in-depth fieldwork in delivering occupational therapy services across a variety of settings.

Nev. Admin. Code § 640A.090

Added to NAC by Bd. of Occupational Therapy, eff. 12-23-92; A by R083-99, 9-27-99; R210-07, 9-18-2008; A by R048-15, eff. 4/4/2016; A by R067-17AP, eff. 5/16/2018; A by R105-19A, eff. 2/20/2020; A by R076-21A, eff. 4/11/2022; A by R113-23A, eff. 4/19/2024

NRS 640A.180, as amended by section 14 of Assembly Bill No. 343, chapter 88, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 438