Section Plc 1507.04 - Continuing Professional Competence Requirements(a) Unless receiving a waiver pursuant to Plc 1507.06 based on active military service, a licensee intending to renew licensure shall engage in continuing professional education by completing 12 contact hours of continuing competence activities for the 2-year license period in accordance with (b) through (d), below.(b) At least half of the contact hours required by (a), above, shall relate directly and primarily to the clinical application of respiratory care.(c) The balance of the contact hours required by (a), above, shall relate to:(1) How to teach respiratory care;(2) Respiratory care supervision and consultation skills;(3) Respiratory care curriculum development;(4) Trans-disciplinary issues or skills applicable to respiratory care;(5) Respiratory care administration and management;(6) Respiratory care research;(7) Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); or(8) Other continuing professional education similarly not related directly and primarily to the clinical application of respiratory care, including but not limited to development of leadership skills and training in emergency management.(d) Continuing competence credit shall be accumulated through participating in any continuing competence program accepted by the NBRC and any of the following activities:(1) Successful completion of a college-level course related to respiratory care, as further described in Plc 1507.07;(2) Successful completion of live programming such as courses, programs, workshops, and seminars, as further described in Plc 1507.08;(3) Passing specialty examinations, as further described in Plc 1507.09;(4) Public professional presentations relating to respiratory care, as further described in Plc 1507.10;(5) Participation in a respiratory care research project, as further described in Plc 1507.11;(6) Taking and passing courses for initial or renewal certification, as further described in Plc 1507.12;(7) Participation as an instructor or instructor trainee in one of the courses for initial or renewal certification that qualify under (6), above, as further described in Plc 1507.13;(8) Teaching a college-level course relating to respiratory care, as further described in Plc 1507.14;(9) Facility-based respiratory care in-service training, as further described in Plc 1507.15;(10) Publication of writing related to respiratory care, as further described in Plc 1507.16;(11) Participation in the work of professional boards and committees, as further described in Plc 1507.17; and(12) Completing a self-directed study program, as further described in Plc 1507.18.N.H. Admin. Code § Plc 1507.04
Derived from Volume XLII Number 49, Filed December 8, 2022, (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Plc 1500), Proposed by #13496, Effective 11/27/2022, Expires 5/23/2023.Amended by Number 19, Filed May 11, 2023, Proposed by #13621, Effective 5/22/2023, Expires 5/22/2033 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Plc 1500).Amended by Number 2, Filed January 11, 2024, Proposed by #13839, Effective 12/28/2023, Expires 12/28/2033 (see Revision Note #3 at chapter heading for Plc 1500).