N.J. Admin. Code § 13:37A-4.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024
Section 13:37A-4.1 - Continuing education
(a) Upon biennial license renewal, licensees shall attest that they have completed courses of continuing education of the types and number of credit hours specified in (b), (c), (d) and (e) below and 13:37A-4.2. Falsification of any information submitted on the renewal application may require an appearance before the Board and may subject a licensee to penalties and/or suspension or revocation of the license pursuant to 45:1-21 through 25.
(b) Each applicant for biennial license renewal shall be required to complete during the preceding biennial period 20 credit hours of continuing education related to the practice of massage and bodywork therapy, except as provided in (d) below. These 20 credit hours shall include at least two hours in ethics and one hour in the laws and rules pertinent to the practice of massage and bodywork therapy, specifically, N.J.S.A. 45:11-53et seq., and this chapter. Courses that are related solely to the business practices of licensees and courses in practices in which licensees are prohibited from engaging pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:37A-3.1(b) shall not satisfy continuing education requirements.
(c) Licensees shall be limited to completing a total of six credit hours through courses presented on-line or through DVDs.
(d) A licensee who is licensed in the second year of a biennial renewal period shall be required to complete 10 credit hours of continuing education, of which at least two hours shall be in ethics.
(e) A licensee who completes more than the minimum continuing education credit hours set forth in (b) or (d) above in any biennial registration period may carry no more than 18 of the additional credit hours into a succeeding biennial period. A licensee who carries over credits into a biennial period shall complete, during that biennial period, at least two hours of ethics.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:37A-4.1

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1569(a), effective 9/20/2021