N.M. Admin. Code § 16.23.12.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 16.23.12.8 - CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

The completion of 20 clock hours of continuing education is a requirement for biennial license renewal or license reactivation.

A. Continuing education hours must be directly related to respiratory therapy, pulmonary function technology, or related inter-disciplinary areas of health care.

B. All licensees must complete at least one hour of ethics related continuing education in the license renewal cycle.

C. The department may consult with the board to resolve questions as to appropriate continuing education hours.

(1) The department shall be the final authority on acceptance of any educational activity submitted by a licensee or a sponsor for approval.

(2) Each respiratory care practitioner must participate in at least 20clock hours of continuing education activities every renewal cycle, or as provided by 16.23.12.12 NMAC and 16.23.12.13 NMAC.

D. A minimum of twelve clock hours of the twenty clock hours of continuing education must be consistent with American Medical Association Category I, which includes any of the following types of educational offerings:

(1)lecture - a discourse given for instruction before an audience or through teleconference;

(2)panel - a presentation of a number of views by several professionals on a given subject with none of the views considered a final solution;

(3)workshop - aseries of meetings for intensive, hands on, study or discussion, in a specific area of interest;

(4)seminar - a directed advanced study or discussion in a specific field of interest;

(5)symposium - conference of more than a single session organized for the purpose of discussion of a specific subject from various viewpoints and by various presenters;

(6)distance education - includes such enduring materials as text, internet or CD, provided the provider has included an independently scored test as part of the learning package; and

(7)NBRC-awarded continuing education credit for successful completion of re-credentialing examination(s) for renewal of credential as a CRT (if the CRT was issued prior to January 1, 2018) or RRT.

N.M. Admin. Code § 16.23.12.8

2-21-85; 6-10-87; 1-9-88; 9-19-91; 4-21-95; 11-29-97; 16.23.12.8 NMAC - Rn, 16 NMAC 23.12.8, 01-30-2003; A, 07-10-03; A, 06-24-2004, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 12, June 27, 2017, eff. 7/15/2017, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 06, March 22, 2022, eff. 4/21/2022