Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 30-3-4 - Methods of Acquiring Continuing Education Units4.1. Continuing education units applicable to the renewal of the license shall be directly related to the professional growth and development of the respiratory care licensee, and shall be revelant to the practice of respiratory care.4.2. A licensee may earn continuing education units by completing any of the educational offerings of the American Association of Respiratory Care approved courses or programs.4.3. A licensee may earn continuing education units by completing academic courses as defined in subsection 2.1 of this rule. For the purposes of this rule, one (1) credit hour of academic course equals fifteen (15) continuing education units.4.4. Relevant offerings provided by other organizations or institutions may be approved by the Board for continuing education units. Approved organizations may include but are not limited to the West Virginia Society for Respiratory Care, the West Virginia Lung Association, the West Virginia Thoracic Society, the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, the American Medical Association, or the National Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers.4.5. The Board may approve continuing education units for successful completion of the ANational Board of Respiratory Care, Inc.@, advanced practitioner exams including, but, not limited to the Perinatal Pediatric Exam, Certified Pulmonary Function Exam, Registered Pulmonary Function Exam, or any other future exam developed and administered by the National Board of Respiratory Care or its successor organization. The Board shall grant ten (10) continuing education units to a licensee upon passing each advanced practitioner exam. The Board encourages licensees to retake the ANational Board of Respiratory Care, Inc.@ exams, and the Board shall grant five (5) continuing education units for those licensees retaking and passing the exam.
4.6. The Board may approve related areas not specifically a part of the field of respiratory care for up to two (2) continuing education units, if the Board believes that the related areas may serve to enhance the licensee=s ability to practice.4.7. The Board may approve continuing education units for up to five (5) units for authorship of a research article printed in a Board approved medical journal or Board approved textbook.4.8. The Board may approve continuing education units for the authorship of continuing education material used in conducting continuing education program offerings. The Board shall grant the licensee twice the amount of continuing education units available to licensees attending the course or program was written. For example, if a course or program qualifies for five (5) continuing education units, the Board shall grant ten (10) continuing education units to the author of the continuing education material.