Licensees may select from a variety of activities to fulfill
the requirements for continuing competence. These activities include
the following:
(1) Continuing education (CE).
(A) Program content structure must be approved by the
board-approved organization, or be offered by a provider accredited
by that organization. Programs must meet the following criteria:
(i) Program content must be easily recognizable as
pertinent to the physical therapy profession and in the areas of ethics,
professional responsibility, clinical application, clinical management,
behavioral science, science, or risk management.
(ii) The content must be identified by instructional
level, i.e., basic, intermediate, advanced. Program objectives must
be clearly written to identify the knowledge and skills the participants
should acquire and be consistent with the stated instructional level.
(iii) The instructional methods related to the objectives
must be identified and be consistent with the stated objectives.
(iv) Programs must be presented by a licensed health
care provider, or by a person with appropriate credentials and/or
specialized training in the field.
(v) Program providers are prohibited from self-promotion
of programs, products, and/or services during the presentation of
the program.
(vi) The participants must evaluate the program. A
summary of these evaluations must be made available to the board-approved
organization upon request.
(vii) Records of each licensee who participates in
the program must be maintained for four years by the CE sponsor/provider
and must be made available to the board-approved organization upon
request.
(B) CE programs subject to this subsection include
the following:
(i) Live programs.
(I) One contact hour equals 1 continuing competence
unit (CCU).
(II) Documentation must include the name and license
number of the licensee; the title, sponsor/provider, date(s), and
location of the course; the number of CCUs awarded, the signature
of an authorized signer, and the accredited provider or program approval
number.
(III) If selected for audit, the licensee must submit
the specified documentation.
(ii) Self-study programs - Structured, self-paced programs
or courses offered through electronic media (for example, via the
internet or on DVD) or on paper (for example, a booklet) completed
without direct supervision or attendance in a class.
(I) One contact hour equals 1 CCU.
(II) Documentation must include the name and license
number of the licensee; the title, sponsor/provider, date(s), and
instructional format of the course; the number of CCUs awarded, the
signature of an authorized signer, and the accredited provider or
program approval number.
(III) If selected for audit, the licensee must submit
the specified documentation.
(iii) Regular inservice-type programs over a one-year
period where individual sessions are granted 2 CCUs or less.
(I) One contact hour equals 1 CCU.
(II) Documentation must include the name and license
number of the licensee; the title, sponsor/provider, date(s), and
location of the inservice; the signature of an authorized signer,
and the accredited provider or program approval number with the maximum
CCUs granted and the CCU value of each session or group of sessions
specified and justified.
(III) Additionally, proof of attendance to any or all
inservice sessions must be provided so that individual CCUs earned
can be calculated by the program sponsor/provider for submission to
the board-approved organization.
(IV) If selected for audit, the licensee must submit
the specified documentation.
(iv) Large conferences with concurrent programming.
(I) One contact hour equals 1 CCU.
(II) Documentation must include the licensee's name
and license number; title, sponsor/provider, date(s); and location
of the conference; the number of CCUs awarded, the signature of an
authorized signer, and the accredited provider or course approval
number.
(III) If selected for audit, the licensee must submit
the specified documentation and proof of attendance.
(2) College or university courses.
(A) Courses at regionally accredited US colleges or
universities easily recognizable as pertinent to the physical therapy
profession and in the areas of ethics, professional responsibility,
clinical application, clinical management, behavioral science, science,
or risk management.
(i) The course must be at the appropriate educational
level for the PT or the PTA.
(ii) All courses in this paragraph are subject to the
following:
(I) One satisfactorily completed credit hour (grade
of C or equivalent, or higher) equals 10 CCUs.
(II) Documentation required for consideration is the
course syllabus for each course and a transcript indicating successful
completion of the course.
(III) If selected for audit, the licensee must submit
the approval letter from the board-approved organization.
(B) College or university sponsored CE programs (no
grade, no official transcript) must comply with paragraph (1)(A) of
this section.
(C) College or university courses that are part of
a post-professional physical therapy degree program, or are part of
a CAPTE-accredited program bridging from PTA to PT, are automatically
approved and are assigned a standard approval number by the board-approved
organization. If selected for audit, the licensee must submit a transcript
indicating successful completion of the course.
(3) Scholarship.
(A) Publications. Publication(s) pertinent to physical
therapy and in the areas of ethics, professional responsibility, clinical
practice, clinical management, behavioral science, science, or risk
management written for the professional or lay audience. The author(s)
are prohibited from self-promotion of programs, products, and/or services
in the publication.
(i) The publication must be published within the 24
months prior to the license expiration date.
(ii) CCU values for types of original publications
are as follows:
(I) A newspaper article (excluding editorials and opinion
pieces) may be valued up to 3 CCUs.
(II) A regional/national magazine article (excluding
editorials and opinion pieces) may be valued up to 10 CCUs.
(III) A case study in a peer reviewed publication,
monograph, or book chapter(s) is valued at 20 CCUs.
(IV) A research article in a peer reviewed publication,
or an entire book is valued at 30 CCUs.
(iii) Documentation required for consideration is:
(I) For newspaper articles, a copy of the article and
the newspaper banner, indicating the publication date;
(II) For magazine articles and publications in peer
reviewed journals, a copy of the article and the Table of Contents
page of the publication showing the author's name and the name and
date of the publication.
(III) For monographs or single book chapters, a copy
of the first page of the monograph or chapter, and the Table of Contents
page of the publication showing the author's name and the name and
date of the publication.
(IV) For an entire book or multiple chapters in a book,
the author must submit the following: title page, copyright page,
entire table of contents, preface or forward if present, and one book
chapter authored by the licensee.
(iv) If selected for audit, the licensee must submit
the approval letter from the board-approved organization.
(B) Manuscript review. Reviews of manuscripts for peer-reviewed
publications pertinent to physical therapy and in the areas of ethics,
professional responsibility, clinical practice, clinical management,
behavioral science, science, or risk management. The Board will maintain
and make available a list of peer-reviewed publications that are automatically
approved for manuscript review and assigned a standard approval number
by the board-approved organization.
(i) The review must be completed within the 24 months
prior to the license expiration date.
(ii) One manuscript review is valued at 3 CCUs.
(iii) For each renewal:
(I) PTs may submit no more than 3 manuscript reviews
(9 CCUs).
(II) PTAs may submit no more than 2 manuscript reviews
(6 CCUs).
(iv) If selected for audit, the licensee must submit
a copy of the letter or certificate from the publisher confirming
completion of manuscript review.
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