| (a) The 40 hours of continuing education required for
license renewal must:
(1) be completed during the previous two-year licensure
period;
(2) include one or more of the four domains of the
National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB);
(3) include a Texas Health and Human Services Commission
(HHSC) course in Infection Control and personal protective equipment;
(4) include at least six hours of continuing education
in ethics; and
(5) be:
(A) approved by the National Continuing Education Review
Service;
(B) a HHSC-sponsored event; or
(C) an upper-division semester credit course taken
or taught at a post-secondary institution of higher education accredited
by an agency recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.
(b) HHSC accepts NAB-approved self-study courses toward
the required 40 hours of continuing education.
(c) HHSC waives, at a maximum, 20 of the 40 hours of
continuing education required of a licensee who completes one three-semester-hour
upper-division course taken at a post-secondary institution of higher
education.
(d) HHSC approves continuing education credit hours
for the same course, seminar, workshop, or program only once per license
renewal period.
(e) HHSC may perform an audit of continuing education
courses, seminars, or workshops that the licensee has reported by
requesting certificates of attendance.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §555.35 adopted to be effective June 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 4233; amended to be effective June 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 2795; amended to be effective September 28, 2016, 41 TexReg 7514; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1880; amended to be effective November 14, 2021, 46 TexReg 7791; amended to be effective December 6, 2023, 48 TexReg 7078 |
