Sec. 20-74ff. Continuing education: Definitions; contact hours; attestation; record-keeping; exemptions, waivers and extensions; reinstatement of void licenses.
Sec. 20-74ff. Continuing education: Definitions; contact hours; attestation;
record-keeping; exemptions, waivers and extensions; reinstatement of void licenses. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Health;
(2) "Contact hour" means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education activity;
(3) "Department" means the Department of Public Health;
(4) "Licensee" means any person who receives a license from the department pursuant to this chapter; and
(5) "Registration period" means the one-year period for which a license renewed
in accordance with section 19a-88 is current and valid.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, for registration periods beginning
on and after October 1, 2008, a licensee applying for license renewal shall either maintain
registration as a radiographer or radiation therapy technologist issued by the American
Registry of Radiologic Technologists, or its successor organization, or earn a minimum
of twenty-four contact hours of continuing education within the preceding twenty-four-month period. Such continuing education shall (1) be in an area of the licensee's practice;
and (2) reflect the professional needs of the licensee in order to meet the health care needs
of the public. Qualifying continuing education activities include, but are not limited to,
courses, including on-line courses, offered or approved by the American College of
Radiology, American Healthcare Radiology Administrators, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists, Radiological Society of North America, Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Section, Society for Vascular Ultrasound, Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists, a hospital or other health care institution, regionally accredited schools of higher
education or a state or local health department.
(c) Each licensee applying for license renewal pursuant to section 19a-88 shall sign
a statement attesting that he or she has maintained registration as a radiographer or
radiation therapy technologist issued by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, or has satisfied the continuing education requirements of subsection (b) of this
section on a form prescribed by the department. A licensee who fails to comply with
the requirements of this section may be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to section
20-74cc or 19a-17. Each licensee shall retain records of attendance or certificates of
completion that demonstrate compliance with the continuing education requirements
of subsection (b) of this section for a minimum of three years following the year in
which the continuing education activities were completed and shall submit such records
to the department for inspection not later than forty-five days after a request by the
department for such records.
(d) A licensee applying for the first time for license renewal pursuant to section
19a-88 is exempt from the continuing education requirements of this section.
(e) A licensee who is not engaged in active professional practice in any form during
a registration period shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements of this
section, provided the licensee submits to the department, prior to the expiration of the
registration period, a notarized application for exemption on a form prescribed by the
department and such other documentation as may be required by the department. The
application for exemption pursuant to this subsection shall contain a statement that the
licensee may not engage in professional practice until the licensee has met the continuing
education requirements of this section.
(f) In individual cases involving medical disability or illness, the commissioner
may, in the commissioner's discretion, grant a waiver of the continuing education requirements or an extension of time within which to fulfill the continuing education
requirements of this section to any licensee, provided the licensee submits to the department an application for waiver or extension of time on a form prescribed by the department, along with a certification by a licensed physician of the disability or illness and
such other documentation as may be required by the commissioner. The commissioner
may grant a waiver or extension for a period not to exceed one registration period,
except that the commissioner may grant additional waivers or extensions if the medical
disability or illness upon which a waiver or extension is granted continues beyond the
period of the waiver or extension and the licensee applies for an additional waiver or
extension.
(g) Any licensee whose license has become void pursuant to section 19a-88 and
who applies to the department for reinstatement of such license pursuant to section 19a-14 shall submit evidence documenting successful completion of twelve contact hours
of continuing education within the one-year period immediately preceding application
for reinstatement.
(P.A. 06-195, S. 29.)