21 NCAC 34B .0408          Continuing Education Program

(a)  For licensees required to complete continuing education ("CE") as a prerequisite to annual license renewal, the five hours of approved CE shall meet the following requirements:

(1)           CE courses taken at the direction of the Board as memorialized in a consent order, final agency decision, or taken voluntarily by the licensee to resolve a pending disciplinary matter, shall not be credited toward CE hours needed for annual licensure renewal. If the Board requires licensees to take a particular required course or courses, the Board shall notify licensees no later than October 1 of the year preceding the calendar year in which the course(s) will be required.

(2)           Licensees shall not receive credit toward completed CE hours for taking the same CE course within two years.

(b)  A person who has received his or her license within the past 12 months and who currently holds an active license shall receive CE credit toward annual licensure renewal for any CE hours earned after that licensee's mortuary science college graduation provided that the CE hours were earned within the preceding 12 months.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90‑210.23(a); 90-210.25(a)(5); 150B-41(c);

Eff. July 1, 2005;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2009;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. August 19, 2017;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2023.