21 NCAC 34B .0414 Accreditation of Computer-Based CE

(a)  Effective for courses attended on or after January 1, 2009, a licensee may receive up to two hours of credit each year for participation in a course on CD-ROM or on-line. A CD-ROM course is an educational seminar on a compact disk that is accessed through the CD-ROM drive of the user's personal computer. An on-line course is an educational seminar available on a provider's website reached via the Internet.

(b)  A licensee may apply up to two credit hours of computer-based CE to a CE deficit from a preceding calendar year. A computer-based CE credit hour applied to a deficit from a preceding year will be included in calculating the maximum of two hours of computer-based CE allowed in the preceding calendar year. A licensee may carry over to the next calendar year no more than two credit hours of computer-based CE pursuant to 21 NCAC 34B .0408. A credit hour carried-over pursuant to 21 NCAC 34B .0408 shall not be included in calculating the two hours of computer-based CE allowed in any one calendar year.

(c)  To be accredited, a computer-based CE course must meet all of the conditions imposed by the rules in this Subchapter, except where otherwise noted, and be interactive, permitting the participant to communicate, via telephone, electronic mail, or a website bulletin board, with the presenter or other participants.

(d)  The sponsor of an on-line course must have a reliable method for recording and verifying attendance. The sponsor of a CD-ROM course must demonstrate that there is a reliable method for the user or the sponsor to record and verify participation in the course. A participant may log on and off of a computer-based CE course provided the total time spent participating in the course is equal to or exceeds the credit hours assigned to the program. A copy of the record of attendance must be forwarded to the Board within 30 days after a licensee completes his or her participation in the course.

(e)  After approval of a computer-based CE course, the sponsor may replay the computer-based CE course indefinitely until any change is made to the course content. Any modification to an approved computer-based CE course shall require the sponsor to submit a new application for approval but the sponsor may continue to show the previously approved version of the course.

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

Eff. July 1, 2005;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2009; March 1, 2008;

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