Section R4-7-802. Documenting Compliance with Continuing Edu- cation Requirements

A.      A licensee shall retain documents to verify compliance with the continuing education requirements for at least five years from the date the continuing education credit is used to qualify the licensee for renewal. The Board may audit continuing edu- cation compliance at any time during those five years by requiring submission of documentation of course completion.

B.       With each license renewal application, a licensee shall attest by providing the licensee’s signature, that the licensee has met

the continuing education requirements, and complied with R4- 7-503(C)(8) and subsection (A). A licensee’s documentation of compliance on the license renewal application shall include the name of the approved course provider.

C.      The Board may require a licensee to provide documentation to verify compliance with continuing education requirements, including evidence that:

1.        Each continuing education credit was for 50 minutes of education,

2.        The requirements of subsections (A) and (B) were satis- fied,

3.        Continuing education credit was earned between the immediately preceding January 1 and the date that the license renewal application was filed or the date on which an extension of time expired,

4.        No continuing education credit earned between the immediately preceding January 1 and the date that the license renewal application was filed was earned under an extension of time to comply with the continuing educa- tion requirements of a previous year, and

5.        The provisions of A.R.S. § 32-931 and R4-7-801were met.

D.      Documentation shall be in the form of a certificate of comple- tion issued by a Board-approved provider. The Board may require submission of a time sheet demonstrating that the licensee was in attendance for a continuous 50 minutes for every hour of continuing education credit awarded.

E.       The Board shall suspend a license upon notification to the licensee that the licensee has failed to demonstrate compliance with continuing education requirements as per A.R.S. §§ 32- 923(C) and 32-931.

Historical Note

Adopted as an emergency effective Oct. 7, 1977 (Supp. 77-5). Former Section R4-7-61 repealed, new Section

R4-7-61 adopted effective December 29, 1977 (Supp. 77-

6). Repealed effective May 14, 1980 (Supp. 80-3). For- mer Section R4-7-61 renumbered as Section R4-7-802 effective September 27, 1985 (Supp. 85-5). Adopted

effective June 19, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Amended by final

rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 1848, effective July 10, 2007 (Supp. 07-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 18 A.A.R.

2554, effective November 19, 2012 (Supp. 12-3).