Sec. 10.57.04.02. Qualifying Continuing Education

A. The certified program administrator or certified residential child and youth care practitioner shall complete continuing education units that foster improvement, advancement, and extension of the certified program administrator's or certified residential child and youth care practitioner professional skill and knowledge relating to residential child care programs.

B. Continuing education may include:

(1) Academic course work which qualifies for credit toward an undergraduate or a graduate degree from an accredited institution with one semester hour of academic course work equivalent to 15 continuing education units and one quarter hour of academic course work equivalent to 3.75 continuing education units;

(2) Workshops, seminars, symposiums, conferences, institutes, audiovisual self-study, and similar programs with 1 hour of attendance equivalent to 1 continuing education unit unless otherwise noted by an automatic or authorized sponsor;

(3) Publications with 1 hour of authoring, editing, or review equal to 1 continuing education unit, up to a maximum of 12 continuing education units in a renewal period;

(4) Presentations or teaching up to a maximum of twice the number of continuing education units available to a participant in the program;

(5) Staff development, including but not limited to an educational program planned by an agency to assist employees in becoming knowledgeable and competent in fulfilling role expectations within that agency with 1 hour of attendance equivalent to 1 continuing education unit;

(6) Invited speaker sessions, in-house seminars, and case conferences which are specifically designed for training, teaching, or both, with 1 hour of attendance equivalent to 1 continuing education unit;

(7) Attendance or presentation of programs offered at professional meetings of local, state, regional or international professional organizations or societies;

(8) Home-study courses provided by automatic sponsors or approved sponsors with proof of satisfactory completion up to a maximum of 10 continuing education units in a renewal period; or

(9) Attendance at Board meetings with 1 hour of attendance equivalent to 1 continuing education unit up to a maximum of 2 continuing education units.

C. Of the required continuing education units in each 2-year period, a maximum of 5 continuing education units may have a content area focusing on behavior management.

D. Continuing education may not include certification or recertification in CPR or first aid.