La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-2565

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-2565 - Failure to Satisfy Continuing Professional Education Requirements

A. An applicant for renewal of licensure who fails to evidence satisfaction of the continuing professional education requirements prescribed by these rules shall be given written notice of such failure by the board. The license of the applicant shall remain in full force and effect for a period of 90 days following the mailing of such notice, following which it shall be deemed expired, unrenewed and subject to suspension or revocation without further notice, unless the applicant shall have, within such 90 days, furnished the board satisfactory evidence by affidavit that:

1. the applicant has satisfied the applicable continuing professional education requirements;

2. the applicant is exempt from such requirements pursuant to these rules; or

3. the applicant's failure to satisfy the continuing professional education requirements was occasioned by disability, illness or other good cause as may be determined by the board pursuant to §2567

B. The license of a licensed respiratory therapist whose license has expired by nonrenewal or has been suspended or revoked for failure to satisfy the continuing professional education requirements of this Subchapter may be reinstated by the board upon application to the board pursuant to §2545 of this Chapter, accompanied by payment of a reinstatement fee, together with documentation and certification that the applicant has, for each calendar year since the date on which the applicant's license lapsed, expired, or was suspended or revoked, completed an aggregate of 10 contact hours of qualifying continuing professional education.

C. Any licensee who falsely certifies attendance and/or completion of the required continuing education requirement will be subject to disciplinary action by the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-2565

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 22:1221 (December 1996), amended LR 24:1502 (August 1998), LR 25:2222 (November 1999), LR 38:61 (January 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3357(D) and 37:1270(B)(6).