Section 313-13-IV - Continuing Education Providers; DocumentationA.Providers. Eligible continuing education activities may be offered by providers of continuing education such as departments of regionally-accredited institutions; national, state or local professional organizations or associations; public or private human services organizations; or private consultants or individuals. Such organizations include, but are not limited to:
(1) Any accredited college or university.(2) Any program accredited by CODA.(3) The American Dental Association, the National Dental Association, or their component and constituent societies, associations, and local society.(4) The American Dental Hygienists Association, the National Dental Hygienists Association, or their component or constituent societies, associations, and local society.(5) The International Federation of Denturists (IFD) or its component societies.(6) The Maine Licensed Denturist Association.(7) The academies and specialty organizations recognized by the Board.(8) The Veterans Administration or the armed forces.(9) Providers who are accredited, approved, or recognized by:a. The American Academy of Dental Hygiene;b. The American Dental Association's Continuing Education Recognition Program ("ADA CERP");c. The Academy of General Dentistry's Program Approval for Continuing Education ("PACE");d. Accrediting agencies recognized by the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education; ore. The Accreditation Council for Medical Education.B.Documentation. All documentation must be maintained for the time periods set forth in Section V(A). All continuing education activities completed by a licensee, including teaching, writing, independent study, and other distance learning activities, must be documented by a certificate issued by a provider of continuing education, an official academic transcript, or other reliable written proof of successful completion that is acceptable to the Board. The documentation must include the date, location, and duration of the activity; the name of the presenter; the name of the course or program; an agenda showing the content of the program; and the number of credit hours claimed. Continuing education printouts or logs maintained by a third party and provided to the Board by the licensee are not acceptable unless the printout or log contains all of the following information:
(1) The date, location, and duration of the activity.(2) A certificate of completion documenting the name of the course or program, and the number of credit hours earned.(3) The name of the continuing education presenter and/or organization providing the activity. If the third party does not have a certificate of completion to document the activity, then it is the licensee's responsibility to maintain documentation to substantiate the activity in accordance with this chapter.
02-313 C.M.R. ch. 13, § IV