SECTION 310:265-5-6. Continuing education requirements  


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  • (a)   Each applicant for renewal of a hearing aid dealer or fitter license must submit written evidence showing he/she has completed ten (10) clock hours of continuing education, completed during the previous year and pertaining to the hearing sciences.
    (1)   No more than four (4) online continuing education clock hours may be submitted for the required ten (10) annual hours.
    (2)   The continuing education hours must be approved by the International Institute of Hearing Instruments or have had the curriculum approved by the Department.
    (b)   Continuing education course approval by the Department. An entity which desires to sponsor education to licensees in compliance with the continuing education requirements of subsection (a) of this Section shall file an application for approval on the form prescribed by the Department. An application shall include a list of the course instructors and their qualifications, an agenda detailing the material to be presented, the location of the training, the program objectives, and the number of clock hours of classroom and supervised instruction. After completion of the course, the entity shall submit sign-in sheets for all sessions which require a signature and social security number or state license number of each person in attendance. The program shall verify the total number of continuing education hours completed by each attendee. All programs shall be presented as submitted unless changes have been approved prior to presentation. Changes which occur during the presentation shall be submitted to the Department within ten (10) days of the training session for review by the Department. Failure to obtain approval of changes may result in loss of certification.
    (c)   Approval requirements for continuing education.
    (1)   All material and information presented shall pertain to the hearing aid dealers and fitters profession.
    (2)   All training should utilize materials that are to be generic and non-proprietary in nature.
[Source: Amended at 14 Ok Reg 1747, eff 5-27-97; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2737, eff 7-12-04; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1945, eff 6-25-07; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1522, eff 11-1-16]