§ 361. Continuing Education Requirements.
16 CA ADC § 361Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
16 CCR § 361
§ 361. Continuing Education Requirements.
(b) For license renewals that expire on or after the implementation date, the number of required hours of continuing education courses shall be twenty-four (24). For license renewals that expire prior to the implementation date, the number of required hours of continuing education courses shall be twelve (12).
(c) For license renewals that expire on or after the implementation date, a maximum of twelve (12) continuing education hours may be completed through distance learning as defined in Section 363.1. For license renewals that expire prior to the implementation date, a maximum of six (6) continuing education hours may be completed through distance learning as defined in Section 363.1.
(e) On or after the implementation date, licensees shall complete a minimum of two (2) hours in subdivision (g)(11) -- Ethics and Law, a minimum of four (4) hours in any one of, or a combination of, the subject areas specified in subdivision (g)(3) -- History Taking and Physical Examination Procedures, subdivision (g)(5) -- Chiropractic Adjustive Techniques or Chiropractic Manipulation Techniques, or subdivision (g)(10) -- Proper and Ethical Billing and Coding.
(f) With the exception of the mandatory hours referenced in subdivision (e), the remaining eighteen (18) hours of additional continuing education requirements may be met by taking courses in any of the subject areas listed in subdivision (g) or courses taken pursuant to subdivision (h). The eighteen (18) hours may include any combination of continuing education courses in subject areas specified in either subdivision (g) or approved by agencies specified in subdivision (h). By way of example, a licensee may take eight (8) hours of continuing education courses in subject areas listed in subdivision (g), that are approved by the board, and ten (10) hours of continuing education courses that are approved by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers Compensation pursuant to subparagraph (1) of subdivision (h).
3. Instruction in various basic to comprehensive history taking and physical examination procedures, including but not limited to orthopedic, neurological and general diagnosis related to evaluation of the neuro-musculoskeletal systems, and includes general diagnosis and differential diagnosis of all conditions that affect the human body.
10. Instruction in proper and ethical billing and coding, including accurate and effective record keeping and documentation of evaluation, treatment and progress of a patient. This is not to include practice building or patient recruitment/retention or business techniques or principles that teach concepts to increase patient visits or patient fees per case.
11. Ethics and law: including but not limited to: truth in advertising; professional boundaries; mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse/neglect, elder abuse/neglect; spousal or cohabitant abuse/neglect; sexual boundaries between patient and doctors; review of the specific laws, rules and regulations related to the practice of chiropractic in the State of California.
13. Pharmacology, including side effects, drug interactions and the pharmodynamics of various commonly prescribed and over-the-counter drugs; drug reactions and interactions with herbs, vitamins and nutritional supplements; blood and urinalysis testing used in the diagnosis and detection of disease, including use of and interpretation of drug testing strips or kits utilizing urinalysis, saliva, hair and nail clippings.
15. Board Meeting: A licensee may earn a maximum of four (4) hours of continuing education credit per renewal period for attending a full board meeting that includes the hearing of cases related to petitioners seeking the reinstatement of revoked licenses or early termination of probationary licenses. A petitioner may not earn any continuing education hours for attending a board meeting on the same day in which said petitioner's hearing is conducted. The attendance of a licensee at a board meeting under this subparagraph shall be monitored and confirmed by board staff designated by the Executive Officer.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1000-4(b) and 1000-4(e), Business and Professions Code (Chiropractic Initiative Act of California Stats. 1923 p. 1xxxviii). Reference: Sections 1000-4(b) and 1000-10(a), Business and Professions Code (Chiropractic Initiative Act of California Stats. 1923 p. 1xxxviii).
History
1. Renumbering of former section 356 to section 361, including amendment of section heading, repealer and new section and amendment of Note, filed 5-9-2011; operative 6-8-2011 (Register 2011, No. 19).
This database is current through 7/12/24 Register 2024, No. 28.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 16, § 361, 16 CA ADC § 361
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