Section 031-542-6 - Standards for Credit Hour AllowanceA. Classroom setting. Courses given in a classroom setting shall qualify for one credit hour for each 50 minutes of instruction, up to a maximum of 24 hours. Registration periods, breaks, meal periods, social hours, and other similar periods shall not be counted as instructional time. Credit may not be given, unless attendance is verified by the instructor. A student attending part of a course may only receive credit for the number of hours actually attended. At the Superintendent's discretion, a remote participation course offered through such media as interactive video or the Internet may be approved under this Subsection, if the Superintendent determines that attendance and participation can and will be verified in a manner equivalent to a classroom setting. At the Superintendent's discretion, an instructor teaching an approved classroom course may earn credit on the same basis as a student attending the course.B. Multiple sessions. For conferences, conventions, and other educational programs with multiple distinct sessions which may be attended separately, each session must be submitted for approval as a separate classroom setting course.C. Reduced credit courses. Rating seminars and other courses with a mixture of qualifying and non-qualifying content may in the Superintendent's discretion be approved for credit at a reduced rate reflecting the proportion of qualifying content.D. Home study. Home study courses in which successful completion is demonstrated by passing an examination may be approved for the number of credit hours the Superintendent determines would be appropriate for the equivalent material if given in a classroom setting, up to a maximum of 16 hours, or a maximum of 24 hours if the course has a closed book examination that is proctored in a manner adequate to ensure the integrity of the testing process. Vendors using proctored examinations shall submit their procedures for proctoring as part of their application materials. Home study and classroom instruction may not be combined for credit in a single course.E. Review sessions. If optional review sessions are included in connection with a course, the vendor must give written notice to students that the review session is optional and that no credit will be given for participation in a review session. A review session may not be conducted in a manner that gives students who attend the review course an unfair advantage in taking the examination, and examinations may not be distributed to students until any review session they are eligible to attend is finished.F. Length of course. Course credit may not includefractional hours. The credit hours for a course shall be rounded down to the next whole number of hours, if a fractional credit hour would otherwise be assigned.02-031 C.M.R. ch. 542, § 6