N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-8.20

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:35-8.20 - License renewal; continuing education requirement

(a) No license renewal shall be issued by the Director unless the applicant confirms on his or her renewal application to the Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee that during the two calendar years preceding application for renewal he or she participated in courses of continuing education of the type and number of credits specified in this section. Such continuing education is a mandatory requirement for license renewal. Licensees shall be solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining documentation on his or her completion of the required continuing education courses during the registration period. Such documentation shall be submitted to the Committee upon request, and will be surveyed on a random basis. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to licensees renewing their licenses for the first time.

(b) Evidence of 20 documented course hours of continuing education, of which no more than 10 may be completed online, shall be required of each applicant as a condition of biennial license renewal.

(c) The number of creditable course hours and course contents must be accepted and approved by the International Institute for Hearing Instruments Studies (IIHIS). A licensee who completes a three or more credit course in hearing aid dispensing at an accredited college or university shall upon the approval of the Committee receive credit for 10 continuing education course hours.

(d) Acceptable continuing education courses shall be in any area which will update and refresh the clinical skills or knowledge of a hearing aid dispenser. Notwithstanding that the continuing education course meets the requirements, the Committee at its discretion may at any time examine and review any course claimed for credit. If, in the opinion of the Committee, such course does not clearly meet the requirements of this section, the course shall be disallowed for credit toward the required 20 continuing education credits.

(e) In the event that a candidate for license renewal shall complete in two years a number of hours in excess of the number of hours required by this section, the documented hours in excess of those required shall not be credited toward license renewal for subsequent years.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:35-8.20

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 1688(a), effective 6/19/2017