Section 840IAC1-2-1. Continuing education; credit requirements

   (a) An HFA or RCA who is not currently or previously licensed in another state is not required to complete the continuing education requirements for the two (2) year licensing period in which the license was issued.

  (b) An HFA or RCA must complete at least forty (40) continuing education hours during the previous two (2) year licensing period.

  (c) If an HFA or RCA attends an approved program in another state with a mandatory continuing education requirement, the board will accept the approved hours.

  (d) Continuing education credit may not be carried over from one (1) biennial licensure renewal period to another.

  (e) The forty (40) hours biennial continuing education requirement shall not be increased or decreased unless this section is duly amended and all licensees are notified in writing at the date of license renewal that the following renewal will require an increased or decreased number of hours of continuing education.

  (f) The continuing education requirement shall be satisfied by participating in programs that must be offered by approved organizations as defined under IC 25-1-4-0.2.

  (g) If the licensee holds both an HFA and an RCA license, only forty (40) hours of continuing education is required for renewal of both licenses. The requirement of continuing education having been met for one (1) license will have the effect of meeting the requirements for the other license.

  (h) Continuing education courses offered by accredited colleges are acceptable if the course content pertains to the practice of HF administration.

  (i) Accredited college courses related to the practice of HF administration are acceptable forms of continuing education. The following conversion will be used for continuing education credit:

(1) One (1) semester hour equals fifteen (15) contact hours.

(2) One (1) quarter hour equals ten (10) contact hours.

  (j) Service on the Indiana state board of health facility administrators earns one (1) continuing

education hour for each hour of service.

  (k) A maximum of twenty (20) continuing education hours may be obtained through subsections (i) and (j). (Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators; 840 IAC 1-2-1; filed Jan 5, 1984, 2:33 p.m.: 7 IR 577; filed Sep 29, 1987, 2:08 p.m.: 11 IR 797; filed Feb 14, 1991, 1:30 p.m.: 14 IR 1438; readopted filed May 1, 2002, 10:35 a.m.: 25 IR 2859; filed Feb 6, 2004, 9:15 a.m.: 27 IR 1881; filed Jun 5, 2008, 11:28 a.m.: 20080702-IR-840070825FRA; filed Jan 27, 2009, 9:50 a.m.: 20090225-IR-840080216FRA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2015, 11:18 a.m.: 20151209-IR-840150244RFA)