4723-14-07 Continuing education audit.

(A) The board may conduct a retrospective audit of any licensee or certificate holder to determine compliance with continuing education requirements. The audit shall be conducted in accordance with the following:

(1) The board shall send notification of the audit to the licensee or certificate holder;

(2) The notification of the audit shall specify the reporting period for which the licensee or certificate holder is required to document completion of continuing education;

(3) Within sixty days after the mailing of the notification of the audit, the licensee or certificate holder who is the subject of the audit shall submit to the board proof of completion of continuing education for the specified licensure or certification period.

(B) If the documentation submitted to the board by the licensee or certificate holder in response to a notification of the audit indicates noncompliance with the continuing education requirements, the board shall provide notification of noncompliance to the licensee or certificate holder. The notification may indicate any action the licensee or certificate holder is required to take to avoid being ineligible to renew the license or certificate on the next scheduled renewal date.

(C) A licensee or certificate holder who fails to respond to a notification of the audit or notification of noncompliance, or who fails to satisfactorily address a continuing education deficit, shall be considered ineligible for renewal, reactivation or reinstatement of the license or certificate until all continuing education requirements are satisfied.

(D) In accordance with section 4723.24 of the Revised Code, a licensee or certificate holder who is ineligible to renew a license or certificate issued by the board due to failure to respond to notification of audit or failure to comply with the continuing education requirements set forth in this chapter, shall not be provided a renewal application, and shall not otherwise be able to renew the license or certificate.

(E) A licensee or certificate holder who is ineligible to renew, reinstate or reactivate due to failure to comply with continuing education requirements shall be asked to provide proof of completion of up to forty-eight hours of continuing education in the forty-eight month period immediately preceding the application for renewal, reinstatement or reactivation of the license or certificate.

Replaces: 4723-14-07

Effective: 02/01/2008

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4723.07, 4723.69, 4723.79

Rule Amplifies: 4723.24, 4723.651, 4723.77

Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/91, 2/1/96, 4/1/98, 2/1/01, 2/1/02, 2/1/07