(a) The State Board of Disease Intervention Specialists shall adopt such rules as are reasonably necessary to administer this chapter.
(b) The Chair of the State Board of Disease Intervention Specialists and the Secretary of the State Board of Disease Intervention Specialists may administer oaths and subpoena witnesses.
(c) [Repealed.]
(d)
(1) The board shall promulgate rules establishing standards for continuing education as a means to maintain professional competency.
(2) The standards shall be established in a manner to assure that a variety of approved continuing education programs are available to registered disease intervention specialists, including, but not limited to, academic studies, in-service education, institutes, seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, extension courses, home study programs, articles published, and scientific papers published.
(3) The continuing education units shall be awarded for direct participation in courses approved by the board.
(e) The board may contract with another agency or association to perform part or all of the duties in establishing procedures to record and retain data on all registered disease intervention specialists in good standing.