A. At least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date of a proposed continuing education course, an applicant, association or entity shall submit to the Board for approval:
1. An application to provide continuing education in this state;
2. The agenda for the continuing education seminar;
3. The professional background of the instructors; and
4. A summary of the courses to be taught at the continuing education seminar.
B. No later than sixty (60) calendar days after submission of the application, the Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall either approve or reject the continuing education seminar.
C. A continuing education program shall offer seminars providing continuing education on those subjects within the scope of practice of chiropractic as well as those technical, professional, and practical subjects that relate to the practice of chiropractic as included in Section 161.8 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Instructors at continuing education seminars may sell products as long as the sale of such products is ancillary to the purpose of the seminar.
D. Each year a chiropractic physician must attend sixteen (16) hours of continuing education. Twelve (12) hours must be within the scope of practice of chiropractic as well as those technical, professional, and practical subjects that relate to the practice of chiropractic as included in Section 161.8 of this title. A maximum of four (4) hours may be non-clinical in nature.
E. Beginning January 1, 2006, a maximum of eight (8) hours of the annual Oklahoma continuing education requirements may be obtained by a continuing education program outside this state if the out-of-state continuing education program is approved by the Board.
F. Chiropractic physicians who have not been in active practice during the previous year shall be exempt from that calendar year's continuing education requirements. However, prior to returning to active practice, the chiropractor must have attended the required continuing education during the previous calendar year.
G. All licensed chiropractic physicians must attend a minimum of eight (8) hours of in-state continuing education programs approved by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
H. The Board may waive the requirements for continuing education, if the licensee was prevented from attending by illness or extenuating circumstances, as determined by the Board. In waiving the continuing education requirements for any given year, the Board may require the licensee to make up the hours in the succeeding year as a condition for license renewal.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 269, § 8, emerg. eff. May 6, 2004. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 149, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2007, c. 363, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2018, c. 94, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.