Section 25.219. Responsibilities of persons offering continuing education programs

(a) Record of attendance. A person who offers a continuing education program shall maintain a record of attendance for a program presented in a classroom setting by maintaining a check-in/check-out process approved by the Department, and shall assign at least one person to ensure that all individuals attending the course check in when entering and check out when leaving. If an individual enters a course after the starting time, or leaves a course before the finishing time, the assigned person shall ensure that the time of arrival or departure is recorded for the individual.

(b) Reporting attendance. A person who offers a continuing education program shall report to the Department, in the manner and format prescribed by the Department, attendance at each continuing education program presented in a classroom setting.

(c) Course evaluation. A person who offers a continuing education program shall develop and implement methods to evaluate the program to determine its effectiveness. The methods of evaluation shall include providing a program evaluation form to each person who attends the continuing education program, and requesting each person to complete the form.

(d) Record retention. A person who offers a continuing education program shall retain the completed program evaluation forms and the check-in/check-out record for a program presented in a classroom setting. The person shall retain the records for at least 4 years from the presentation of the program.

(e) Providing records. A person who offers a continuing education program shall promptly provide the Department with complete and accurate records relating to the program as requested by the Department.

(f) Program not presented in a classroom setting. A person who offers a continuing education program shall be exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) for a program which is not presented in a classroom setting, if the program is approved by the Department for credit when presented in that manner. When presenting the program to the Department for approval for credit, the person shall present a procedure for monitoring, confirming and reporting hearing aid fitter participation in a manner that achieves the purposes of subsections (a) and (b).

(g) Monitoring responsibilities. A person who offers a continuing education program shall ensure that the program was presented in a manner that met all of the educational objectives for the program, and shall determine whether each hearing aid fitter who enrolled in the program met the requirements of this subchapter and of the continuing education program to receive credit for completing the program.

(h) Program completion. A person who offers a continuing education program shall report to the Department, in a manner and format prescribed by the Department, completion of a continuing education program by a hearing aid fitter who completes the program, and shall identify to the Department a hearing aid fitter who seeks credit for a program but who did not meet the requirements of the program or this subchapter to receive continuing education credit. The person who offers a continuing education program shall also provide a hearing aid fitter who completes the program with a document certifying completion of the program.

The provisions of this § 25.219 adopted May 28, 2004, effective May 29, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 2808.