NAC634.385. Continuing education of licensees.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, the Board may approve or endorse an educational class or a seminar if it is designed to advance the professional skills and knowledge of the chiropractic physicians licensed in this State for the purpose of ensuring an optimum quality of chiropractic health care.

     2. The Board may approve or endorse the attendance by licensees, in person or on-line, of an educational seminar or seminars if:

     (a) The syllabus and curriculum of the instructors of the seminar or seminars and the required fee are submitted to the Board;

     (b) The seminar or seminars provide instruction in conformity with subsection 3 of NRS 634.130;

     (c) The seminar or seminars concern the clinical aspects of a practice or another topic that the Board determines to be in the best interest of the public;

     (d) The sponsor of the seminar or seminars ensures that each licensee who requests credit for continuing education to satisfy the requirement set forth in subsection 3 of NRS 634.130 attends at least 50 minutes of each hour of instruction;

     (e) The seminar or seminars are sponsored by:

          (1) A chiropractic college which has been accredited by:

               (I) The Council on Chiropractic Education; or

               (II) Another educational entity that has been approved by the Board;

          (2) A state chiropractic board or association; or

          (3) The American Chiropractic Association, the International Chiropractors Association or the successor of either; and

     (f) An original or a copy of a certificate of attendance at the seminar or seminars is provided directly to the Board by the sponsor or licensee on or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year before the issuance of a renewal certificate.

     3. As an alternative to the method of approval and endorsement provided in subsection 2, the Board will approve and endorse the attendance by licensees, in person or on-line, of an educational seminar or seminars if the seminar or seminars have been granted recognition status by the Providers of Approved Continuing Education of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards.

     4. The sponsor of the seminar or seminars shall ensure that each licensee attending that seminar is in attendance in a timely manner at the start of each lecture. If the sponsor fails to maintain the proper monitoring procedure, such failure may constitute grounds for the Board to withdraw its approval of a current or future seminar or seminars hosted or arranged by that sponsor.

     5. The sponsor of a seminar shall allow any representative of the Board to attend all or part of the seminar in order to monitor the content of the course or lecture and the procedures for taking attendance. A representative who is taking the seminar to satisfy the requirements of subsection 3 of NRS 634.130 shall pay the full registration fee.

     6. The sponsor of a seminar which has received the approval of the Board shall report to the Board all changes in the seminar as soon as possible.

     7. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Board will not award credit for continuing education to a licensee for an educational class or seminar that is of a nonclinical nature, including, without limitation, an educational class or seminar regarding the building or management of a chiropractic practice. For the purposes of this subsection, an educational class or seminar regarding proper billing procedures shall not be deemed to be an educational class or seminar regarding the building or management of a chiropractic practice.

     8. The Board will not award credit for continuing education to an instructor of an educational class or seminar unless the instructor obtained from the Board approval for such credit before teaching the educational class or seminar.

     9. Continuing education hours earned through the completion of a specific educational class or seminar may be counted only once during a calendar year toward the hours of continuing education required by subsection 3 of NRS 634.130, even if the licensee completes that class or seminar more than once during that calendar year.

     [Bd. of Chiropractic Exam’rs, eff. 4-15-63; A 3-19-65; 3-12-71]—(NAC A 7-29-88; 1-31-94; A by Chiropractic Physicians’ Bd. by R030-98, 9-10-98; R034-05, 10-31-2005; R101-08, 12-17-2008; R014-10, 5-5-2011)