Continuing education requirements

As a manager, when hiring, the person s previous work history should be evaluated for these abilities. However, experience working in the home care environment is not an absolute requirement. There are pros and cons to hiring someone with experience. The person must be licensed in the state in which they are practicing and must meet all continuing education requirements. 

Requalification Training — Ihiring the five-year period from the date on which the MRO successfully completed the exam previously mentioned, or the MRO successfully completed the required continuing education requirements that were mandatory prior to October 1, 2010, the MRO must complete requalification training. The requalification training must meet the same requirements as the qualification training previously mentioned. 

According to 40.121(e), you are authorized to obtain documentation from your MRO verifying that he or she is fully qualified, and it makes sense to do so. Because the MRO must meet continuing education requirements every three years, you may want to update this documentation every three years. 

Based on continuing education required to retain a license, CE falls below accounting, dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine. CE ranks below dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine in availability of specialty certification. 

Certified Financial Planner (CFP) This designation is awarded to anyone who passes a series of tests, has at least three years experience, an undergraduate degree, and has completed a curriculum of study outlined by the International Board of Standards and Practices of Certified Financial Planners. Fifteen hours of continuing education are required each year. 

Most members indicate that continuing education is one of the primary benefits they receive from their professional association. For most health professions, continuing education is required for relicensure. In addition, if is an important tool for remaining current on advancements within the profession. 

To meet the goal of preparing registered nurses regarding MCIs, continuing education providers will be required to play a critical role. Specifically, the role of continuing education providers includes ... 

Nearly all state boards of pharmacy also require that registered pharmacists complete a certain number of continuing education units (CEUs) before they can renew their licenses. The CEUs must be earned through participation in a continuing education (CE) program whose provider has been approved by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE). The symbol used by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education to designate that the continuing education provider is ap-... 

By the early 1970s, debates over pharmacy manpower, pharmacists roles, and pharmacy education were heightened. In 1972, AACP President Arthur Schwarting recommended the formation of a Commission on Pharmacy to study the scope of pharmacy services in health care and to project the educational requirements needed to train pharmacists to provide these services. The commission was chaired by John S. Millis, President of the National Fund for Medical Education. The Millis Commission s report, Pharmacists for the Future, was published in 1975. The report contained 14 recommendations for pharmacy practice and education. Among these were continued movement of pharmacy as a knowledge-based clinical profession, increased development of clinical practice sites for pharmacy school faculty, and development of a national board licensing exam for pharmacists. 

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