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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="1-231" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to a licensee or certificate holder who evaluates and manages menopause and menopause–associated symptoms while acting within the scope of the license or certificate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each health occupations board that requires a licensee or certificate holder to complete continuing education as a condition of the renewal of the license or certificate shall grant at least 2 hours of continuing education credits for every 1 hour of continuing education on menopause and menopause–associated symptoms completed by the licensee or certificate holder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall identify at least one training program for licensees and certificate holders regarding the evaluation and management of menopause and menopause–associated symptoms that may be used for the purposes of subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In identifying a training program under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall consult with professional associations with expertise in menopause and menopause–associated symptoms, including the Menopause Society.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A health occupations board subject to this section may adopt regulations to carry out this section, including regulations establishing the maximum number of continuing education credits that may be granted under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
