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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.33.04.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="33" chapter_num="04" heading="Continuing Education Requirements for Nursing Home Administrators.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The approval of continuing education hours shall be at the discretion of the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Before renewal, a nursing home administrator shall submit satisfactory evidence of having completed a minimum of 40 hours of Board approved continuing education, unless otherwise specified by State or federal law, within the 2-year period before the renewal date.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Board shall audit a percentage of nursing home administrators, to be determined by the Board, for each reporting period.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>On request by the Board, a nursing home administrator shall provide full documentation of the credit hours completed in accordance with the requirements of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>All continuing education shall be completed in courses approved by NAB, except as provided in §§F and G of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Board shall award 10 hours of continuing education for each completed college credit from an accredited institution that falls within the subjects outlined in COMAR 10.33.02.03A.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The Board shall award 1 hour of continuing education for each month a preceptor serves as an instructor in an AIT program, up to a maximum of 12 credit hours per renewal cycle.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A licensee suspended for disciplinary reasons is not exempt from the continuing education requirement in this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>