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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.38.08.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="38" chapter_num="08" heading="Continuing Education Professional Development Criteria.">
  <text>CE activities meeting the criteria for continuing education requirements for the practice of physical therapy may include:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Postgraduate academic course work in physical therapy taken at an accredited college or university, which may earn 10 CE hours per course credit;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Attendance at Board-approved or APTA-approved continuing education, which may earn 1 CE hour for every approved hour;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Presentation of continuing education, which may earn 2 CE hours for every hour of presentation with presentations of the same subject matter receiving CE hours only once in a renewal period;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Authoring, co-authoring, or editing of a book, book chapter, or peer- reviewed journal article, which may earn 30 CE hours with proof accompanying the request for approval;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Authoring an abstract, which may earn 10 CE hours;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Completion of an approved self-directed study course, which may earn 1 CE hour per interactive hour;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Completion of an approved home study course, which may earn 1 CE hour per interactive hour;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Completion of continuing education relevant to workplace and community service contributions, and leadership relevant to the development of personal and professional competence, which may earn 1 CE hour only once in a renewal period;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Supervision of physical therapists or physical therapist assistant students in a clinical rotation, which may earn 10 CE hours only once in a renewal period (1 CE hour equals 40 hours of supervision); or</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Research, which may earn 10 CE hours.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>