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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.53.04.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="53" chapter_num="04" heading="Approval of Courses.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board shall approve a course, seminar, or speaker session if it is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Relevant to the practice of electrology; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Offered by a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>College or university approved by MHEC;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>State or national professional electrology association;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Board-approved electrology program;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Health department or hospital;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>American Red Cross; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>American Heart Association.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Requests for Approval.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If a course is not listed in §A of this regulation, an electrologist may request that the Board approve the course by submitting, in writing, at least 2 months before the course registration date, the following information on an application provided by the Board:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Title, location, and date of the course;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Sponsors;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Course objectives and contents;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Hours of study;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Name, qualifications, and curriculum vitae of each presenter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>The specific information that relates to the CEU.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>CEU Credit for Renewal.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>CEUs shall be completed within the renewal period for which they are submitted between October 29th of the previous renewal period and October 28th of the present renewal period.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>CEUs do not carry over to the next renewal period.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Credit will not be given for any CEU under §B(1) of this regulation unless the Board approves the program before the licensee attends an event.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Board shall notify the applicant of the Board's decision.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>An application for reapproval shall be made if there is a change of subject matter, length, or presenter of a course.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>