# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 57 — Board for the Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals

### Chapter 04 — Continuing Education

#### Regulation .01 Conditions of Certification Renewal; Continuing Education Units Required.

*COMAR 10.57.04.01*

A. The Board shall renew a certificate for an additional 2-year period if the certified program administrator:

  (1) Otherwise is entitled to be certified as set forth in COMAR 10.57.02;

  (2) Pays to the Board the renewal fee as set forth in COMAR 10.57.06; and

  (3) Submits to the Board:

    (a) A renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and

    (b) Satisfactory evidence of having completed:

      (i) For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification 2 years to 18 months before the renewal date, 40 continuing education units approved by the Board;

      (ii) For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification within 18 months to 1 year before the renewal date, 30 continuing education units approved by the Board;

      (iii) For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification within 1 year to 6 months before the renewal date, 20 continuing education units approved by the Board; and

      (iv) For a certificate holder who obtained initial certification within 6 months before the renewal date, 10 continuing education units approved by the Board.

B. The Board shall renew the certificate for an additional 2-year period if the certified residential child and youth care practitioner:

  (1) Otherwise is entitled to be certified as set forth in COMAR 10.57.03;

  (2) Pays to the Board the renewal fee as established in COMAR 10.57.07; and

  (3) Submits to the Board:

    (a) A renewal application on the form that the Board requires; and

    (b) Satisfactory evidence of having completed, within the 2-year period before the renewal date, a minimum of 20 continuing education units approved by the Board.