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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 26.30.03.02" title_num="26" subtitle_num="30" chapter_num="03" heading="Approval of Continuing Education.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Approved continuing education shall be designed to improve, advance, or extend the licensee’s professional skill and knowledge relating to the provision of marine contractor services.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Board shall approve courses for purposes of satisfying the continuing education requirements in Regulation .01 of this chapter, based on the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Course objectives;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Course outline;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Training material;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Instructor credentials;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Student evaluation methods and criteria; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Relevance to the applicable license category.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Approved continuing education may consist of participation in any of the following, provided there is satisfactory proof of completion acceptable to the Board:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>College-level or postgraduate course work given by an accredited college or university;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Courses, seminars, workshops, or lectures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Extension studies and correspondence courses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Papers published in professional journals and requiring peer review;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Instruction of approved continuing education courses; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Other continuing education acceptable to the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Board shall maintain a current list of all continuing education that has been approved by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Board shall determine the credit hours of approved continuing education as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Credits shall be approved in not less than ½ hour increments;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Credits shall be approved on an hour-for-hour basis for attendance at an approved continuing education program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Credits are approved on a two-for-one hour basis for the instructor of an approved continuing education program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The sponsor of a continuing education course or a licensed marine contractor may request that the Board approve a course by submitting a request for approval on a form provided by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>