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Must have worked at least 8 hours for pay performing nursing-related services during the nurse aide's certification period.
Have completed two (2) hours of continuing education in cultural competency or specialized clinical training on clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, and any additional Board mandated topics;
Must have worked at least 8 hours for pay performing nursing-related services during the nurse aide's certification period.
Have completed two (2) hours of continuing education in cultural competency or specialized clinical training on clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, and any additional Board mandated topics;
Total 24 hours required
Topics required by law:
2 hours in COVID Vaccinations (COVID CE for (RN) licenses active on August 11, 2021)
2 hours in LGTBQ or Cultural Awareness
3 hours in HIV/AIDS
The following topics have been identified as key public health priorities:
1. Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management
2. Nutrition and obesity prevention
3. Identifying and reporting abuse (child and adult), neglect (child and adult), human trafficking, and domestic violence
4. Sexual health (including taking sexual history, discussing sexual experiences with patients, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), HPV vaccines, connections to cancer, latent tuberculosis, safe sex, and birth control)
5. Ethics and appropriate patient interactions (i.e. boundaries, patient privacy, and communications including telehealth)
6. Smoking, vaping, and tobacco (including dangers, smoking cessation, and non-smoke tobacco products)
7. Preparing your patients for an emergency and handling vulnerable populations in an emergency
8. Identifying impairment (physical or mental) in patients and providers (including complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act)
9. Vaccinations (including legal requirements and appropriate exemptions)
10. Implicit bias, cultural competence and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health and health care
Total 24 hours required
Topics required by law:
2 hours in COVID Vaccinations (COVID CE for (RN) licenses active on August 11, 2021)
2 hours in LGTBQ or Cultural Awareness
3 hours in HIV/AIDS
The following topics have been identified as key public health priorities:
1. Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management
2. Nutrition and obesity prevention
3. Identifying and reporting abuse (child and adult), neglect (child and adult), human trafficking, and domestic violence
4. Sexual health (including taking sexual history, discussing sexual experiences with patients, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), HPV vaccines, connections to cancer, latent tuberculosis, safe sex, and birth control)
5. Ethics and appropriate patient interactions (i.e. boundaries, patient privacy, and communications including telehealth)
6. Smoking, vaping, and tobacco (including dangers, smoking cessation, and non-smoke tobacco products)
7. Preparing your patients for an emergency and handling vulnerable populations in an emergency
8. Identifying impairment (physical or mental) in patients and providers (including complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act)
9. Vaccinations (including legal requirements and appropriate exemptions)
10. Implicit bias, cultural competence and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health and health care
15 contact hours of continuing education with a pharmacology component
Total 24 hours required for LPNs
Topics required by law:
2 hours in COVID Vaccinations (COVID CE for (RN) licenses active on August 11, 2021)
2 hours in LGTBQ or Cultural Awareness
3 hours in HIV/AIDS
The following topics have been identified as key public health priorities:
1. Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management
2. Nutrition and obesity prevention
3. Identifying and reporting abuse (child and adult), neglect (child and adult), human trafficking, and domestic violence
4. Sexual health (including taking sexual history, discussing sexual experiences with patients, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), HPV vaccines, connections to cancer, latent tuberculosis, safe sex, and birth control)
5. Ethics and appropriate patient interactions (i.e. boundaries, patient privacy, and communications including telehealth)
6. Smoking, vaping, and tobacco (including dangers, smoking cessation, and non-smoke tobacco products)
7. Preparing your patients for an emergency and handling vulnerable populations in an emergency
8. Identifying impairment (physical or mental) in patients and providers (including complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act)
9. Vaccinations (including legal requirements and appropriate exemptions)
10. Implicit bias, cultural competence and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health and health care
To qualify for the renewal of a license, an applicant shall have completed forty (40) hours of approved continuing education during the two (2) years’ period preceding the date the license expires, which shall include:
No more than twenty (20) hours of approved continuing education credits earned through internet courses
Ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, which shall be duly published every five (5) years or as deemed appropriate;
Two (2) hours of LGBTQ continuing education.
Physical Therapy Assistants are required to earn 30 hours of continuing education biannually, including 2 hours of LGBTQ continuing education. Only 15 contact hours may be earned through online/home study courses.