Section 4945.

(a) The committee shall establish standards for continuing education for acupuncturists.

(b) The committee shall require each acupuncturist to complete 15 hours of continuing education every year as a condition for renewal of his or her certificate. A provider of continuing education shall apply to the committee for approval to offer continuing education courses for credit toward this requirement on a form developed by the committee, shall pay a fee covering the cost of approval and for the monitoring of the provider by the committee and shall set forth the following information on the application:

(1) Course content.

(2) Test criteria.

(3) Hours of continuing education credit requested for the course.

(4) Experience and training of instructors.

(5) Other information as required by the committee.

(6) That interpreters or bilingual instruction will be made available, when necessary.

(c) Licensees residing out of state or out of the country shall comply with the continuing education requirements.

(d) Providers of continuing education shall be monitored by the committee as determined by the committee.

(e) If the committee determines that any acupuncturist has not obtained the required number of hours of continuing education, it may renew the acupuncturist's license and require that the deficient hours of continuing education be made up during the following renewal period in addition to the current continuing education required for that period. If any acupuncturist fails to make up the deficient hours and complete the current requirement of hours of continuing education during the subsequent renewal period, then his or her license to practice acupuncture shall not be renewed until all the required hours are completed and documented to the committee.

(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1996, and shall have no force or effect on or after that date, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 1996, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 983, Sec. 15. Inoperative January 1, 1996, by its own provisions. See operative version (originating in Stats. 1991, Ch. 983, Sec. 16), as amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 648.)