Continuing Education Requirements
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The Board will require signed statements from licensees affirming that they are in compliance with the CEU requirement. The statements will be printed in the license renewal forms that are returned with the license renewal fee each year. Licensees will be subject to random audit of their continuing education documentation.- Each licensee will have a three-year cycle to complete the required 30 CEU hours.
- You may elect to have your CEU cycle synced with your ASHA cycle. Your cycles will continue on in three year cycles beginning on January 1st of the first year and ending December 31st of the third year of your cycle.
- If you would like to change your CEU cycle this change can only be done once.
- CEU cycle sync requests must be submitted in writing. You can email Elisabeth Newman or write a letter and mail it to PO Box 16885 Greensboro, NC 27416.
If audited
What happens?
- With ASHA or AAA: CEUs and CMUs recognized by ASHA toward the certification maintenance will be accepted by the Board of Examiners. Licensee’s may use their ASHA CEU Course Transcript as verification of completed CEU Hours. Licensees may refer to the following site regarding the ASHA CEU guidelines and registry go here for more information.
- Without ASHA or AAA: The licensee will be required to maintain a log and Official CEU Activity award documentation for all CEU activities. This documentation should include but not limited too, the date/dates of course completion, CEU credits/hours awarded for course, the course name, provider of the course, and signature of instructor/provider of the course. These records are to be kept for a period of five years. Registries form American Academy of Audiology (AAA), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will also be accepted as proof of CEU compliance.
At the present time, the Board will not review or approve any individual courses or activites submitted for CEU Credit. Only professional courses in the areas of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology accepted by ASHA, the Department of Public Instruction, or the American Board of Audiology towards meeting their CEU requirment will be accepted by the Board.
What does the Administrative Code: 21 NCAC 64 say?
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21 NCAC 64 .0218 Continuing EducationBeginning January 1, 2009 each licensee must complete 30 hours of continuing professional education in their fields sponsored by the American Speech-Hearing-Language-Association, the North Carolina Speech-Hearing-Language Association, or the North Carolina Department of Instruction; or other courses approved by the Board as similar to courses offered by any of these organizations.
History note: Authority G.S. 90-304(a)(3); Eff. September 1, 2008
How do I upload CE to my account?
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- Be sure you have used the email address on file with the Board and have activated your account. If not please go here.
- After activating your account, and logging in, you will see a dashboard to the left of your screen.
- Underneath the orange header called, “License/Registration”, their is an option in white called, “Continuing Education”, please select this header.
- After this you will see a window showing the CE period, License type, and Status. There is a button called, “View”, it will have a magnifying glass to the left of the word. Click this button.
- Please go to the bottom of the page there is a blue rectangular button that says, “+ Add New Records”, click this button and you can upload your CE documents.
- The image below is a screenshot of the Dashboard with a purple oval outlining the CE option.
