OLR Report 2014-R-0141 provides a brief overview of state continuing education requirements for health professionals. It updates OLR Report 2012-R-0285.
State law requires continuing education for license renewal for several categories of health professions. Generally, the applicable law or regulations (1) define basic continuing education requirements; (2) specify qualifying activities; (3) establish a system to document that a professional satisfied the continuing education requirement; and (4) allow the relevant agency to waive the requirement in certain circumstances, such as a medical disability.
Table 1 in the report lists all health-related professionals regulated by the Department of Public Health who must complete continuing education for state license or certification renewal. The table also includes pharmacists, who are licensed by the Department of Consumer Protection. (The table does not include emergency medical technicians, who are required to complete refresher training, or tattoo technicians, who are required to complete a course on preventing disease transmission and blood-borne pathogens, for recertification or license renewal.)
For more information, read the full report.
