The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
003
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PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 136)
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§ 136. Uniform continuing education evaluation and forum
(a)(1) If continuing education is required by law or rule, the Office shall apply uniform
standards and processes that apply to all professions regulated by the Office for
the assessment and approval or rejection of continuing education offerings, informed
by profession-specific policies developed in consultation with relevant boards and
advisor appointees.
(2)(A) Not less than once every five years, each profession attached to the Office shall
review its continuing education or other continuing competency requirements. The review
results shall be in writing and address the following:
(i) the renewal requirements of the profession;
(ii) the renewal requirements in other jurisdictions, particularly in the Northeast region;
(iii) the cost of the renewal requirements for the profession’s licensees;
(iv) an analysis of the utility and effectiveness of the renewal requirements with respect
to public protection; and
(v) recommendations to the Director on whether the continuing education or other continuing
competency requirements should be modified.
(B) The Director shall respond to the profession within 45 days after its submitted review
results. The Director may require a profession to reduce, modify, or otherwise change
the renewal requirements, including by proposing any necessary amendments to statute
or rule.
(b) When completion of continuing education is required for renewal of a license regulated
under this title, synchronous virtual continuing education courses shall qualify as
live, in-person training and be accepted for renewal of the professional license. (Added 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2019, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 1, 2021; 2023, No. 77, § 2, eff. June 20, 2023.)