Award of credit hours (Repealed)

(a) Continuing education credit hours will be awarded as follows: (1) courses, institutes, seminars, programs, clinics, and scientific meetings: 1 credit hour for each contact hour of attendance. (2) Multiday convention-type meetings at the state, regional, or national level: 2 credit hours for attendance. (3) Full-time post-graduate enrollment in an advanced educational program accredited by the American Dental Association: 16 credit hours in continuing education monitoring period in which enrolled. (4) Successful completion of the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination or the North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners Examination in Dental Hygiene, if taken five years or more after graduation from an educational institution teaching dental hygiene which is approved by the dental commission with the consent of the commissioner; 16 credit hours in continuing education monitoring period in which completed. (5) Original presentation by licensee of a paper, essay, or formal lecture in dental hygiene to a recognized group of fellow professionals at a scientific meeting: 3 credit hours for the first presentation only. (6) Original scientific paper published by licensee in a scientific professional journal which accepts papers only on the basis of independent review by experts: 6 credit hours for the first publication only. (7) Original presentation of scientific, educational, or clinical exhibit at a professional meeting: 2 credit hours. (b) Eight credit hours will be the maximum continuing education credits granted for any one day's participation in the activities specified in Subsection (a), above. (c) The licensee shall successfully complete a continuing education activity for award of any continuing education credit. (d) Activities which will not qualify for award of credit hours include professional organizational business meetings; speeches delivered at luncheons or banquets; reading of books, articles, or professional journals; home study courses, correspondence courses, audio-visual materials, and other mechanisms of self-instruction.