Definitions

For the purpose of sections 20-32b-1 through 20-32b-7 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions apply: (1) "Active practice" means the treatment in Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration period. (2) "Certificate of completion" means a document issued to a participant by a provider which certifies that said participant has successfully completed a continuing education activity. Such certificate shall include: (A) participant's name; (B) provider's name; (C) title or subject area of the activity; (D) date and location of attendance; and (E) number of contact hours completed. (3) "Self-assessment program" means a comprehensive, complex, interactive self-study, primary-care, patient-centered evaluation covering each of the following areas: (A) differential diagnosis; (B) treatment programs; (C) risk management; and (D) cost effective managed care. (4) "Contact hour" means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education activity. (5) "Continuing education monitoring period" means a period beginning in an odd-numbered year and consisting of two consecutive registration periods. (6) "Department" means the Department of Public Health. (7) "Face-to-face instruction" means in-person, live instruction which a participant physically attends, either individually or as part of a group of participants. (8) "Licensee" means a chiropractor licensed pursuant to Section 20-27 of the Connecticut General Statutes. (9) "License renewal due date" means the last day of the month of the licensee's date of birth. (10) "Participant" means a licensee who successfully completes a continuing education activity. (11) "Provider" means the individual, organization, educational institution or other entity conducting the continuing education activity. (12) "Registration period" means the one-year period during which a license which has been renewed in accordance with Section 19a-88 of the Connecticut General Statutes, is current and valid and which one year period terminates on the license renewal due date.