Verification/Approval of Registrant's Continuing Competence Activities

(1) At the time of license renewal, each physical therapy and occupational therapy professional is required to submit to the Board a signed statement on a form provided by the Board attesting under the pains and penalty of perjury to satisfaction of the continuing competence requirements. (2) For each continuing competence point earned by participation in a continuing competence program or academic coursework, a physical therapy or occupational therapy professional must be able to provide documentation of the following: (a) the title of the program or course, course outline/objectives and faculty with qualifications; (b) the number of hours spent in the program or course; (c) the date(s) and location that the program or course was given; and (d) the name of the Board-recognized entity that reviewed and approved the program or course. Board recognized entities include, but are not limited to, APTA, FSBPT, AOTA and such other entities identified in 259 CMR 7.03(2). (3) For each continuing competence activity point earned from publication of books, chapters of books and/or articles in refereed journals, a physical therapy or occupational therapy professional must be able to provide documentation of the following information: (a) the title of the book, chapter or article and, in the case of a chapter or article, the title of the book or name of the journal in which it appears; (b) the date of publication; and (c) the names of any co-authors. The Board may require the physical therapy or occupational therapy professional to provide a copy of the book, chapter or article submitted in fulfillment of the continuing competence activity requirements. (4) For each continuing competence activity point earned by the teaching of courses, workshops or seminars or participation in other activities pursuant to 259 CMR 7.01(2)(e), the physical therapy or occupational therapy professional must be able to document the following information: (a) the title of the course or other activity; (b) date(s) the course or other activity was presented or participated in and, in the case of a course, all previous dates the course was presented and if revised, the nature and extent of such revisions; (c) institution or sponsoring agency; (d) the number of hours the physical therapy or occupational therapy professional spent teaching or participating in the other activity; and (e) such other documentation as the Board may require. (5) The Board may review and/or randomly audit the documentation of any physical therapy or occupational therapy professional's continuing competence requirements and may request the documentation described in 259 CMR 7.02(1) through (4) or additional documentation for two prior licensure renewal/periods. The Board shall determine whether the activity/program documentation submitted meets all criteria for continuing competence as specified in 259 CMR 7.00. (6) Continuing competence activities which do not meet the requirements of 259 CMR 7.00 may be rejected in part or in whole by the Board. (7) Any incomplete or inaccurate documentation of continuing competence activities may be rejected in part or in whole by the Board. (8) The Board may determine such additional requirements that must be fulfilled in order to allow a physical therapy or occupational therapy professional who has not met the continuing competence requirement to renew his or her license. (9) Failure to complete or provide required documentation of completion of continuing competence requirements may result in non-renewal of a license or disciplinary action. (10) Falsification of reports of continuing competence activities or misrepresentation of any material fact concerning the completion of such continuing competence activities by a licensee shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board.