Continuing Education Requirements

(1) As a prerequisite to license renewal, each licensee shall submit with the license renewal application satisfactory proof of having completed a minimum of ten (10) hours of continuing education coursework during the licensing period. Of the ten (10) hours of continuing education coursework, five (5) hours must be attended in person, which means it shall be completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or is completed by the licensee through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program through a two-way transfer of information between the licensee and provider’s point of origin. All coursework must be approved by the Board for credit to be awarded. A licensee may receive one (1) hour of continuing education credit per renewal period for in-person attendance of a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. (2) Continuing education credit may be obtained by licensees through attendance at only those continuing education courses which have been approved by the Board. A licensee may not repeat the same continuing education course within consecutive renewal periods. (3) Licensees may not carry over continuing education hours from one licensing period to the next. (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), the requirements of this chapter do not apply to new licensees during the first licensing period. (5) A person required to reapply as for initial licensure by T.C.A. § 62-5-316(b), shall as a prerequisite to issuance of a new license, submit with the application satisfactory proof of having completed a minimum of ten (10) hours of continuing education coursework within CONTINUING EDUCATION CHAPTER 0660-10 ninety (90) days of the date of application. Of the ten (10) hours of continuing education coursework, five (5) hours must be attended in person, which means it shall be completed in the physical presence of the provider of the coursework or through an interactive virtual program that requires participants to confirm their presence during the program.