OAR 858-040-0055: Credit Hours Granted

(1) Credit shall be given for actual hours attended. (2) Credit shall be given for no more than 20 hours of continuing education for home study and study group hours combined in each reporting period. This limitation is temporarily suspended for renewals that are due between March 31, 2020 and July 31, 2022. (3) An instructor, discussion leader, or speaker shall be given two hours of credit for preparation for each hour of presentation time, and one hour of credit for each hour of presentation time. (4) Credit shall be given for no more than 20 hours of continuing education for service as an instructor, discussion leader, or speaker and published material combined in each reporting period. (5) One hour of continuing education credit shall be given for reading 100 book pages or four peer-reviewed articles. Credit shall be given for no more than four hours (400 book pages or 16 articles) of reading in each reporting period. No more than two hours of reading may be used to fulfill the professional ethics continuing education requirement.