Georgia § 43-24A-20 - Continuing education requirements.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 43-24A-20 — Continuing education requirements., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-24A-20. Continuing education requirements.
The board shall establish continuing education requirements not to exceed 25 hours per biennium in massage therapy, its complementary methods as defined by the board, or any of the modalities described in paragraphs (5) through (8) of subsection (a) of Code Section 43-24A-19. The board shall by rule establish criteria for the approval of continuing education programs or courses. The programs or courses approved by the board may include correspondence courses that meet the requirements for continuing education programs or courses. Continuing education requirements or credits used for license renewal shall be approved by the board. (Code 1981, § 43-24A-20 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1251, § 1/SB 110; Ga. L. 2019, p. 591, § 1/HB 242.) The 2019 amendment, effective May 6, 2019, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); in subsection (a), added the language beginning with "in massage therapy," and ending with "Section 43-24A-19" at the end of the first sentence, and, in the third sentence, substituted "requirements" for "criteria" in the middle, and inserted "programs or" near the end; and added subsection (b). Administrative Rules and Regulations. - Continuing education hours, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Board of Massage Therapy, License Renewal, Continuing Education, Inactive Status, and Reinstatement of License, R. 345-4-.02.
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