Please clarify exactly what type of hours I can claim on the Service Hours form?
The service hours that the NDC requires for TTS certification are to be “clinical” hours. They are hours that need to have been spent in direct patient care, helping individuals to stop using tobacco. We do not accept tobacco control or prevention activities for service hours. We do not accept hours spent in classroom teaching, working at a health fair or working a booth, or working on public or organizational policy. These hours are to be specifically spent on treating tobacco use and dependence in patients or groups of patients, not teaching other healthcare professionals.
