WHAT IS “CONTINUING EDUCATION”?
Continuing education is the process by which you expand your professional knowledge, making you a better applicator who is more valuable to your employer. The Pesticide Bureau requires that you complete a minimum number of continuing education contact hours over the course of each three-year certification period for your benefit as well as that of the public.
A. Continuing education must be completed by all licensees every three years in order to retain a real estate license. These classes are required so that licensee’s knowledge of current real estate practice and law is maintained. This applies to licenses in Active or Inactive status, except as noted below.
Continuing Education offers credit, noncredit and professional courses covering a wide range of topics from art to sports to writing. Areas within Continuing Education include Lifelong Learning, Independent Study, Telecourses, Youth Education, Preparatory Courses, Professional Education and Certificate Programs, the English Language Institute, and Technology Education, as well as credit courses.
Rules 610-X-2-.10(4) of the Alabama Board of Nursing Administrative Code defines continuing education as “planned, organized learning experiences designed to augment the knowledge, skills and attitudes for the enhancement of the practice of nursing to the end of improving health care to the public.”
