Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions apply.
(a) "Department" means the Department of Health Services.
(b) "Licensee" means a dental hygienist licensed pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes, Section 20-111.
(c) "License renewal due date" means the last day of the month of the licensee's birth.
(d) "Registration period" means the one-year period during which a license which has been renewed in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes, Section 19a-88, is current and valid and which one year period terminates on the license renewal due date.
(e) "Continuing education monitoring period" means a period beginning in an odd-numbered year and consisting of two consecutive registration periods.
(f) "Active practice" means the treatment in Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration period.
(g) "Provider" means the individual, organization, educational institution or other entity conductng the continuing education activity. Providers include but are not limited to: educational institutions accredited by the American Dental Association; the American Dental Association and its component organizations; the National Dental Association and its component organizations; the American Dental Hygienists Association and its component organizations; The National Dental Hygienists Association and its component organizations; the Academy of General Dentistry and its component organizations; the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association when sponsoring programs in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or cardiac life support; and the Veterans Administration and Armed Forces when conducting programs at United States governmental facilities.
(h) "Participant" means a licensee who completes a continuing education activity.
(i) "Contact hour" means a minimum of 50 minutes of continuing education activity.
(j) "Face-to-face instruction" means direct, live instruction which a participant physically attends, either individually or as part of a group of participants.
(k) "Certificate of completion" means a document issued to a participant by a provider which certifies that said participant has successfully completed a continuing education activity. Such certificate shall include: participant's name; provider's name; title or subject area of the activity; date(s) and location of attendance; and number of contact hours completed.
(Effective August 22, 1988)