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Selecting an Online Continuing
Education Provider
The Board receives numerous calls each year regarding
online continuing education providers. If the Board will not accept
continuing education credits awarded by a provider, alerts are placed on the
Board’s web site, on the
continuing education page. It is
recommended that nurses take the following steps before authorizing payment
of funds to an online provider:
Identify who approves or
accredits the provider. Continuing education must be earned from a
Board-approved or Board-recognized provider of CE. Recognized CE
providers include, but are not limited to, the following categories: a
state board of nursing, a state nurses association, Alabama state
regulatory agencies, national organizations and associations. Chapter
610-X-10, Continuing Education for License Renewal, of the Alabama
Administrative Code lists some of the providers that are classified as
recognized.
Contact the organization and verify approval of the
provider. Approving bodies maintain lists of who they have approved. For
example, the Board has a warning on the web site that CE contact hours
from MEDCEU will not be accepted. MEDCEU claims to be approved by the
Board and the Alabama State Nurses Association. They are not approved by
either. The Board has attempted on numerous occasions to contact this
provider to no avail.
Check for contact information and make contact with
the provider. If you are unable to contact the provider do not utilize
this provider for CE. The lack of a physical or email address for the CE
provider is a red flag that the provider may not be legitimate.
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