The table below summarizes the continuing education requirements for license holders: For all licenses issued or renewing on and after September 1, 2015, which formerly required 30 hours of continuing education (CE) during each license period, only 24 hours of continuing education is required for each license period. Licenses expiring before September 1, 2015, will have to complete 30 hours of CE.
The final version of the HIPAA Privacy regulations were issued in December 2000, and went into effect on April 14, 2002. Normally, rules go into effect 60 days after publication in the Congressional Record. Due to a glitch, the rules did not go into effect until April 14th instead of in February of 2001.A two-year grace period was included; enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy Rules begins on April 14, 2003. Federal law that makes a number of changes that have the goal of allowing persons to qualify immediately for comparable health insurance coverage when they change their employment relationships.
A Comprehensive Introduction. HIPAA Privacy Regulations-General. The final HIPAA Privacy regulation was released on December 20, 2000 and was. effective for compliance on April 14, 2001. The final rule offers the first comprehensive. federal protection for the privacy of health information. The Office of Civil Rights will. enforce the regulation. The federal privacy regulations are considered a âfloorâ of. privacy standards and may be superceded by more stringent state privacy regulations.