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.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) began as a âportability actâ to help individuals keep their health insurance coverage as they moved from one job to another. HIPAA evolved to include much more than portability.ongress passed HIPAA, but did not pass a federal medical privacy statute, so the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HSS) was required to develop regulations that specified patientsâ rights to health privacy.