{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-1-420","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-1-420","heading":"Continuing education -- certification -- other qualifications for continued licensure -- audit.","body":"(1) The department on behalf of a program without a board may require licensees to participate in flexible, cost-efficient, effective, and geographically accessible continuing education.\n(2) As a precondition of license renewal the department may not audit or require proof of continuing education or certification of a program that requires continuing education or state, regional, or national certification. However, a licensee who reactivates a license after the license has expired, as provided in 37-1-141, is subject to a mandatory continuing education audit.\n(3) After the lapsed date provided for in 37-1-141, the department may conduct a random audit of up to 50% of all licensees who have renewed their licenses to determine compliance with a program's continuing education requirements.\n(4) The department may audit licensees for compliance with state, regional, or national certification or other department requirements.\n(5) The department shall provide a licensee not in compliance with continuing education or certification requirements with an opportunity to cure the noncompliance as provided in 37-1-321.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Part 4. Uniform Regulations for Licensing Programs Without Boards"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0010/part_0040/section_0200/0370-0010-0040-0200.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:41Z","sha256":"933f8f7390d4a6b6cebb87644c884ce6f9f75fc8d49288064fe1501c0ba57c73","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-1-415","next":"us-mt/37-2-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}