Mont. Code Ann. § 37-1-420
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37-1-420 Continuing education -- certification -- other qualifications for continued licensure -- audit
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37-1-420 . Continuing education -- certification -- other qualifications for continued licensure -- audit. (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.
(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.
(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.
(4) The department may audit licensees for compliance with state, regional, or national certification or other department requirements.
(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 .
(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.
(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.
(4) The department may audit licensees for compliance with state, regional, or national certification or other department requirements.
(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 .
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