EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK NOVEMBER 2022

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11/8/2011

Revised: 12/4/2015

3/12/2021 ______________________________________________________________________

Category

CE Requirement

Timing of CE Requirement

Opticians

Clinical Course Work

12 hours every credentialing cycle (12 hrs. in a topic related to Opticianry)

UEC Annual Mandatory Training  Business Integrity/HIPAA

Each calendar year

 Abuse Identification and reporting  Environment of Care/Patient Safety

SUNY Compliance Training

Each calendar year

NYS Mandatory Training on Infection Control

Every four years

Notes:

1. SUNY Compliance Training consists of the following five topics:

 Right-to-Know/Hazard Communication- Chemical and Health Hazards, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) & Bloodborne Pathogens- Infection Control  Security Policies & Crime Prevention- Incident Reporting, Annual Security Report  Emergency Preparedness- Fire & Safety, Medical Emergencies, Evacuation procedures, Emergency Communication, Building Closure and Suspension of Operation procedures.  College Policies- Workplace Violence Prevention, Domestic Violence in the Workplace, Drug and Alcohol Policy and Sexual Harassment Prevention  Internal Controls 2. In regards to CE via correspondence and/or internet, the UEC will use the same criteria that the NY State Board uses: only 25% of the hours can be internet or correspondence based CE. 3. Newly hired residents who completed an ACOE approved residency program will be able to utilize their residency program for initial credentialing and then for one renewal cycle (i.e., they fulfill their CE Requirements for Credentialing and Privileging for that credentialing cycle). 4. Social Workers: Effective January 2015, Social Workers continuing education credit requirements will be prorated accordingly to the schedule below until their current registration expires.

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