SAP

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This regulation states: "This continuing education must include material concerning new technologies, interpretations, recent guidance, rule changes, and other information about developments in SAP practice, pertaining to the DOT program, since the time you met the qualification training requirements of this section."

Among the courses that would not meet this requirement: courses on ethics, violence, or how to handle resistant clients. Attending a conference does not fulfill the requirement either.

There is no formal continuing ed quiz issued by the DOT. However, the DOT expects some assurance that a SAP has studied and learned information. 49 CFR Part 40.281(d)(2) says "Your continuing education activities must include documentable assessment tools to assist you in determining whether you have adequately learned the material." Nothing in the regulation says you must "pass" a test.

If you take a class, the class must include some version of a quiz or test. If you take your continuing education online, the provider must offer a quiz or a test that helps you determine what you learned (or didn't learn). This is not the formal exam that DOT required after your initial qualification training.