ATTENDANCE AT ACCREDITED CPD COURSES
Attendance policy
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With effect from 1 November 2008, a practitioner should not claim any CPD points if he is absent from the course (excluding scheduled breaks) for more than 10 minutes for a course of less than 3 hours or for more than 30 minutes for a course of 3 hours or more in duration.
The following attendance policy applied until 31 October 2008:
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For a course of less than 60 minutes in duration, any course participant who is absent for any period during the course, including late arrivals or early departures, will not receive any CPD points for that course.
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For a course of 60 minutes or more in duration, a grace period of 10 minutes for either late arrival or early departure (but not both in the same course) will be permitted without deduction of any CPD points. Any course participant who is otherwise absent during the course apart from scheduled breaks will not receive any CPD points for that course.
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For a course of 3 hours or more but less than 6 hours in duration,
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1 CPD point will be deducted for any late arrival or early departure beyond the 10 minutes' grace period of up to 30 minutes from the commencement of the course;
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any course participant who arrives late or leaves early for more than 30 minutes or who is otherwise absent during the course apart from scheduled breaks will not receive any CPD points for that course.
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For a course of 6 hours or more in duration,
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1 CPD point will be deducted for any late arrival or early departure beyond the 10 minutes' grace period of up to 30 minutes from the commencement or before the end of the course;
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2 CPD points will be deducted for any late arrival or early departure beyond the 10 minutes' grace period of more than 30 minutes and up to 60 minutes from the commencement or before the end of the course; |
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any course participant who arrives late or leaves early for more than 60 minutes or who is otherwise absent during the course apart from scheduled breaks will not receive any CPD points for that course.
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Where a course participant both arrives late and leaves early in the same course, the grace period or partial award of CPD points will not apply. In such cases, no CPD points will be awarded for attendance at that course.
Where courses last for more than one day and have been accredited as a whole (i.e. not on a segmented basis), the attendance policy will apply on a day-to-day basis.
When attending courses, practitioners should notify the provider that they will claim CPD points and should make sure that their attendance at the entire course is noted (e.g. by scanning membership cards where there is a computerised scanning system, or by signing in and signing out of the course where such a system is not implemented.)
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Segmented Accreditation of CPD Courses
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Attendance at all segments and days (as the case may be) of a CPD course of one or more days in duration is necessary in order to obtain CPD point(s). No CPD points will be awarded for partial attendance, except in the circumstances outlined in the attendance policy and in this section.
Where courses last for more than one day and have been accredited as a whole (i.e. not on a segmented basis), the attendance policy will apply on a day-to-day basis.
Members are reminded to check with the course provider about the number of CPD point(s) that have been granted by the CPD Accreditation Sub-Committee to a course of one or more days in duration.
Accreditation of a programme on a segmented basis will be granted by the CPD Accreditation Sub-Committee only where it is appropriate to do so, that is, where the various sessions/segments of the course are discrete, and where segmented accreditation will not detract from the educational value of the course.
Where the course provider has applied successfully to the CPD Accreditation Sub-Committee for accreditation of individual segments or days of a course of one or more days in duration, solicitors and trainee solicitors attending an accredited segment(s) or day(s) of the course in full will be entitled to claim the CPD point(s) accredited to that segment(s) or day(s). Where solicitors and trainee solicitors attend a few segments, the duration of all the segments attended will be aggregated before the CPD points accredited are rounded down to the nearest half point.
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Claiming CPD points for attending a segmented course
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A conference has been accredited on a segmented basis. The conference has 4 sessions.
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Duration:
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45 minutes |
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1 hour 45 minutes
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Break
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15 minutes
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Session III
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1 hour 30 minutes |
Lunch
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1 hour
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Session IV
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3 hours 15 minutes
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Example 1:
A practitioner who has attended Sessions I, II, III and IV may claim the following:
Total duration of attendance:
45 minutes + 1 hour 45 minutes + 1 hour 30 minutes + 3 hours 15 minutes = 7 hours 15 minutes
Total number of CPD points obtained: 7 CPD points (rounded down to the nearest half point)
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Example 2:
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A practitioner who has attended Sessions I and III may claim the following:
Total duration of attendance:
45 minutes + 1 hour 30 minutes = 2 hours 15 minutes
Total number of CPD points obtained: 2 CPD points (rounded down to the nearest half point)
Where courses have been accredited on a segmented basis, the attendance policies are:
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a practitioner cannot claim any CPD points in respect of a segment of less than 3 hours where he is absent (excluding any scheduled breaks) from that segment for more than 10 minutes;
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a practitioner cannot claim any CPD points in respect of a segment of 3 hours or more where he is absent (excluding any scheduled breaks) from that segment for more than 30 minutes.
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Example 3:
A practitioner who has attended Sessions I, II, III and IV but was late for Session I for 15 minutes, he is not eligible to claim any CPD point for Session I. He may claim the following CPD points for his attendance at Sessions II, III and IV only:
Total duration of attendance:
1 hour 45 minutes + 1 hour 30 minutes + 3 hours 15 minutes = 6 hours 30 minutes
Total number of CPD points obtained: 6.5 CPD points |
Example 4:
A practitioner who has attended Sessions I, II, III and IV but was late for Session IV for 35 minutes, he is not eligible to claim any CPD point for Session IV. He may claim the following CPD points for his attendance at Sessions I, II and III only:
Total duration of attendance:
45 minutes + 1 hour 45 minutes + 1 hours 30 minutes = 4 hours
Total number of CPD points obtained: 4 CPD points |
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Any enquiries should be directed to the Assistant Director, Professional Development on 2846-0521 or e-mail to adpd@hklawsoc.org.hk
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