64B8-42.005: Additional Educational Requirements for Initial Licensure
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Council proposes the rule amendment to delete unnecessary language and to update and clarify requirements for additional education for initial licensure.
SUMMARY: The rule amendment will delete unnecessary language and to update and clarify requirements for additional education for initial licensure.
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 456.013(7), 456.033 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.013(7), 456.033 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Susan Love, Executive Director, Board of Medicine, Dietetics and Nutrition Council/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255.
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B8-42.005 Additional Educational Requirements for Initial Licensure.
(1)(a) Each applicant for initial licensure shall confirm completion of a three-hour course on Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). The HIV/AIDS course must have been completed within the two years immediately preceding the submission of the application for licensure.
(b) Applicants for initial licensure, upon showing of good cause by affidavit, shall be given six months from the date of licensure to complete the HIV/AIDS course. Good cause includes applicants for endorsement or examination who have been residing outside of
(c) The course on HIV/AIDS shall meet all the requirements of Section 456.033, F.S.
(d) Courses approved by any Board within the Division of Medical Quality Assurance of the Department of Health pursuant to Section 456.033, F.S., are recommended by the Council and approved by the Board.
(1)(2)(a) Each applicant for initial licensure shall confirm completion of a two-hour course on the prevention of medical errors, including a study of root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. If the course is being offered by a facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 395, F.S., for its employees, up to one hour of the two-hour course may be specifically related to error reduction and prevention methods used in that facility.
(2)(b) Courses approved by any Board within the Division of Medical Quality Assurance of the Department of Health pursuant to Section 456.013(7), F.S., are recommended by the Council and approved by the Board.
Specific Authority 456.013(7), 456.033 FS. Law Implemented 456.013(7), 456.033 FS. History–New 7-22-02, Amended________.