64B2-13.004: Continuing Education
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of this rule amendment is to clarify the effective date of the rule.
SUMMARY: The effective date of the rule is clarified.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT 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: 456.025(7), 460.408(3) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.013(6), 456.025(7), 456.036(10), 460.408 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: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3259
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B2-13.004 Continuing Education.
(1) No change.
(2) Only those classroom hours earned at Board approved continuing education courses or under the provisions of this rule are acceptable. Beginning April 1, 2008, iIn addition to hours in risk management, six (6) hours of the forty (40) shall be in the area of record keeping/documentation and coding; and two (2) hours of the forty (40) must be in the area of ethics and boundaries.
(3) Continuing education providers, including providers of continuing education in AIDS and risk management, seeking initial approval of continuing education courses by the Board shall pay a fee of $250. Continuing education providers seeking renewal for the providership of approved courses shall also pay a $250 fee each biennium. The initial fee and renewal fee shall be assessed per provider and not per course. To receive Board approval, a continuing education course:
(a) No change.
(b) Must be offered for the purpose of keeping the licensee apprised of advancements and new developments in at least one two of the following areas, provided that the continuing education is within the scope of chiropractic practice as defined in Chapter 460, Florida Statutes:
1. through 18. No change.
(c) through (d) No change.
(4) Beginning April 1, 2008, wWhen attending an approved course, a licensee must provide a photo identification and sign in and out each time they enter or exit the meeting site. and the licensee’s aAttendance must be certified by the course’s registrar and submitted to the Board as verification.
(5) through (7) No change.
(8) Five hours of continuing chiropractic education in the subject area of risk management may be obtained by attending one full day or eight (8) hours of a Board meeting (whichever is shorter) at which disciplinary hearings are conducted by the Board of Chiropractic Medicine in compliance with the following:
(a) The licensee must sign in with the Executive Director of the Board or designee before the meeting day begins.
(b) No change.
(c) The licensee must sign out with the Executive Director of the Board or designee at the end of the meeting day or at such other earlier time as affirmatively authorized by the Board. A licensee may receive CE credit in risk management for attending the Board meeting only if he or she is attending on that date solely for that purpose; he or she may not receive such credit if appearing at the Board meeting for another purpose.
(9) through (13) No change.
Specific Authority 456.025(7), 460.408(3) FS. Law Implemented 456.013(6), 456.025(7), 456.036(10), 460.408 FS. History–New 1-10-80, Amended 11-25-80, 1-13-82, Formerly 21D-13.04, Amended 6-22-86, 7-5-87, 1-25-88, 10-17-90, 10-15-92, Formerly 21D-13.004, Amended 10-26-93, Formerly 61F2-13.004, Amended 3-16-95, 7-18-95, 6-11-96, Formerly 59N-13.004, Amended 6-24-98, 8-4-99, 7-11-02, 11-30-03, 4-17-05, 11-14-06, ________.