64B6-8.003: Trainee Stages, Minimum Training Requirements, and Training Program
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the amendment to clarify the requirements for the training program.
SUMMARY: The Board proposes the rule amendments to clarify the requirements for the training program.
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: 484.044, 484.0445(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 484.0445, 484.045 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 Foster, Executive Director, Board of Hearing Aid Specialist/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B6-8.003 Trainee Stages, Minimum Training Requirements, and Training Programs.
(1) through (4) No change.
(5) Upon completion of the training program, the trainee shall take the first available Licensure examination. A trainee may continue to function as a trainee until she or he has received the results of the licensure examination, provided that failure of the sponsor to file the complete report required herein will preclude the trainee from engaging in acts which constitute hearing aid dispensing until such time as the complete report is filed. Also, u Until the complete report is filed, the trainee is not eligible to complete the first available licensure examination. Upon receipt of the examination results a trainee that passes the examination may continue in Stage III under the direct supervision of his or her sponsor until they have applied and received their license or up to ninety days whichever comes first. Pursuant to subsection 64B6-3.001(2), F.A.C. Payment of the fee and all other licensing requirements required by this rule shall be met within ninety (90) days of notification of licensure eligibility, or the eligibility certification becomes null and void and the person must reapply for licensure.
(6) A trainee who fails the licensure examination must immediately stop functioning as a trainee upon receipt of the examination results. However, a trainee may continue in Stage III of the training program by submitting to the Board within 10 days of receiving examination results a training program continuation request and taking the next available examination. A trainee who fails the licensure examination and does not submit a training program continuation request to the Board within 10 days of receiving the examination results may repeat the training program one time by meeting the criteria in Rule 64B6-8.002, F.A.C. and taking the next available examination.
(7) through (8) No change.
Specific Authority 484.044, 484.0445(1) FS. Law Implemented 484.0445, 484.045 FS. History–New 2-12-84, Formerly 21JJ-8.03, Amended 8-12-87, 10-1-90, 1-28-91, 4-23-91, 8-19-91, Amended 3-18-93, Formerly 21JJ-8.003, Amended 4-21-94, Formerly 61G9-8.003, Amended 7-11-02, 2-19-03,_________.