Notice of Proposed Rule

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Chiropractic
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B2-13.004: Continuing Education
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes a rule amendment to address the requirements for continuing education courses.
SUMMARY: The Board proposed a rule amendment to delineate hours in specific areas of practice that must be obtained during a licensure biennium.
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: 456.025(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/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253

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. In 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.

(3) No change.

(4) When attending an approved course, a licensee must provide a photo identification, sign in and each time out each day  they enter or exit the meeting  site room, and the licensee’s  his or her attendance must be certified by the course's registrar and submitted to the Board as verification.

(5) 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,                  .


NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Chiropractic Medicine
NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Chiropractic Medicine
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: June 29, 2006
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: July 21, 2006