64B18-17.005: Continuing Education Requirements After Initial Licensure
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to update time limits for licensees to obtain their initial continuing education requirements.
SUMMARY: A time limit for obtaining initial continuing education requirements will be updated.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board determined the proposed rule will not have an impact on small business.
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, 456.033, 461.005, 461.007(3) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.013, 461.005, 461.007(3) 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 Podiatric Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B18-17.005 Continuing Education Requirements After Initial Licensure.
During the first biennium or within twelve (12) months of initial licensure, whichever ends later, practitioners are required to obtain five (5) hours of continuing education in the subject area of risk management by attending one full day of a meeting of the Board of Podiatric Medicine at which disciplinary hearings are conducted. The practitioner is then exempt from any other continuing education requirements for his or her first renewal except for hours mandated for prevention of medical errors and HIV/AIDS.
Specific Authority 456.013, 456.033, 461.005, 461.007(3) FS. Law Implemented 456.013, 461.005, 461.007(3) FS. History–New 11-29-06, Amended________.