64B12-16.003: Apprenticeship Requirements and Training Program
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to clarify the procedures regarding apprenticeship requirements and training program.
SUMMARY: The rule amendment will clarify the procedures regarding apprenticeship requirements and training program.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board determined that small businesses would not be affected by this rule.
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: 484.005 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 484.002, 484.007(1)(d)4. 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: Sue Foster, Executive Director, Board of Opticianry/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B12-16.003 Apprenticeship Requirements and Training Program.
(1) through (5) No change.
(6) Total training received by an apprentice during apprenticeship must consist of training in the following subject areas:
(a) through (g) No change.
(h) Filling contact lens prescriptions, fitting, adapting and dispensing contact lenses if the sponsor is a Board-Certified optician, Florida-licensed optometrist or Florida-licensed allopathic or osteopathic physician, or an optician pursuant to subsection 64B12-10.009(1), F.A.C., or the apprentice must complete a Board-approved course equivalent to 32 hours as a substitute for working experience with contact lenses. Such course must include the following instruction:
1 hour – contact lens history
2 hours – anatomy and physiology of the eye
1 hour – patient selection
2 hours – contact lens technology
2 hours – basic optics for contact lenses
4 hours – basic fitting methods
1 hour – patient follow-up
1 hour – data collection and record keeping
2 hours – ordering and verification
2 hours – patient instruction
2 hours – problem solving
2 hours – specialty fittings
1 hour – ANSI Standards
1 hour – Florida laws and rules
8 hours – hands on practice
Although the lecture sessions may be open to any number of students, the hands on sessions shall be limited to 20 students per qualified instructor and three assistant instructors. A qualified instructor is one who has been a Board-Certified optician, licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist and actively engaged in contact lens fitting for 2 years immediately preceding instructorship or actively engaged as a contact lens instructor in an approved school of opticianry, an accredited school of optometry or an accredited medical school. The assistants must be Board-Certified or equally qualified to the instructor. Any request for course approval must be submitted to the Board 30 days prior to the next Board meeting and must be reviewed every two years. The apprentice must complete the entire course within 31 days.
(i) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 484.005 FS. Law Implemented 484.002, 484.007(1)(d)4. FS. History–New 10-12-80, Amended 8-31-83, 8-30-84, Formerly 21P-16.03, Amended 3-5-87, 7-15-87, 1-26-88, 3-30-89, 10-17-90, 5-27-92, 9-30-92, 1-27-93, Formerly 21P-16.003, Amended 9-14-93, 5-2-94, Formerly 61G13-16.003, Amended 2-21-96, 4-23-97, Formerly 59U-16.003, Amended 10-1-97, 2-16-99, 6-25-02, 4-11-06, 9-27-06, 4-19-07, 11-20-07, 5-25-09,_______.