61E14-4.004: Reactivation Continuing Education
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed amendment will add the requirement to complete the two most recent legal update continuing education courses in order to reactivate an inactive license, and updates references to other rules to reflect the renumbering of portions of the Florida Administrative Code related to the Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers.
SUMMARY: The proposed amendment will add the requirement to complete the two most recent legal update continuing education courses, as part of the required continuing education, in order to reactivate an inactive license. The rule amendment also updates a reference to former Rule 61-20.508, F.A.C., to reflect the current numbering of this rule.
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: 468.4315 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 468.4338 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: Anthony Spivey, Executive Director, Regulatory Council of Community Managers, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0762
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
61E14-4.004 Reactivation Continuing Education.
(1) As a condition for reactivating an inactive or delinquent license, an inactive status licensee shall be required to satisfactorily complete ten (10) classroom hours of continuing education instruction of 50 minutes each for each year or any portion of a year the license was inactive. Two (2) hours shall consist of the legal update seminar for the year in which the licensee is reactivating. The remaining hours of reactivation continuing education may be in any of the areas described in Rule 61E14-4.001 61-20.508, F.A.C., as appropriate.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this rule, no inactive status licensee shall be required to satisfactorily complete more than twenty (20) classroom hours of continuing education, at least 50% of which must have been completed within the year prior to application for reactivation, in order to reactivate a license. An inactive licensee must take the two most recent legal update courses prior to reactivation.
Rulemaking Specific Authority 468.4315 FS. Law Implemented 468.4338 FS. History–New 1-8-98, Amended 3-13-00, Formerly 61-20.509, Amended_________.