Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64B14-5.002 - Continuing Education Requirement
(1)
As a condition of license renewal or recertification, each licensee must
complete approved continuing education.
(a)
Each licensee must complete the following continuing education within 24 months
immediately preceding the date license renewal is due:
1. Orthotists/Prosthetists: 30
hours.
2. Pedorthists: 30
hours.
3. Orthotic Fitters: 20
hours.
4. Orthotic Fitter
Assistants: 10 hours.
5. Any
licensee holding more than 1 license must complete a minimum of 30 hours of
continuing education.
(b)
Each licensee's continuing education must include the mandatory courses as
identified in Rule 64B14-5.005,
F.A.C.
(2) At least 50%
of the continuing education hours used to meet the requirements of these rules
consist of one or more of the following:
(a)
Orthotics/prosthetics/pedorthics practice areas and special health care
problems;
(b) Biological, physical,
and behavioral sciences.
(c) A
course resulting in current registration or certification demonstrating
competency in CPR sponsored by the American Heart Association, the American
Safety and Health Institute, the American Red Cross, or board approved
provider.
(3) The
remaining continuing education requirement of these rules may be satisfied by
courses in business and practice management including courses covering the
following topics:
(a) Legal aspects of health
care;
(b) Management of health care
personnel;
(c) Health insurance
issues;
(d) Facility
management;
(e) Practice and risk
management.
(4) Each
licensee may receive five hours of continuing education credit in risk
management by attending a meeting of the Board at which disciplinary cases are
heard.
(5) Credit for continuing
education is approved for the following:
(a)
Courses offered by a provider approved by the Board.
(b) Courses offered for continuing education
by FAOP and those approved by ABC for their respective professions.
(c) Courses intended for use as continuing
education provided by a regionally accredited college or university, whose
graduates are eligible for licensure under this chapter which meet the
requirements of Rule 64B14-5.003, F.A.C.
(d) Graduate level academic courses provided
by a regionally accredited college or university, provided such courses are
offered by a graduate program in a health care profession.
(6) The licensee shall retain the original
continuing education certificates of attendance for a minimum of four
years.
(7) The Board will audit at
random a number of licensees as necessary to assure that the continuing
education requirements are met. Within 21 days of a request from the Board, the
licensee must provide evidence of completion of the continuing education
requirements by submission of one or more of the following:
(a) Certificates of attendance from approved
courses.
(b) An official transcript
and copy of course syllabus of any graduate level course taken from a
regionally accredited college or university.
(8) A licensee who is the spouse of a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be exempt from all licensure
renewal provisions for any period of time which the licensee is absent from the
State of Florida due to the spouse's duties with the Armed Forces. The licensee
must document the absence and the spouse's military status to the
Board.
(9) For the first renewal
period after licensure, except for the hours mandated for the prevention of
medical errors, the licensee is exempt from continuing education requirements
of subsection (1).
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 468.802, 468.806(2), (3) FS. Law Implemented 456.013(9), 456.024, 468.806(2), (3) FS.
New 7-1-98, Amended 5-18-00, 7-18-02, 11-11-02, 2-15-05, 11-1-05, 3-2-08, 7-13-09, 3-30-10, 12-27-11, 4-30-12, 10-21-21, 10-21-21, 8-3-22.
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