11B-20.0017. Maintenance and Duration of Instructor Certifications

Documentation for instructors shall be maintained in the instructor’s file at the respective training school or agency. Additionally, the training school or agency shall submit or transmit to Commission staff, through the Commission’s ATMS, an Instructor Compliance Application, form CJSTC-84, revised August 10, 2023, effective 6/2024, hereby incorporated by reference https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16656, to verify compliance with the mandatory retraining requirements. Form CJSTC-84 can be obtained at the following FDLE Internet address: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/CJSTC/Publications/Forms.aspx, or by contacting Commission staff at [phone].

(1) Instructors shall successfully complete the instructional and continuing education requirements outlined below every four years. The expiration of an instructor’s certification shall be March 31st of the fourth year following the instructor’s initial certification.

Example:
Original Instructor Certification Date	November 21, 2009
Instructor Four-year Anniversary Date	November 21, 2013
Instructor Renewal Deadline	March 31, 2014

(2) Instructors shall maintain Good Moral Character Standards pursuant to paragraph 11B-20.001(2)(c), F.A.C.

(3) General Instructor Certification. Instructors who possess a General Instructor Certification shall instruct in a Commission-approved Basic Recruit Training Program Course, Advanced Training Program Course, or Specialized Training Program Course delivered at a training school, or in-service training course delivered at an agency, once during their four-year cycle.

(4) High-Liability Instructor Certification. Commission-certified Instructors who possess a High-Liability Instructor Certification shall comply with the following requirements, once during their four-year cycle, to maintain an active certificate for each high-liability topic:

(a) Instruct in a Commission-approved Basic Recruit Training Program Course, Advanced Training Program Course, or Specialized Training Program Course delivered at a training school, or in-service training course delivered at an agency for each high-liability certification.

(b) Successfully complete continuing education or training approved by the training center director, agency administrator, or designee.

(5) Specialized Instructor Certification. Instructors who possess a Specialized Instructor Certification shall comply with the following requirements, once during their four-year cycle, to maintain certification:

(a) Instruct in a Commission-approved Basic Recruit Training Program Course, Advanced Training Program Course, or Specialized Training Program Course delivered at a training school, or in-service training course delivered at an agency for each specialized topic certification.

(b) Successfully complete continuing education or training approved by the training center director, agency administrator, or designee. Breath Test Instructors shall successfully complete the corresponding Breath Test Instructor Renewal Course and proficiency requirements outlined in paragraph 11B-35.0024(4)(f) or (g), F.A.C.

(6) Commission staff and Alcohol Testing Program staff responsible for the oversight of training schools are exempt from the instructor maintenance requirements for Commission certification.

(7) Lapse of Instructor Certifications.

(a) Instructors who do not comply with subsection (3), (4) or (5) of this rule section shall complete the Instructor Certification Application form CJSTC-71, and attach all required documentation pursuant to paragraphs (7)(b)-(e) of this rule section, to request approval for reactivation of instructor certification.

(b) General Instructor Certification. Instructors whose General Instructor Certification has lapsed shall complete the General Instructor Refresher Course and an internship documented on the Instructor Competency Checklist, form CJSTC-81.

(c) High-Liability Instructor Certification. Instructors whose High-Liability Instructor Certification has lapsed for a period of four years or fewer shall:

1. Demonstrate proficiency skills in the applicable high-liability topic pursuant to Rule 11B-35.0024, F.A.C.; and,

2. Complete continuing education or training approved by the training center director, agency administrator, or designee; and,

3. Complete a high-liability internship documented on the Instructor Competency Checklist, form CJSTC-81, that is supervised by an instructor who is certified in the high-liability topic area.

(d) High-Liability Instructor Certification. Instructors whose High-Liability Instructor Certification has lapsed for a period of more than four years shall comply with subsection 11B-20.0014(1), F.A.C.

(e) Specialized Instructor Certification. Instructors whose Specialized Instructor Certification has lapsed shall complete an internship in the applicable specialized topic documented on form CJSTC-81.

(8) Breath Test Instructors who have not met the continuing education requirement required pursuant to paragraph (5)(b) in this rule section, shall successfully complete the corresponding Breath Test Instructor Renewal Course prior to submitting a request for reactivation of their Breath Test Instructor Certification.

(9) Breath Test Instructors who fail the Breath Test Instructor Renewal Course or Breath Test Instructor Renewal Course-Intoxilyzer 9000 shall successfully complete the corresponding Breath Test Instructor Course and proficiency requirements outlined in paragraph 11B-35.0024(4)(d) or (e), F.A.C., through a Commission-certified training school, complete a Breath Test internship, and apply for Breath Test Instructor certification.

Rulemaking Authority 943.03(4), 943.12(1), 943.14(3) FS. Law Implemented 943.12(3), 943.14(3) FS. History–New 7-29-01, Amended 11-5-02, 11-30-04, 3-27-06, 3-21-07, 6-9-08, 6-3-10, 3-13-13, 5-29-14, 7-29-15, 9-4-16, 7-19-17, 8-15-18, 6-23-22, 6-20-24.