64E-3.008. Continuing Education Requirements  


Effective on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
  • 1(1) Twelve contact hours of continuing education shall be required for renewal during each biennium for persons holding one or more certificates issued pursuant to Part IV Chapter 468, F31.32S. Credit will not be approved for repeating a course during a biennium. 45Repeating a course includes taking the same subject matter approved under a different course approval number, or taking the same subject matter in a different format such as live lecture or self study. Self study formats include: online, DVD, CD, videotape, audiotape, or written text.

    90(2) Failure to comply with the continuing education requirement shall prohibit certification renewal and result in the certificate being placed on 111expired 112status. A certificate may be reactivated in accordance with the provisions of Rule 12564E-3.010, 126F127.128A129.130C131., 132only upon completion of the continuing education requirement. Hours earned to complete the continuing education requirement to reactivate an 151expired or 153inactive certificate may not be used toward completion of the continuing education requirement for the next biennium.

    170(3)  A certificateholder may be awarded twelve contact hours of continuing education for successfully passing a post-primary examination of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, or of  the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification Board, during the certificateholder’s current renewal cycle.  To receive credit, the certificateholder must submit to the department proof of passing the post-primary examination, such as a letter from the registry or board which bears the certificateholder’s name, the date the examination was taken, and the score. Credit will not be awarded for passing an examination during a previous renewal cycle.

    262(4) A certificateholder can be awarded contact hours for 271successfully completing, during the biennium, a continuing education 279course that 281is 282approved by 284an organization which is recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists as a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM). The amount of hours awarded the certificateholder shall be equal to the number of hours approved by the RCEEM for that course.

    326(5) Proof of attendance shall be submitted to the department as outlined in Rule 34064E-3.009, 341Florida Administrative Code.

    344Specific Authority 346468.303, 347468.309(1), 348(2), (3), 350468.3095(2) 351FS. Law Implemented 354468.309, 355468.3095 FS. 357History–New 4-10-85, Formerly 10D-74.51, Amended 3-21-88, 9-17-92, 5-7-96, Formerly 10D-74.051, Amended 10-28-99, 3693-4-08370.

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