DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Respiratory CareRULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B32-2.001: License by EndorsementNOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32, No. 37, September 15, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.
The Board held a public hearing on this rule on April 7, 2006, in Tampa, Florida, and determined a change to this rule should be made.
The changes are as follows:
(d) An applicant who has been out of the practice of respiratory care for 2 years or more must complete a Board-approved comprehensive review course in order to ensure that he or she has the sufficient skills to re-enter the profession. Board-approved comprehensive course means any course or courses which includes, at a minimum, fourteen (14) direct contact education hours in the topics and numbers of hours as follows (for the purpose of this section, home study courses are not permitted):
General respiratory care (including medication)______1 hour
Specific Authority 468.353(1), 468.358(3) FS. Law Implemented 468.358(2), (3), 468.365 FS. History–New 4-29-85, Formerly 21M-34.02, 21M-34.002, 61F6-34.002, 59R-71.002, 64B8-71.002, Amended 7-22-02, 8-28-05,_________.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Susie Love, Executive Director, Board of Respiratory Care, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255
