To update and clarify the rule.

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Council of Medical Physicists

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B23-4.001Continuing Education Requirements

64B23-4.002Approval of Continuing Education Requirements

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update and clarify the rule.

SUMMARY: The rule is being amended for rule reduction, to eliminate unnecessary language, delete unused forms and make technical changes regarding continuing education and continuing education programs for medical physicists.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: Based on the SERC checklist, this rulemaking will not have an adverse impact or regulatory costs in excess of $1 million within five years as established in s.120.541 (2)(a), F.S.

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.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 456.013, 456.013(9), 456.025(7), 483.901(6) (a) FS

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 381.0034, 456.013, 456.013(9), 456.025(7), 483.901(6) (a) FS

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Anthony Spivey, Executive Director, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C-07, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3257, [phone], or [e-mail].

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

64B23-4.001 Continuing Education Requirements.

(1) Licensees The licensee must complete at least 24 hours of approved continuing education for each biennium, including one 1 hour relating to the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS and two 2 hours relating to the prevention of medical errors for renewal or reactivation of the license.

(2) The licensee must retain certificates of attendance to document completion of the appropriate continuing education for each biennium for a period of not less than four (4) years from the date of the offering. The Department will audit at random a number of licensees as is necessary to assure that the continuing education requirements are met. Failure to document compliance with the continuing education requirements or the furnishing of false or misleading information regarding compliance shall be grounds for disciplinary action pursuant to Section 483.901(6)(g), Florida Statutes.

(2)(3) Licensees may Individual physicists licensed by the State of Florida can claim a one-time credit hour per biennium for lecturing or authoring course materials for an approved continuing education program for an approved program of which they are the presenter.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 456.013, 483.901(6)(a) FS. Law Implemented 381.0034, 456.013, 483.901(6)(a) FS. History–New 6-21-99, Amended 8-21-02, 5-10-07, Amended                            .

64B23-4.002 Approval of Continuing Education Programs Requirements.

(1) Continuing education programs which enhance learning and skills consistent with current standards of practice that are sponsored or approved by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the American College of Radiology (ACR), the American College of Medical Physics (ACMP), the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), the Health Physics Society (HPS), the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), the American Medical Association (AMA), the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American Society for Radiation  Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), and the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) are approved and any not-for-profit university, college, or medical center, or any of their component or professional affiliate organizations are hereby approved if the program serves to enhance learning and skills consistent with contemporary standards for the profession. Neither these providers nor the programs they provide need be submitted to the Department for approval and are exempt from the fees specified in Rule 64B23-3.006 and paragraph 64B23-4.002(2)(b), F.A.C.

(2) All other providers shall seek approval through the department’s continuing education tracking system and shall provide seeking approval shall:

(a)  Make application on Form DH 1273, Continuing Education Program Application, hereby incorporated by reference, which shall be effective as of 6-21-99 and provided by the Department and submit the following: 

1. aA statement of the educational goals and objectives of the program, including the criteria for successful completion of the program as explained to attendees;

2. aA detailed course outline or syllabus, including such items as method of instruction, and testing materials, if any;

3. aA current curriculum vitae of each presenter speaker or lecturer appearing in the program;

4. tThe method used procedure to be used for recording attendance,;

(b) Pay the $250 non-refundable application fee, and,

(c) Submit a minimum of one (1) offering which shall be relevant to the practice of medical physics, designed to keep as defined in Section 483.901(3)(j), Florida Statutes, which must be offered for the purpose of keeping licensees apprised of advancements and new developments in the practice of medical physics, and is designed to teach current enhance learning and skills consistent with contemporary standards of practice for the profession.

Rulemaking  Specific Authority 456.013(9), 456.025(7), 483.901(6)(a) FS. Law Implemented 456.013(9), 456.025(7), 483.901(6)(a) FS. History–New 6-21-99, Amended                            .

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Anthony Spivey

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: John H. Armstrong, MD, FACS, Surgeon General and Secretary

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: 11/4/15

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: 7/21/2015