Continuing Education Requirements During Initial Licensure Period

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Chiropractic Medicine

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B2-13.007Continuing Education Requirements During Initial Licensure Period

NOTICE 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. 47 No. 202, October 18, 2021 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The changes are in response to written comments from Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and public comment made at the public meeting, and discussion and subsequent vote by the board at a public meeting held November 5, 2021.  The changes are as follows:

 

64B2-13.007 Continuing Education Requirements During Initial Licensure Period.                                    

(1)(a) During the first full biennium after initial licensure, practitioners are required to attend one (1) full day at a Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine meeting at which disciplinary hearings are conducted as provided in paragraph 64B2-13.004(7)(a), F.A.C. In addition to attendance at a Board meeting, during the first full biennium after initial licensure, practitioners are required to complete a minimum of six (6) hours of record keeping/documentation and coding and two (2) hours in the area of ethics and boundaries, as provided in subsection 64B2-13.004(2), F.A.C.

(b) No change.

(2) In addition to requirements detailed in 64B2-13.004(7)(a), each practitioner must certify attendance at a board meeting by:

(a) Pre-registering fourteen (14) calendar days prior to the meeting on the board’s website, accessible at https://floridaschiropracticmedicine.gov/register-for-a-board-meeting/;

(b) Arriving at least fifteen (15) minutes before the meeting;

(c) Receiving a certificate of attendance at the meeting from the Executive Director of the Board or designee at the adjournment of the meeting; and

(d) Uploading the certificate of attendance into the Florida Department of Health’s designated continuing education tracking system.

(3) Attendance at the board meeting shall be subject to review, monitoring, and auditing by the board and    Department.

(4)(2) Once the practitioner has certified attendance at a Board meeting, completed the continuing education hours required by subsection (1), and completed the continuing education courses on HIV/AIDS and Prevention of Medical Errors required by Rule 64B2-13.0045, F.A.C., licensed practitioners shall not be required to complete any other continuing education requirements during the biennium in which they receive initial licensure.

(5)(3) No later than ninety (90) days prior to December 31, 20262024, the Board shall review and consider amendment, modification, or repeal of this rule if review determines this rule creates barriers to entry for private business competition, is duplicative, outdated, obsolete, overly burdensome, or imposes excessive costs. Failure by the Board to act in accordance with this provision will result in the expiration of this rule on December 31, 2026.

Rulemaking Authority 456.013(6), 460.405, 460.408 FS. Law Implemented 456.013(6), 460.408 FS. History–New 1-25-88, Formerly 21D-13.007, 61F2-13.007, 59N-13.007, Amended 11-13-01, 5-4-03, 6-28-04, 11-9-06, 12-4-07, 6-24-18, 11-29-20,     .

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS:  Christina McGinnis, Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257 or by electronic mail – [e-mail]