Board of Chiropractic Medicine
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
64B2-13.004Continuing Education
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. 48 No. 229, November 28, 2022 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and by a discussion and vote by the Board at its February 28, 2023, meeting. The rule shall now read as follows:
64B2-13.004 Continuing Education.
(1) Required Hours. For the purpose of renewing a license, a licensed Chiropractic Physician must demonstrate to the Board that he or she completed participated in at least forty (40) contact classroom hours and a Certified Chiropractic Physicians Assistants must complete demonstrate participation in at least twenty-four (24) contact classroom hours of continuing chiropractic education during the past two (2) years. Only those contact classroom hours earned at Board approved continuing education courses or which comply with the provisions of this rule are acceptable. For purpose of this rule, the term “contact classroom hour” shall mean fifty (50) minutes of instruction offered through in-person courses or through online attendance continuing education courses complying with subsection (3).
(2) Required Areas.
(a) Risk Management. At least three (3) hours shall be in the area of risk management. Two (2) of these three risk management hours shall specifically relate to the laws and rules of the board and the Department of Health. For the purpose of this rule, risk management means the identification, investigation, analysis, and evaluation of risks and the selection of the most advantageous method of correcting, reducing or eliminating identifiable risks. The laws and rules of the Board and the regulatory agency under which the Board operates include Chapters 456 and 460, F.S., and rule Title Chapter 64B2, F.A.C.
(b) No change.
(3) Online Attendance Continuing Education.
(a) No change
(b) Online Hours Allowed. A licensee may elect to obtain all required continuing education hours through online attendance continuing education courses.
(c) No change.
(4) through (10) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 456.013, 456.025(7), 460.408(3) FS. Law Implemented 456.013(6), (8), (9), 456.025(7), 456.036(10), 460.408, 460.4165(13)(b) FS. History–New 1-10-80, Amended 11-25-80, 1-13-82, Formerly 21D-13.04, Amended 6-22-86, 7-5-87, 1-25-88, 10-17-90, 10-15-92, Formerly 21D-13.004, Amended 10-26-93, Formerly 61F2-13.004, Amended 3-16-95, 7-18-95, 6-11-96, Formerly 59N-13.004, Amended 6-24-98, 8-4-99, 7-11-02, 11-30-03, 4-17-05, 11-14-06, 11-13-07, 7-1-09, 5-17-10, 8-22-11, 10-21-12, 7-10-13, 7-8-15, 11-15-16, 5-30-17, 1-22-18, 8-5-18, 9-5-19, 7-22-21, 11-17-21, .
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Dayle DeCastro Mooney, Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257, or by telephone: (850)488-0595.
