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. 40 No. 192, October 2, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The changes are in response to Board member comments, statutory changes, and written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:
64B2-13.004 Continuing Education.
(3) shall now read as follows:
(3) Beginning on April 1, 2012, Eeach licensee certified in acupuncture by the Board shall obtain four (4) hours of Board approved acupuncture continuing education. Two (2) hours shall be in the area of safety and risk management and two (2) hours shall be in the area of technique. These four (4) hours shall be obtained as part of the forty (40) hours required in each licensure biennium. Licensees certified in acupuncture must complete the hours required in subsection 64B2-13.004(2), F.A.C.
(4)(b)16. through 18. shall now read as follows:
16. Proprietary drug administration;
1617. AIDS;
1718. Law relating to the practice of chiropractic, the Board of Chiropractic Medicine and the regulatory agency under which the Board operates.
(8) shall now read as follows:
(8) Subsequent to the renewal or reactivation period of a license, the Board may perform random audits of licensees for verification of attendance at programs indicated for CE credit on their reporting forms.
(9) through (15) shall be renumbered as (8) through (14).
(12) shall now read as follows:
(12)(13) In addition to the continuing chiropractic education credits authorized above, former Board members will receive thirteen hours of continuing education credit for the required hours in laws and rules, risk management, prevention of medical errors, boundaries and ethics, and record-keeping and documentation per biennium for service on a Probable Cause Panel. Current board members shall receive six (6) hours of general continuing education credit for service on a Probable Cause Panel.
(16) has been deleted in its entirety.
(16) In addition to the continuing chiropractic education credits authorized above, any Florida licensee who publishes chiropractic material shall receive general continuing education credits per biennium as follows: five (5) hours for being a primary author of an article in a non-refereed journal; fifteen (15) hours for being a primary author of an article in a refereed journal; ten (10) hours for being a secondary author of an article in a refereed journal; twenty (20) hours for being a contributing author of a published textbook; and forty (40) hours for being the primary author of a published textbook. In order to obtain the continuing education credit, the licensee must submit proof of publishing to the Board office.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Anthony Spivey, Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.
