of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on November 10, 2013, by O’Dane Brady, D.C. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Volume 39, Number 245, of the December 19, 2013, ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Chiropractic

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B2-13.007Continuing Education During Initial Licensure Period

The Board of Chiropractic Medicine hereby gives notice of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on November 10, 2013, by O’Dane Brady, D.C. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Volume 39, Number 245, of the December 19, 2013, Florida Administrative Register. The Petitioner was seeking a waiver or variance of subsection 64B2-13.007(1), Florida Administrative Code, entitled “Continuing Education During Initial Licensure Period,” which requires that during the first twelve (12) months 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 subsection 64B2-13.004(8), F.A.C. Beginning April 1, 2008, practitioners are required to attend six (6) hours of record keeping/documentation and coding and two (2) hours in the area of ethics and boundaries. Once the hours required by Rule 64B2-13.0045, F.A.C., have been met, licensed practitioners shall not be required to complete any other continuing education requirements during the biennium in which they receive initial licensure. The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed meeting, held January 3, 2014, in Orlando, Florida.

The Board’s Order, filed on January 13, 2014, granted the petition finding that Petitioner had established that the purpose of the underlying statute would be met by granting a variance or waiver from subsection 64B2-13.007(1), F.A.C. The Board further finds that Petitioner established that applying the requirements of the aforementioned rule to the described circumstances would violate principles of fairness and impose substantial hardship.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Adrienne Rodgers, Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.