64B10-15.002: Criteria for Approved Continuing Education
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the criteria for approved continuing education, including clarification that any licensee who acts as a consultant to the Department of Healths Testing Services Unit shall be allowed a maximum of four (4) hours of continuing education credit for that biennium.
SUMMARY: The amendment clarifies that any licensee who acts as a consultant to the Department of Healths Testing Services Unit shall be allowed a maximum of four (4) hours of continuing education credit for that biennium.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
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.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 468.1685(1), 468.1725(3) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.013, 468.1715, 468.1725 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Nursing Home Administrators, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B10-15.002 Criteria for Approved Continuing Education.
(1) To be eligible for credit toward the licensees continuing education requirement, a course shall be designed to enhance the learning and promote the continued development of knowledge and skills of the individual licensees professional practice.
(2) Continuing education will be approved for credit if it is in one of the Domains of Practice as defined in Rule 64B10-16.005, F.A.C.
(3) Fifteen hours of continuing education credit shall be granted for each college credit course in the domains of practice successfully completed during the biennium. The college transcript shall be accepted as proof of attendance.
(4) Administrator certification or re-certification by American College of Health Care Administrators may be accepted as satisfying the total continuing education requirement for license renewal for the biennium in which certification is completed. Verification of certification shall be accepted as proof of attendance.
(5) To satisfy the requirements of this rule, in any biennium a licensee shall have a minimum of forty (40) hours of continuing education credit. In any biennium:
(a) A licensee shall have a minimum of twenty (20) hours of continuing education credits that include personal attendance at a live presentation.
(b) A licensee is allowed a maximum of twenty (20) hours of continuing education credits for web-based, video or audio-transmitted, or on-line instruction programs that require the licensee to interact or communicate back and forth with the instructor during the presentation of the program.
(c) A licensee is allowed a maximum of ten (10) hours home-study continuing education credits. Home-study education is independent study and includes pre-recorded programs that were previously classified as live or interactive under paragraphs (5)(a) and (b). A validation form shall be signed by the vendor and licensee verifying the subject covered and total viewing time. Home-study courses must not exceed five (5) hours per subject.
(6) Providers, and licensees who self-submit continuing education hours earned, shall identify the course type as described in subsection (5).
(7) Any licensee who acts as a consultant to the Department of Healths Testing Services Unit shall be allowed a maximum of four (4) hours of continuing education credit for that biennium.
(8)(7) Any licensee who acts as a preceptor for an Administrator-in-Training and completes such preceptorship within any biennium shall be allowed a maximum of ten (10) hours of continuing education credit for that biennium.
(9)(8) Any licensee who acts as a preceptor for an internship and completes such preceptorship within any biennium shall be allowed a maximum of five (5) hours of continuing education credit for that biennium.
(10)(9) Continuing education courses approved by the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators are accepted as long as the requirements are similar to or more stringent than those required by the Board in subsection 64B10-15.002(1) and Rule 64B10-16.005, F.A.C.
(11)(10) The Board shall not accept credit for continuing education programs of less than 1 contact hour.
(12)(11) Any subject matter dealing with internal affairs of an organization will not qualify for credit hours.
Rulemaking Specific Authority 468.1685(1), 468.1725(3) FS. Law Implemented 456.013, 468.1715, 468.1725 FS. HistoryNew 12-11-80, Amended 2-20-83, Formerly 21Z-15.02, Amended 6-22-87, 2-26-89, 12-6-89, 11-11-92, Formerly 21Z-15.002, 61G12-15.002, 59T-15.002, Amended 10-12-97, 12-2-02, 8-11-03, 8-9-04, 2-23-06, 10-24-07, 5-8-08,_______.
