Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Nursing Home Administrators

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B10-15.001Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal

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. 105, June 1, 2021 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

A Notice of Change was published in Vol. 47, No. 162, of the August 20, 2021, issue of the Florida Administrative Register. The changes are in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and discussion and subsequent vote by the board at a public meeting held September 20, 2021. The changes are as follows:

64B10-15.001 Continuing Education for Licensure Renewal.

(1) No change.

(2) For each subsequent renewal period, to satisfy the requirements of this rule, in each biennium a licensee shall have a minimum of forty (40) contact hours of continuing education credit. A contact hour shall consist of fifty (50) clock minutes. In any biennium after the first renewal period:

(a) A licensee shall have a minimum of twenty (20) contact hours of continuing education credits that include personal attendance at a live presentation or, as specified in subsection (3) of this section, completion of classroom attended college course(s) taught with live lectures. For the renewal period ending September 30, 2022, the requirement referenced in this subsection regarding live and in-person attendance is waived for each licensee. During the renewal period of October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2022, : 

1.  tThe licensee may complete the continuing education by means not requiring live or personal attendance. 

2.  No later than 90 days prior to September 30, 2022, the Board shall review and amend, modify, or sunset this subsection if it determines this rule creates barriers to entry for private business competition, is duplicative, outdated, obsolete, overly burdensome, or imposes excessive costs.

(b)  through (c) No change.

(3) through (12) No change.

Rulemaking Authority 456.033, 456.013(6), (7), 468.1685(1), 468.1715 FS. Law Implemented 456.033, 456.013, 468.1715(3) FS. History–New 12-11-80, Amended 2-20-83, 5-2-84, Formerly 21Z-15.01, Amended 12-31-86, 2-26-89, 11-19-91, Formerly 21Z-15.001, 61G12-15.001, Amended 9-4-96, 10-20-96, 7-21-97, Formerly 59T-15.001, Amended 5-15-00, 11-4-02, 5-7-06, 4-8-07, 10-24-07, 10-11-10, 8-8-13, 2-10-14, 1-31-16, 10-3-16, 11-21-18, 7-4-19, 12-3-19, 10-18-20,                          .

 

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Christina McGinnis, Executive Director, Board of Nursing Home Administrators, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257, or by email to [e-mail].