The purpose of the amendment is to update the rule requirements for continuing education.

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Chiropractic Medicine

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B2-13.004Continuing Education

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment is to update the rule requirements for continuing education.

SUMMARY: The purposed rule amendment updates and clarifies the rule requirements for continuing education.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: During discussion of the economic impact of this rule at its Board meeting, the Board, based upon the expertise and experience of its members, determined that a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) was not necessary and that the rule will not require ratification by the Legislature. No person or interested party submitted additional information regarding the economic impact at that time.

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.

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.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

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: [phone] or by electronic mail – [e-mail]

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

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 at least forty (40) contact classroom hours and a Certified Chiropractic Physicians Assistant must complete 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) through (9) No Change.

(10) Alternative Means of Earning Continuing Education Credits.

(a) Attendance at Board Meetings. Five (5) hours of continuing chiropractic education in the subject area of risk management may be obtained by attending one full day or eight (8) hours of a Board meeting (whichever is shorter) at which disciplinary hearings are conducted by the Board of Chiropractic Medicine in compliance with the following:

1. The licensee must sign in on the attendance roster and provide or verify his or her email address with the Executive Director of the Board or designee before the meeting day begins.

2. No Change.

3. The licensee must sign out on the attendance roster with the Executive Director of the Board or designee at the end of the meeting day or at such other earlier time as affirmatively authorized by the Board. A licensee may receive CE credit in risk management for attending the Board meeting only if he or she is attending on that date solely for that purpose; he or she may not receive such credit if appearing at the Board meeting for another purpose.

4. The license shall receive a certificate or attendance from the Executive Director of the Board or designee within thirty (30) days following the adjournment or the meeting; and is responsible for uploading the certificate of attendance into the Florida Department of Health’s designated continuing education tracking system.

(b) Through (g) 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, 5-3-23,                  .

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Chiropractic Medicine

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Chiropractic Medicine

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: June 8, 2023

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: July 6, 2023