Summary
The proposed emergency rule immediately permits attendance by electronic means of study for qualified classroom continuing education courses which were authorized solely for in person attendance and waives the requirement for providers to seek separate approval to teach those courses prior to doing so.
The requirements for and approval of continuing education is covered in-depth by the Board’s publication “Architecture Continuing Education Handbook Instructions, Applications and General Information for Architecture Continuing Education” (“the Handbook”) (2016), which is hereby incorporated by reference, effective January 2016, a copy of which may be obtained from http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06745 or the Board office. The Handbook contains three forms for use with the booklet. The applicant shall submit the applicable form, (DBPR AID 4003/revised January 2016), Architecture Continuing Education Provider/Course Application, (DBPR AID 4003-Part A/revised January 2016), Architecture Education Course Evaluation Summary Form, or (DBPR AID 4003-Part B/revised January 2016), Provider Course Evaluation Summary Form, which are hereby incorporated by reference, effective January 2016, copies of which may be obtained from the Board office. The Board office is located at 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0771.