5J-17.043. Board Approval of Continuing Education Providers

(1) Applicants for continuing education provider status must meet the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) of this rule, to demonstrate the education and/or the experience necessary to provide continuing education instructional courses and seminars to professional surveyors and mappers in the conduct of their practice, and they must renew and be approved under this rule by May 31st of every odd-numbered year.

(2) To demonstrate the education and/or the experience necessary to provide continuing education instructional courses and seminars to professional surveyors and mappers in the conduct of their practice for continuing education credit, an applicant for continuing education provider status must be either a vendor of equipment or software used in the practice of surveying and mapping, a regionally accredited educational institution, a commercial educator, a governmental agency, a state or national professional association that promotes any aspect of the profession of surveying and mapping as defined in chapter 472 F.S., or a surveyor and mapper with a Florida license to practice surveying and mapping who is not under disciplinary restrictions pursuant to any order of the Board. In addition, the applicant must demonstrate particular education, experience or skill which sets the applicant apart from the surveyors and mappers whom the applicant proposes to instruct.

(3) To allow the Board to evaluate an initial application for continuing education provider status, the applicant must submit an electronic application located at https://csapp.800helpfla.com/csrep/. In lieu of an electronic application, the applicant shall complete the application entitled “Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers Continuing Education Provider Approval Application,” FDACS-10056, Rev. 08/17, hereby incorporated by reference. Copies of the form may be obtained by contacting the Board Office or accessed online at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08763. The applicant shall provide the following:

(a) A nonrefundable application fee of $200.00, in addition to a $250.00 fee for continuing education provider status;

(b) A renewal fee of $250, which, upon request, will be refunded if the applicant is denied provider status.

(4) No surveyor and mapper may conduct continuing education courses or seminars for credit upon the surveyor and mapper’s receipt of any disciplinary order from any professional regulatory board in any jurisdiction. Rather, the surveyor and mapper must notify the Board office within ten (10) days of the surveyor and mapper’s receipt of any such order.

(5) No provider may allow a surveyor and mapper to conduct any course or seminar offered by the provider if that surveyor and mapper has been disciplined and has not been released from the terms of the final order in the disciplinary case. Upon receipt of notice that an instructor is under discipline, the provider shall, within seven (7) days, write to the Board office and confirm that the surveyor and mapper is no longer conducting any course or seminar offered by the provider. For the purpose of this subsection, a letter of guidance or a reprimand shall not constitute “under discipline.”

(6) The Board and the Department retain the right and authority to audit and/or monitor programs and review records and course materials given by any provider approved pursuant to this rule. The Department shall rescind the provider status if the provider disseminates any false or misleading information in connection with the continuing education programs, or if the provider fails to conform to and abide by the rules of the Board.

Rulemaking Authority 472.008, 472.011, 472.018 FS. Law Implemented 472.011, 472.018 FS. History–New 3-28-94, Amended 5-30-95, 5-31-00, 8-18-03, Formerly 61G17-5.0041, Amended 11-13-17, 7-15-18.