64B18-17.005. Continuing Education Requirements After Initial Licensure

Within 24 months of initial licensure, practitioners are required to obtain five (5) hours of continuing education in the subject area of risk management which may be obtained by attending one full day of a meeting of the Board of Podiatric Medicine at which disciplinary hearings are conducted. The practitioner is then exempt from any other continuing education requirements for his or her first renewal except for a 1-hour course on human trafficking and the hours mandated for prevention of medical errors, HIV/AIDS, and the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances.

Rulemaking Authority 456.013(6), 461.005, 461.007(3) FS. Law Implemented 456.013(6), 456.033(1), 456.0341, 461.007(3) FS. History–New 11-29-06, Amended 9-30-08, 2-12-14, 2-25-20, 4-20-22, 3-28-24.