Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5J - Division of Consumer Services › Chapter 5J-17 - PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS AND MAPPERS › Section 5J-17.044 - Obligations of Continuing Education Providers

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
To maintain status as a continuing education provider, the
				  provider must:
(1) Furnish the Board
				with a list of courses being offered, which shall include each course name,
				instruction method, and total number of credit hours to be awarded for each
				course successfully completed. If courses are removed, or no longer offered at
				any point during the biennium, the continuing education provider shall notify
				the Board in writing within thirty (30) days.
(2) Require each licensee to complete the
				entire course or seminar in order to receive a certificate of completion for
				the course or seminar.
(3) Furnish
				each participant with an individual certificate of completion that contains the
				licensee's name, the licensee's license number, the provider name, the provider
				number, the course name, the course number, date of course completion, and the
				total number of credit hours fulfilled by the course.
(4) Continuing education providers must
				provide their Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services continuing
				education provider number on all course advertisements.
(5) An attendance record shall be maintained
				by the provider for four (4) years and shall be available for inspection by the
				Board, its designee, the Department, or the Department's designee.
(6) Providers must electronically provide to
				the Department a list of attendees taking a course within thirty (30) business
				days of the completion of the course. The list shall include the provider's
				name, the name and license number of the attendee, the date the course was
				completed, the course number and the total number of hours successfully
				completed.
(7) If the instructor is
				receiving credit as set forth in subsection
				5J-17.041(2),
				F.A.C., the instructor shall be listed as an attendee with the same information
				required above.
(8) Providers shall
				maintain security of attendance records and certificates. For correspondence
				study courses, the provider must electronically supply the list of those
				individuals successfully completing the course by the 5th of the month
				following the calendar month in which the provider received documentation and
				was able to determine the successful completion of the course by the
				individual.
(9) Ensure that all
				promotional material for courses or seminars offered to professional surveyors
				and mappers for credit contain the course number and the provider
				number.
(10) Allow only one (1)
				continuing education credit for no less than fifty (50) minutes of classroom,
				audio or video instruction.
(11)
				Allow only one (1) continuing education credit for each "hour of correspondence
				study." The "hour of correspondence study" must be based on the average
				completion time of each course as established by the provider. For
				correspondence study, provide to each participating licensee a written exam. In
				order to complete the course, the licensee must receive a minimum grade of
				seventy percent (70%). If a licensee fails the exam, they will be permitted to
				take the exam again until a passing grade is achieved.
(12) Notify the Board within fourteen (14)
				days of any change in the address or telephone number of the
				provider.
(13) Provide courses or
				seminars designed to enhance the education of surveyors and mappers in the
				practice of surveying and mapping.
(14) Discontinue allowing an instructor to
				conduct a course or seminar upon receipt of notice pursuant to subsection
				5J-17.043(6),
				F.A.C., and provide timely confirmation of same as required by that
				rule.
(15) All information or
				documentation, including electronic course rosters, submitted to the Department
				shall be submitted in a format acceptable to the Department. Failure to comply
				with time and form requirements will result in disciplinary action taken
				against the provider. After a licensee's completion of a course, the
				information must be submitted to the department electronically no later than
				thirty calendar days thereafter. However, the continuing education provider
				shall electronically report to the department completion of a licensee's course
				within ten days beginning on the 30th day before the renewal deadline or prior
				to the renewal date, whichever occurs first. No provider may reapply for
				continuing education provider status until at least two (2) years have elapsed
				since the entry of any final order against the provider.
(16) Online/internet courses shall be treated
				as correspondence courses for continuing education purposes, as set forth in
				subsection (11), above.
Rulemaking Authority 472.008, 472.011,
					 472.018, 472.027 FS. Law
					 Implemented 472.018, 472.027
					 FS.
New 3-28-94, Amended 5-30-95, 7-27-00, 8-18-03, 8-18-04,
					 12-28-05, 1-29-07, Formerly
					 61G17-5.0043, Amended 10-17-12,
					 5-11-15, 11-13-17, 7-15-18.