Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B11 - Board of Occupational Therapy › Chapter 64B11-5 - LICENSURE STATUS AND FEES › Section 64B11-5.001 - Requirements for License Renewal of an Active License; Continuing Education

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Continuing education includes attendance and participation as
				  required at approved live or interactive presentations such as workshop,
				  seminar, conference, webinar, or in-service educational programs. It may also
				  include participation in other approved professional activities, such as pro
				  bono and expert witness services, or those that require a formal assessment of
				  learning, such as formalized self-study courses and other non-interactive
				  learning programs. An active license shall be renewed upon demonstration that
				  the licensee has paid the renewal fee set forth in Rule
				  64B11-2.008, F.A.C., and has
				  complied with the following requirements:
(1) As a condition to the renewal of an
				active license, an occupational therapist must complete twenty-six (26) hours
				of approved continuing education per biennium.
(2) As a condition to the renewal of an
				active license, an occupational therapy assistant must complete twenty-six (26)
				hours of approved continuing education per biennium.
(3) At least fourteen (14) of the required
				hours per biennium must be in person or from interactive, real-time courses. An
				interactive, real-time course may be a web-based, satellite transmitted,
				telephone or video conference, or online instruction program that allows or
				requires the licensee to interact in real time, including live chat, with the
				instructor during the presentation of the program or in a question and answer
				session upon completion of the program.
(4) Home Study - A licensee may receive
				continuing education credit for no more than twelve (12) hours of home study
				education per biennium. Home study education is a self-paced, non-interactive
				independent study that requires a certificate of completion. Taking a
				computerized exam at the end of the study, or being able to email the
				instructor with a question, does not qualify home study as a live or
				interactive course. Consistent with Section
				456.013(8),
				F.S., continuing education credit for video presentations is limited to five
				(5) credits per subject. At the time of course presentation, rental, or sale,
				the course vendor, in lieu of the certificate of completion, shall provide the
				licensee with a signed course validation form. The licensee shall sign this
				form on the date that the course is actually taken or viewed indicating full
				attendance and successful completion. It shall be retained by the licensee for
				four (4) years.
(5) HIV/AIDS - The
				licensee shall complete one (1) hour of HIV/AIDS education as set forth in
				Section 456.033, F.S., no later than
				upon first renewal. HIV/AIDS courses approved by any Board within the Division
				of Medical Quality Assurance of the Department of Health pursuant to Section
				456.033, F.S., are approved by
				this Board. A licensee is not required to complete an HIV/AIDS course for each
				subsequent renewal biennium.
(6)
				Medical Errors - Each licensee shall attend and certify attending a
				Board-approved 2-hour continuing education course relating to the prevention of
				medical errors. The 2-hour course shall count toward the total number of
				continuing education hours required for licensure renewal. The course shall
				include a study of root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and
				patient safety, and must also include contraindications and indications
				specific to occupational therapy management including medication and side
				effects.
(7) Laws and Rules - As
				part of the twenty-six (26) hours of continuing education required herein for
				licensure renewal, each licensee shall attend a two (2) hour Board approved
				course on laws and rules covering Chapters 456 and 468, Part III, F.S., and
				Division 64B11, F.A.C.
(8)
				Exemption - Those persons certified for licensure in the second half of the
				biennium are exempt from the continuing education requirements for that
				biennium, except for the two (2) hour prevention of medical errors course
				requirement referenced above and required by Section
				456.013, F.S., and the one (1)
				hour of HIV/AIDS education required no later than upon first renewal, as set
				forth in Section 456.033, F.S.
(9) Changes of Status - Active status
				licensees may apply to the Board for inactive license status at any time by
				paying a $50.00 fee to change licensure status. Additionally, the licensee
				shall pay any applicable inactive status renewal fee or delinquent
				fee.
(10) Course Presentation and
				Attendance at Board Meetings - A maximum of eight (8) contact hours may be
				awarded per biennium for the following professional activities:
(a) The presentation of a continuing
				education course or program, academic course, peer-reviewed or non
				peer-reviewed workshop, seminar, in-service, electronic or web-based course
				that is directly related to the practice of occupational therapy as either the
				lecturer of the course or program or as the author of the course materials.
				Each licensee who is participating as either a lecturer or author of a
				continuing education course or program may receive credit for the portion of
				the offering he/she presented or authored up to the total hours awarded for the
				offering.
1. Continuing education credit may
				be awarded to a lecturer or author for the initial presentation of each course
				or program only; except in the case of the medical errors and laws and rules
				courses, repeat presentations of the same continuing education course or
				program shall not be granted credit. Continuing education credit for
				presentations of either medical errors or laws and rules courses is limited to
				four (4) credits per biennium.
2.
				In order for a continuing education credit to be awarded to each licensee
				participating as either lecturer or author, the format of the continuing
				education course or program must conform with all applicable sections of this
				rule chapter.
3. Documentation
				shall include a copy of the official program/schedule/syllabus including
				presentation title, date, hours of presentation, and type of audience or
				verification of such signed by the sponsor.
4. The number of contact hours to be awarded
				to each licensee who participates in a continuing education course or program
				as either a lecturer or author is based on the 50 minute contact hour employed
				within this rule chapter.
5.
				Continuing education credit for the development and teaching of postsecondary
				academic courses shall be one (1) continuing education credit per academic
				course credit.