Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B12 - Board of Opticianry › Chapter 64B12-15 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 64B12-15.001 - Continuing Education for License Renewal

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) All licensed opticians shall be required
				to obtain continuing education from courses offered by providers approved in
				accordance with this rule chapter prior to biennial license renewal.
(2) Within each license renewal biennium,
				each licensed optician shall complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing
				professional education, according to the criteria specified in these rules. A
				maximum of 5 hours of continuing professional education may be earned from
				courses without classroom instruction.
(3) An optician initially licensed in the
				first year of the biennium shall, for the first renewal, be required to
				complete only one-half the number of hours of continuing education as are
				required in Rule 64B12-15.003, F.A.C., of which a
				maximum of 3 hours may be earned from courses without classroom instruction,
				and completion of a 2-hour medical errors course as required in section
				456.013(7),
				F.S.
(4) An optician initially
				licensed during the second year of the biennium shall not be required to
				complete continuing education for the first license renewal, except the
				completion of a 2-hour medical errors course as required in section
				456.013(7),
				F.S.
(5) Credit hours for
				continuing professional education must be earned during the biennium for which
				they are submitted for credit.
(6)
				Licensed opticians who serve as full-time instructors of opticianry at an
				educational institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized and
				approved by the United States Department of Education or the Council on
				Postsecondary Education shall not be required to complete continuing education
				courses for license renewal, so long as they were so employed in that capacity
				for the duration of the biennium.
(7) At the time of license renewal, the
				licensee shall submit a renewal request to the Department using the on-line
				service portal, found at
https://mqaonline.doh.state.fl.us/datamart/voserviceportal/
,
				and the renewal fee prescribed by Rule
				64B12-11.003, F.A.C. In order to
				receive continuing professional education credit for video cassette courses
				taken by the licensee, a video cassette course validation form signed by the
				vendor and licensee shall be submitted to the Department along with the license
				renewal application.
(8) For the
				biennium ending December 31, 2020 the restriction on permitting a maximum of 5
				hours of continuing professional education, which may be earned from courses
				without classroom instruction, shall not be effective. All required continuing
				education hours may be earned by courses without classroom
				instruction.
Rulemaking Authority
					 456.013(7), (8),
					 (9),
					 484.005,
					 484.008(3) FS.
					 Law Implemented 456.013(8),
					 (9),
					 484.008(3)
					 FS.
New 10-12-80, Amended 6-30-82, 12-5-82, 9-5-83, 8-30-84,
					 Formerly 21P-15.01, Amended 3-5-87, 9-17-87, 3-30-89, 12-23-90, 6-11-92,
					 2-18-93, 5-19-93, Formerly 21P-15.001, Amended 4-17-94, Formerly 61G13-15.001,
					 Amended 8-8-94, 3-14-95, 4-18-96, Formerly 59U-15.001, Amended 8-6-97, 4-20-99,
					 7-27-08, 3-29-15, 3-26-18, 12-21-20,
					 12-18-23.