Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G19 - Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board › Chapter 61G19-9 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 61G19-9.001 - Continuing Education for Biennial Renewal

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Except as noted below, prior to the end
				of each biennial certification period, all certificate holders shall complete a
				minimum of fourteen (14) classroom or interactive distance learning hours of
				continuing education courses, which shall include a minimum of two (2) hours of
				energy conservation, one (1) hour in the area of accessibility, (2) hours in
				the area of Florida laws and rules (other than accessibility and ethics) and,
				one (1) hour in the area of ethics as a condition of the biennial renewal of
				all certifications held by the certificate holder.
(2) "Interactive Distance Learning" means the
				delivery of educational offerings, webinars/seminars conducted over the
				internet, or courses via the internet and/or other interactive electronic
				media. Such offerings or courses shall be interactive, providing for the
				interchange of information between the student and the teacher, and shall
				provide for the registration, evaluation, monitoring, and verification of
				continuing education. The courses shall be accessible at locations and times
				determined by the student.
(3)
				"Interactive Distance Learning Hour" means fifty minutes of instruction
				presented in an alternative nonclassroom interactive distance learning setting,
				exclusive of any breaks, recesses, or other time not spent in
				instruction.
(4) A Webinar is an
				internet based seminar, presentation, lecture or workshop transmitted over the
				internet using video conferencing software providing the ability for the
				teacher and students to interact where the teacher can give, receive and
				discuss information with the students in real time and evaluate monitor and
				verify continuing education.
(5)
				"Laws and Rules" as used in subsection (1), above, means the study and
				examination of the related subject matter as is exemplified and contained
				within one (1) or more of the following: Chapters 320, 455, 468, 553, 471, 481,
				489 (as it relates to licensure and scope of practice), and 713 (as it relates
				to permitting), F.S., and their associated rules in the Florida Administrative
				Code (F.A.C.).
(6) "Ethics" as used
				in subsection (1) above means the study and examination of the concepts of the
				subject matter contained within Chapter 112, Part lll, F.S., other ethical
				principles enumerated in Chapter 468, Part Xll, F.S., and other principles of
				professional ethics.
(7) Applicants
				who are first certified when there is more than one-half of their initial
				biennial certification period remaining, shall only be required to complete a
				minimum of seven (7) hours of continuing education courses, which shall include
				a minimum of one (1) hour in the area of accessibility, prior to the end of
				their initial biennial certification period as a condition of the initial
				renewal of all certifications held by the certificate holder.
(8) Applicants who are first certified when
				there is one-half or less of their initial biennial certification period
				remaining, shall not be required to complete any hours of continuing education
				courses as a condition of the initial renewal of all certifications held by the
				certificate holder.
(9) For those
				certificate holders who are certified in more than one certification category,
				completion of the minimum number of hours of continuing education course
				requirements as set forth above shall be sufficient for the biennial renewal of
				all certifications held by the certificate holder. All license numbers held by
				the certificate holder should be submitted by the certificate holder to the
				provider at the time of course registration.
Rulemaking Authority
					 455.2124,
					 455.2123,
					 455.213(7),
					 468.606,
					 468.627 FS. Law Implemented
					 455.2124,
					 455.2123,
					 455.213(7),
					 468.627
					 FS.
New 5-23-94, Amended 5-21-95, 11-28-95, 6-9-97, 1-4-00,
					 4-23-01, 3-19-02, 6-10-02, 6-1-03, 1-10-07, 7-1-08, 12-31-19,
					 10-21-20.