Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G19 - Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board › Chapter 61G19-9 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 61G19-9.004 - Approval of Courses

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Any provider
				registered pursuant to this chapter may apply for approval of a continuing
				education course. The application must be submitted on a form that shall be
				provided by the Department and available on the Department's website.
				Applications must be submitted a minimum of ninety (90) days prior to the date
				the offering begins.
(2) Upon
				receipt of a course application and the appropriate fee, the Board may approve
				any course, seminar, webinar, or conference in the construction area provided
				by any university, college, junior college, community college,
				vocational-technical center, public or private school, firm, association,
				organization, person, corporation, or entity whether the course is taught in a
				live classroom setting or conducted via the internet which meets the criteria
				of this part.
(3) The application
				shall include the total number of classroom hours, the course syllabus, a
				detailed outline of the contents of the course, and the names and
				qualifications of all instructors known at the time of application.
(4) The Board shall approve continuing
				education courses which have sufficient educational content to improve the
				certificate holder's inspection and technical skills, which are taught by
				qualified instructors, and which otherwise fulfill the requirements of this
				part. Course approval is valid for two (2) years from the date of approval
				unless the provider expires or is disciplined.
(5) The Board shall approve or deny any
				application for course approval at the first Board meeting held more than
				thirty days after the date the application is received by the Board. If the
				application is denied, the Board shall inform the applicant in writing of the
				specific reasons for denial within fifteen days of its decision.
(6) A course which has been rejected or
				denied by the Board may be resubmitted with modifications.
(7) The Board shall not deny or withdraw
				approval of a course on the basis that another course provider is conducting
				the same or a similar Board-approved course.
(8) If a course is approved, the Department
				shall assign the course a number. The course provider shall print the
				Department-assigned number on the course syllabus, on all printed material used
				in connection with the course, and in all written advertising used in
				connection with the course.
(9) Of
				the required fourteen (14) continuing education hours, up to three (3) general
				hours credit may be earned by attending a single day business meeting of the
				Board. Licensees shall give at least seven (7) days advance notice to the Board
				office of their intention to attend the meeting for continuing education
				credit. Licensees shall check in with the Clerk of the Board prior to the
				meeting and must sign in and out for breaks and lunch periods. A maximum of
				three (3) hours of general continuing education credit per biennium may be
				earned in this manner. Licensees shall not be credited for attending any
				meeting in which the licensee is a party in any matter involving their license
				or eligibility for licensure or in any matter which action is initated by them
				or on their behalf; nor shall a licensee receive credit for attending meetings
				of a committee of the Board.
(10)
				After a course has been approved by the Board, any substantive changes in the
				course content requires reapplication of the course to be submitted for
				approval by the Board.
(11) The
				Board approves those continuing education courses approved by the Construction
				Industry Licensing Board; the Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board; and the
				Board of Architecture and Interior Design.
(12) The course instructor shall receive
				continuing education credit equal to the total approved credit for that course
				if they submit a written request to the Department. Credit may not be granted
				for teaching the same course more than once in each biennium.
(13) Of the required fourteen (14) continuing
				education hours, up to seven (7) hours credit may be earned by attending a
				meeting of the Florida Building Commission within the Department of Business
				and Professional Regulation, or any of the meetings of any technical committees
				of the Commission. Certificate holders shall be responsible for obtaining and
				maintaining satisfactory proof of attendance at such meetings. A copy of proof
				of attendance must be submitted to the Department to ensure that continuing
				education credit is awarded.
Rulemaking Authority
					 468.606,
					 468.627 FS. Law Implemented
					 468.627
					 FS.
New 5-23-94, Amended 5-21-95, 10-1-97, 8-17-99, 4-23-01,
					 1-2-02, 12-10-02, 10-7-15, 10-23-17, 10-21-20,
					 7-27-23.