Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B12 - Board of Opticianry › Chapter 64B12-16 - APPRENTICESHIP › Section 64B12-16.003 - Apprenticeship Requirements and Training Program

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Any persons seeking to be registered as
				an apprentice optician shall submit to the Board an Optician Apprentice
				Application for Registration (Form DH-MQA 1180, revised 8/2022), hereby adopted
				and incorporated by reference, which can be obtained from the Board's website
				at
http://www.floridasopticianry.gov
,
				or at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14817
.
				All apprenticeship training must be conducted by the sponsor(s) with whom the
				apprentice is currently registered with the Agency. Credits shall be granted to
				apprentices if the training is properly documented according to this rule. An
				apprentice shall not receive credit for any training received from a person
				other than the properly registered sponsor(s). However, an apprentice can
				receive credit for attending continuing education courses by a board-approved
				provider pursuant to this rule.
(2)
				An apprentice shall have no more than two sponsors at any given time. If an
				apprentice has two sponsors, one sponsor shall be the primary sponsor
				responsible for the secondary sponsor and the apprentice. The secondary sponsor
				may work with the apprentice in a store or office other than the primary store
				or office as long as the apprentice works under the apprenticeship requirements
				and training program.
(3) A sponsor
				may provide training for no more than two apprentices at a time.
(4) An apprenticeship shall consist of 6, 240
				hours of training, completed within five years after the apprentice's first
				registration with the Department. However, time spent in training at a
				board-approved school of opticianry or board-approved apprentice training
				program may be substituted for required apprenticeship time. Each credit hour
				earned at such school shall count as 86.67 apprenticeship hours. For each hour
				of the stated instructional time of a board-aproved apprentice training program
				shall count as five (5) apprenticeship hours for successfully completing the
				entire course.
(a) An apprentice is required
				to obtain two of the required hours by completing a Board-approved
				Apprentice/Sponsor Orientation Course and submitting the original certificate
				of attendance to the board office within one year of registration with the
				Department.
(b) Each sponsor may
				attend a Board-approved Apprentice/Sponsor Orientation course. This course will
				count toward the elective continuing education requirement pursuant to Rule
				64B12-15.003, F.A.C.
(c) An apprentice can attend continuing
				education classes from an approved provider which will count towards the
				apprenticeship hours. Each credit hour of continuing education shall count as
				one hour of apprenticeship training. An apprentice can claim an unlimited
				amount of hours of continuing education credit over the entire length of the
				apprenticeship. Hours of continuing education credit will only be awarded upon
				presentation of proof of attendance to the Board.