Florida Administrative Code › 69 - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES › 69A - Division of State Fire Marshal › Chapter 69A-21 - FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND PRE-ENGINEERED SYSTEMS › Section 69A-21.113 - Required Continuing Education

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Licenseholders and permitholders shall complete a continuing education course
				or combination of courses in compliance with section
				 633.304, F.S., for each permit
				held.
(2) The continuing education
				course or combination of courses shall be related to the scope of each license
				and each permit held. All licensed fire equipment dealers are required to
				complete at least, one hour of a business practices class, one hour of a
				workers' compensation class, and fourteen hours of technical content as part of
				the required continuing education for license renewal each two year period,
				except that a licensee who receives an initial license issued for 1 year or
				less shall be required to complete 50 percent of the required hours for a
				biennial license. All permitted fire equipment permittees are required to
				complete at least one hour of a workplace safety class, one hour of a business
				practices class and fourteen hours of technical content as part of the required
				continuing education for permit renewal each two year period, except that a
				permittee who receives an initial permit issued for 1 year or less shall be
				required to complete 50 percent of the required hours for a biennial permit.
				All current licenseholders and permitholders, regardless of any previous
				continuing education due date, must provide proof of sixteen hours of
				continuing education for renewal on December 31, 2011, and every two year
				period thereafter.
(3) The course
				or combination of courses shall be conducted by persons approved by the
				Regulatory Licensing Section. Approval of such persons shall be based on the
				person's training, experience, and expertise in the subject of the course. The
				instructor must be qualified, by education or experience, to teach the course,
				or parts of a course to which the instructor is assigned. Any person with a
				four year college or graduate degree is qualified to teach any course in their
				field of study. Any equipment manufacturer or state certified fire equipment
				dealer with at least five years' experience may teach any technical course
				within the scope of the dealer's license; however, no dealer whose license is
				suspended or revoked as a result of administrative action shall teach any
				course or serve as a continuing education course instructor. The Regulatory
				Licensing Section is not permitted to reject a course based upon the proposed
				instructor, but is permitted to approve a course contingent on certification
				that all instructors meet those minimum requirements before conducting the
				course and before advertising that the course is approved for continuing
				education credit.
(4) The course or
				combination of courses shall be approved in advance by the Regulatory Licensing
				Section. The number of contact hours assigned to any course shall be determined
				by the Regulatory Licensing Section based on course content and
				length.
(5) Requests for approval
				of a course shall be submitted on Form DFS-K3-394, Revised 03/00 "Request for
				Approval of Fire Equipment Continuing Education Course Work" as adopted and
				incorporated herein by reference. Forms are available from and submission shall
				be sent to: Regulatory Licensing Section, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee,
				Florida 32399-0342. The application shall include the total number of classroom
				or interactive distance learning hours, the course syllabus, a detailed outline
				of the contents of the course, and the name and qualifications of all
				instructors. The Regulatory Licensing Section shall approve each continuing
				education course which appropriately relates to the technical skills required
				of fire equipment licensees and permittees and contain sufficient educational
				content to improve the quality of the licensee's or permittee's performance and
				are taught by qualified instructors. Continuing education coursework approval
				is valid for two years from the date of issue, provided no substantial change
				is made in the approved course. The number of classroom hours must be devoted
				to course content and does not include registration periods, meals and keynote
				speakers or any similar nonsubstantive time periods.
(6) The Regulatory Licensing Section shall
				approve continuing education courses in compliance with the time limitations
				specified for licensing in Chapter 120, F.S. Such approval shall be based upon
				the submission of coursework which relates to the technical fire protection
				skills of fire equipment dealers and permittees which contain educational
				content to improve the quality of work being performed.
(7) Each approved course will be assigned a
				course number and the course will be identified by course title as submitted
				and the number of continuing education hours awarded. The course provider shall
				use the course number in the course syllabus, in all other course materials
				used in connection with the course, and in all written advertising materials
				used in connection with the course. A listing of approved courses will be
				available from the Regulatory License Section, the course list will include the
				course number, the course title, the course submitter, and the type course
				(portable or preengineered systems).
(8) Within 30 days of the conclusion of each
				approved course, the organization or person offering the course shall inform
				the Regulatory Licensing Section that the course was completed and shall supply
				the Regulatory Licensing Section with a sign in sheet or roster. The sign-in
				sheet or roster shall identify:
(a) The course
				name;
(b) The course
				number;
(c) The course
				provider;
(d) The date the course
				was offered;
(e) The duration of
				the course;
(f) The licensee's or
				permittee's name;
(g) The license
				or permit number; and,
(h) The
				licensee's or permittee's signature.
For interactive distance learning courses, in lieu of the
				  original sign-in sheet required above, the course provider shall maintain and
				  provide a records of the registration log-in, course access log, and course
				  completion, which shall contain the information required above. In lieu of
				  providing a document bearing the licensee's or permittee's signature, the
				  course provider shall provide the licensee's or permittee's identity
				  verification data which shall include the licensee's or permittee's password
				  and the licensee's or permittee's mother's maiden
				  name.