Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0307 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to continuing chiropractic education; 2
16	16	amending s. 460.408, F.S.; deleting a requirement that 3
17	17	chiropractic continuing education be completed in a 4
18	18	classroom setting; prohibiting the Board of 5
19	19	Chiropractic Medicine from limiting the number of 6
20	20	approved continuing education hours that may be 7
21	21	completed through distance learning; authorizing the 8
22	22	board to provide exceptions to continuing education 9
23	23	requirements during a declared state of emergency; 10
24	24	providing requirements for continuing education 11
25	25	instructors; requiring the board to adopt rules; 12
26	26	providing an effective date. 13
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28	28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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30	30	Section 1. Section 4 60.408, Florida Statutes, is amended 17
31	31	to read: 18
32	32	460.408 Continuing chiropractic education. — 19
33	33	(1) The board shall require licensees to periodically 20
34	34	demonstrate their professional competence as a condition of 21
35	35	renewal of a license by completing up to 40 contact classroom 22
36	36	hours of continuing education. 23
37	37	(a) Continuing education courses sponsored by chiropractic 24
38	38	colleges whose graduates are eligible for examination under any 25
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51	51	provision of this chapter may be approved upon review by the 26
52	52	board if all other requir ements of board rules setting forth 27
53	53	criteria for course approval are met. 28
54	54	(b) The board shall approve those courses that build upon 29
55	55	the basic courses required for the practice of chiropractic 30
56	56	medicine, and the board may also approve courses in adjunctive 31
57	57	modalities. Courses that consist of instruction in the use, 32
58	58	application, prescription, recommendation, or administration of 33
59	59	a specific company's brand of products or services are not 34
60	60	eligible for approval. 35
61	61	(c) The board may not limit the number of appro ved 36
62	62	continuing education hours that may be completed through 37
63	63	distance learning. 38
64	64	(2) The board may provide exceptions to make exception 39
65	65	from the requirements of this section in emergency or hardship 40
66	66	cases and during a declared state of emergency . 41
67	67	(3) Continuing education courses shall be taught by an 42
68	68	instructor with at least one of the following qualifications: 43
69	69	(a) Holds a postgraduate degree, or bachelor's degree with 44
70	70	at least 2 years' experience in the subject matter taught. 45
71	71	(b) Is a current facult y member of a chiropractic college 46
72	72	or school maintaining a standard and reputability approved by 47
73	73	the board or is a current faculty member at a medical or an 48
74	74	osteopathic college or a university accredited by, or having 49
75	75	status with, an accrediting body recog nized by the Council for 50
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88	88	Higher Education Accreditation or its successor or the United 51
89	89	States Department of Education. 52
90	90	(c) Is a postgraduate -level instructor at a chiropractic 53
91	91	college or school maintaining a standard and reputability 54
92	92	approved by the boar d, or a postgraduate -level instructor at a 55
93	93	medical or an osteopathic college or a university accredited by, 56
94	94	or having status with, an accrediting body recognized by the 57
95	95	Office of Postsecondary Education or its successor or the United 58
96	96	States Department of E ducation. 59
97	97	(4)(3) The board shall may adopt rules to implement within 60
98	98	the requirements of this section that are necessary for its 61
99	99	implementation. 62
100	100	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 63