Florida Senate - 2024 SB 844 By Senator Perry 9-00444-24 2024844__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to continuing chiropractic education; 3 amending s. 460.408, F.S.; deleting a requirement that 4 all chiropractic continuing education hours be 5 completed in a classroom setting; prohibiting the 6 Board of Chiropractic Medicine from limiting the 7 number of hours of continuing education a chiropractic 8 physician may complete through distance learning; 9 authorizing the board to make exceptions to continuing 10 education requirements during a declared state of 11 emergency in this state; specifying who may teach 12 board-approved continuing education courses; 13 requiring, rather than authorizing, the board to adopt 14 rules; providing an effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1.Section 460.408, Florida Statutes, is amended to 19 read: 20 460.408Continuing chiropractic education. 21 (1)The board shall require licensees to periodically 22 demonstrate their professional competence as a condition of 23 renewal of a license by completing up to 40 contact classroom 24 hours of continuing education. 25 (a)Continuing education courses sponsored by chiropractic 26 colleges whose graduates are eligible for examination under any 27 provision of this chapter may be approved upon review by the 28 board if all other requirements of board rules setting forth 29 criteria for course approval are met. 30 (b)The board shall approve those courses that build upon 31 the basic courses required for the practice of chiropractic 32 medicine, and the board may also approve courses in adjunctive 33 modalities. Courses that consist of instruction in the use, 34 application, prescription, recommendation, or administration of 35 a specific companys brand of products or services are not 36 eligible for approval. 37 (c)The board may not limit the number of approved 38 continuing education hours that may be completed through 39 distance learning. 40 (2)The board may provide exceptions to make exception from 41 the requirements of this section in emergency or hardship cases 42 and during a declared state of emergency in this state. 43 (3)Courses must be taught by a person who has at least one 44 of the following qualifications: 45 (a)Has a postgraduate degree, or a bachelors degree with 46 at least 2 years of experience in the subject matter being 47 taught; 48 (b)Is a current faculty member of a chiropractic college 49 or school maintaining standards approved by the board or is a 50 current faculty member at a medical or osteopathic college or a 51 university accredited by, or having status with, an accrediting 52 agency, or its successor, recognized and approved by the United 53 States Department of Education or by the Council for Higher 54 Education Accreditation or its successor; or 55 (c)Is a postgraduate-level instructor at a chiropractic 56 college or school maintaining standards approved by the board or 57 is a postgraduate-level instructor at a medical or osteopathic 58 college or a university accredited by, or having status with, an 59 accrediting agency, or its successor, recognized and approved by 60 the United States Department of Education or by the Council for 61 Higher Education Accreditation or its successor. 62 (4)The board shall may adopt rules necessary to implement 63 within the requirements of this section that are necessary for 64 its implementation. 65 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.