Florida Administrative Code
64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
64B14 - Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists
Chapter 64B14-5 - LICENSURE RENEWAL
Section 64B14-5.003 - Continuing Education Course Criteria

(1) To be eligible for credit toward the licensee's continuing education requirement, a continuing education course shall be designed to enhance the learning and promote the continued development of knowledge and skills of the individual licensee's professional practice. The course content shall be relevant to the practice of orthotics, prothetics, or pedorthics and specifically designed to the stated level and learning needs of the participants.

(2) Each course must have stated learning objectives which describe expected learner outcomes in behavioral terms, can be evaluated, are attainable, and are relevant to current professional practice. The objectives shall determine the content, teaching methodology and plan for evaluation.

(3) The course faculty shall demonstrate academic preparation and/or experience in the subject matter of the course.

(4) Course length shall be sufficient to provide meaningful education in the subject matter presented. Courses must include 25 minutes for one- half credit hour of didactic instruction or 50 minutes of lab/clinical experience for each hour of credit awarded.

(5) Distance learning courses, which include home study, correspondence, computer interactive, video cassette and audio cassette courses must meet all the requirements of this rule and must include a testing mechanism on which a passing score must be attained by the licensee prior to the issuance of continuing education credit. Videocassette courses shall not exceed 5 hours per subject.

(6) Currency and accuracy of the content of the course shall be documented by references and/or bibliography.

(7) Each course shall include a certificate of attendance given to each participant, provider, the name of the course, which shall be the same as the name submitted to the Board, the provider number assigned by the Board, the name of the participant, the date the course was taken; the number of hours of continuing education credit awarded; and the signature of the provider, official representative or instructor.

(8) Each licensee attending a course must be required to sign in and must attend all of the course in order to be awarded continuing education credit.