Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Continuing education status shall be
approved prior to presenting continuing education programs. When a provider
number is necessary, any continuing education event(s) sponsored or provided
prior to the date a provider number is issued under this rule shall not be
granted continuing education credit.
(2) Continuing education provider status
shall be granted to continuing education providers who satisfy the following
requirements:
(a) Provide the Board with one
sample continuing education program, three (3) to eight (8) hours in duration,
including a detailed agenda specifying content and time frames for instruction,
a copy of any power point or similar presentation materials, and a copy of the
course materials, which has been designed or approved by the current continuing
education director and meets all of the following criteria:
1. Is a graduate level course, seminar,
workshop, or institute which is relevant to, and focuses on clinical social
work, marriage and family therapy or mental health counseling practice, theory,
and method.
2. Has stated learning
objectives relevant to the material being taught and is of sufficient duration
to present a topic in depth and detail to accomplish these
objectives.
3. Is appropriate for
the purposes of furthering and maintaining the clinical skills or knowledge of
licensed clinical social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and
family therapists.
4. The sample
program must identify the number of continuing education hours that will be
earned. One continuing education hour is defined as a 60-minute clock hour in
which there is no less than 50 minutes of uninterrupted instruction.
5. Is instructed/presented by a person who
meets at least one of the following criteria:
a. Is a faculty member or former faculty
member of a graduate program meeting the requirements of paragraph
64B4-6.002(1)(a) or
(b), F.A.C.
b. Has received specialized graduate or
post-graduate level training in the subject taught in the program.
c. Has extensive experience to include no
less than 2 years of practical application or research involving the subject
taught in the program.
(b) Provide the Board a sample program
evaluation form and a sample of the documentation of completion which meets the
requirements of subparagraph (2)(f)2. of this rule.
(c) Provide the Board a summary of the
organization structure for the administration of continuing education programs
that reflects the chain of command within the organization by name and title
and the position of the continuing education director within the
organization.
(d) Provide the Board
with the name, address and daytime telephone number of a person designated by
the organization to act as the continuing education director.
(e) Remit the appropriate continuing
education provider application fee pursuant to rule
64B4-4.009, F.A.C. Such fee
shall be required for each license biennium during which the provider seeks
Board approval.
(f) The current
continuing education director must sign and abide by a written agreement to:
1. Ensure that each program to be presented
or approved by the provider for continuing education credit for clinical social
workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors satisfies
the requirements of this rule.
2.
Provide each participant who completes a program with documentation verifying
that the program has been completed. The documentation shall contain the
participant's name, provider's name and number, title of program, date of
program, and number of hours of continuing education credits earned. In
addition, for hypnosis training the documentation must state it meets the
requirements of Rule 64B4-7.002, F.A.C., and, for sex
therapy training, the documentation must state it meets the requirements of
Rule 64B4-7.004, F.A.C.
3. Notify the Board of changes relative to
the maintenance of standards as set forth in these rules.
4. Notify the Board within ten days of any
change in continuing education director, mailing address, or telephone
number.
5. Ensure that all
promotional material for each program intended for clinical social workers,
marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors contains in a
conspicuous place the complete provider number assigned by the Board, the
specific program objectives, and speaker/presenter's credentials.
6. Comply with all audit requests within 21
days of receipt of such requests from the Board.
7. Ensure that the provider complies with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 USC
§§12101-12213.
(g) Provide a Statement about what steps
would be taken if a course participant submitted a grievance about the
course.
(3) Providers
shall maintain records of each course offered for three (3) years following
each licensure biennium during which the course was offered. Course records
shall include a course outline which reflects its educational objectives, the
presenter's name, the presenter's curriculum vitae, the date and location of
the course, participants' evaluations of the course, the hours of continuing
education credit awarded to each participant and a roster of participants by
name and license number.
(4) The
Board shall deny continuing education provider status to any applicant who
submits false, misleading or deceptive information or documentation to the
Board.
(5) The Board retains the
right and authority to review, audit and/or monitor the provider and individual
programs, to include the right to review records and course materials given by
any provider approved pursuant to this rule.
(6) The Board shall rescind the approved
provider status or rescind or reject approval of individual programs if the
Board's review of the the provider or their individual programs determine that
the provider:
1. Failed to conform or abide by
the rules of the Board;
2. Failed
to provide individual programs which are in compliance with the rules of the
Board;
3. Failed to provide
individual programs which meet the criteria established in paragraph (2)(a)
above; or
4. Is in violation of any
of the provisions of Chapter 456 or 491, F.S., to include any of the provider's
faculty members.
Rulemaking Authority
491.004(5),
491.0085(1), (3),
(4) FS. Law Implemented
491.0085
FS.
New 1-9-94, Formerly 61F4-6.004, Amended 10-2-94, 12-29-96,
Formerly 59P-6.004, Amended 12-11-97, 2-9-99, 6-30-02, 8-13-08, 12-11-14,
3-18-19, 9-2-21.
