Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Laws and rules course provider status
shall be obtained prior to presenting laws and rules courses. Laws and rules
course provider status shall be granted to those who satisfy the following
requirements:
(a) Provide the Board with a
sample laws and rule course containing a detailed agenda specifying content and
time frames for instruction and meets all of the following criteria:
1. Is a post-graduate course which addresses
the requirements outlined in subsections
64B4-3.0035(1) and
(2), F.A.C.
2. Has stated learning objectives and is of
sufficient duration to present this topic in depth and detail to accomplish
these objectives.
3. Is appropriate
for the purposes of establishing and maintaining knowledge of the laws and
rules regulating the practice of clinical social work, marriage and family
therapy, and mental health counseling.
4. Is a minimum of eight (8) hours in
duration.
5. Is presented by a
person who meets at least one of the following criteria:
a. Has received specialized graduate or
post-graduate level training in the subject taught in the program.
b. Has extensive experience to include no
less than 2 years of practical application or research involving the subject
taught in the program.
c. Holds a
Florida license to practice clinical social work, marriage and family therapy,
mental health counseling, or law.
(b) Provide the Board a sample of the
proposed certificate of completion that is to be given to those persons who
successfully complete the course. The certificate shall include the
participant's name, the provider's name and number, title of the program, and
date(s) of the program.
(c) Submit
an application fee in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00). Such fee
shall be required for each license biennium during which the provider seeks
Board approval. Applicants who are already approved continuing education
providers pursuant to rule
64B4-6.004, F.A.C., shall not be
required to submit an application fee or renewal fee as long as the applicant
maintains its continuing education provider status. Continuing education
providers shall be required to comply with all other provisions of this
rule.
(d) Provide the Board with a
sample evaluation form that is to completed by all course participants. The
form shall include the participant's name, the provider's name and number,
title of the program, and date(s) of the program.
(2) Once laws and rules course provider
status is obtained, the provider shall:
(a)
Ensure that all promotional material for any laws and rules course offered by
the provider shall contain in a conspicuous place the complete provider number
assigned by the Board, the specific program objectives, and presenter's
credentials;
(b) Comply with all
audit requests within 21 days of receipt of such requests from the
Board;
(c) 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,
the presenter's name, the presenter's curriculum vitae, the date and location
of the course, the duration of the course and a roster of participants by name
and license number.
(3)
The Board retains the right and authority to audit and/or monitor courses and
review records and course materials given by any provider approved pursuant to
this rule. The Board shall rescind the provider status if a provider
disseminates any false or misleading information in connection with the laws
and rules course offered or if the provider fails to conform to and abide by
the written agreement and rules of the Board.
Rulemaking Authority
491.004,
491.0085(4) FS.
Law Implemented 491.0085
FS.
New 10-18-99, Amended 8-24-00,
3-18-19.
