Florida Administrative Code
68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
68D - Vessel Registration and Boating Safety
Chapter 68D-36 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR MANDATORY BOATING SAFETY COURSES
Section 68D-36.103 - Minimum Requirements for Training Facilities and Instructors

(a) "Training facility" means a school or other sponsoring organization that offers to the public boating safety courses that meet the minimum standards established by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

(b) Each training facility shall ensure that all instructors meet the qualifications set forth in subsection (2).

(c) Training facilities should make maximum use of the existing cadre of qualified instructors who have been trained through state boating safety programs, the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the United States Power Squadrons, the American National Red Cross, the Young Men's Christian Association, the United States Coast Guard's National Boating Safety Course, and other similar public and private boating safety oriented programs.

(d) Each training facility is responsible for maintaining an ongoing quality control program. Training facilities should periodically update or recertify their instructors. Quality of instruction will be assured through this means with each training facility, or the training facility's sponsoring organization, auditing its own program.

(e) Each training facility must teach a course of instruction, the content of which has received the prior approval of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. This approval is valid for three years. Each training facility or its sponsoring organization must resubmit course materials for continuing approval so as to avoid a lapse of approved status.

(a) Each instructor shall have knowledge of boating safety, and the current laws and regulations pertaining to the operation of vessels, as well as teaching skills in the area of boating safety.

(b) Each instructor must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for the transmittal of the information necessary to implant knowledge of boating safety in students. The following skills, knowledge, and abilities are considered essential for this purpose:

(c) Certifications of instructors for specialized courses such as canoeing, kayaking, boardsailing, etc., that are available through the American National Red Cross, American Canoe Association, and other boating safety oriented programs are recognized. These certifications, however, are in addition to and do not eliminate the necessity of instructors possessing the knowledge, skills, and abilities set forth in paragraph (2)(b), above.