61-30.502 Provider Requirements, Prelicensure and Continuing Education.
(1) The course provider shall not offer any courses if the provider status is expired or under discipline.
(2) The department retains the right and authority to audit and/or monitor programs and review records and course materials given by any provider approved pursuant to this rule. The department shall reject individual programs given by a provider if the provider disseminates any false or misleading information in connection with the educational programs, or if the provider fails to conform to and abide by the rules of the department.
(3) If the provider status is revoked by the department, the provider cannot reapply to be registered as a provider for two years from the date of the Final Order revoking the registration.
(4) To maintain status as a prelicensure or continuing education provider, the provider must:
(a) Require each course taker to complete the entire course or seminar in order to receive credit for the course.
(b) Provide the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) provider number on all course advertisements.
(c) Furnish each course taker with an individual certificate of attendance that contains the course taker’s name, the course taker’s license number, provider name, provider number, course name, course number, date of the course completion and the total number of hours successfully complete in each subject.
(d) Maintain all records for four (4) years, available for inspection by the department or the department’s designee.
(e) Report one education credit for each hour of classroom or interactive distance learning instruction. An “hour of classroom or interactive distance learning instruction” requires no less than fifty (50) minutes of instruction or participation.
(f) Any changes in the course provider name, address or telephone number must be submitted in writing to the department within 30 days of such change.
(5) To maintain status as a continuing education provider, the provider must also:
(a) Electronically report continuing education course attendance records in compliance with Section 455.2178, F.S. The provider is required to resolve reporting conflicts with the licensee by the expiration date of the training course.
(b) Allow the department’s designee to have access to information concerning courses or seminars conducted by the provider for continuing education credit in order to audit or monitor the information.
Rulemaking Authority 455.2035, 468.8313, 468.8316, 468.8325 FS. Law Implemented 455.2178, 455.2179, 468.8313, 468.8316 FS. History‒New 10-22-13.