Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 5J-17.044 - Obligations of Continuing Education Providers
To maintain status as a continuing education provider, the provider must:
(1) Furnish the Board
with a list of courses being offered, which shall include each course name,
instruction method, and total number of credit hours to be awarded for each
course successfully completed. If courses are removed, or no longer offered at
any point during the biennium, the continuing education provider shall notify
the Board in writing within thirty (30) days.
(2) Require each licensee to complete the
entire course or seminar in order to receive a certificate of completion for
the course or seminar.
(3) Furnish
each participant with an individual certificate of completion that contains the
licensee's name, the licensee's license number, the provider name, the provider
number, the course name, the course number, date of course completion, and the
total number of credit hours fulfilled by the course.
(4) Continuing education providers must
provide their Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services continuing
education provider number on all course advertisements.
(5) An attendance record shall be maintained
by the provider for four (4) years and shall be available for inspection by the
Board, its designee, the Department, or the Department's designee.
(6) Providers must electronically provide to
the Department a list of attendees taking a course within thirty (30) business
days of the completion of the course. The list shall include the provider's
name, the name and license number of the attendee, the date the course was
completed, the course number and the total number of hours successfully
completed.
(7) If the instructor is
receiving credit as set forth in subsection
5J-17.041(2),
F.A.C., the instructor shall be listed as an attendee with the same information
required above.
(8) Providers shall
maintain security of attendance records and certificates. For correspondence
study courses, the provider must electronically supply the list of those
individuals successfully completing the course by the 5th of the month
following the calendar month in which the provider received documentation and
was able to determine the successful completion of the course by the
individual.
(9) Ensure that all
promotional material for courses or seminars offered to professional surveyors
and mappers for credit contain the course number and the provider
number.
(10) Allow only one (1)
continuing education credit for no less than fifty (50) minutes of classroom,
audio or video instruction.
(11)
Allow only one (1) continuing education credit for each "hour of correspondence
study." The "hour of correspondence study" must be based on the average
completion time of each course as established by the provider. For
correspondence study, provide to each participating licensee a written exam. In
order to complete the course, the licensee must receive a minimum grade of
seventy percent (70%). If a licensee fails the exam, they will be permitted to
take the exam again until a passing grade is achieved.
(12) Notify the Board within fourteen (14)
days of any change in the address or telephone number of the
provider.
(13) Provide courses or
seminars designed to enhance the education of surveyors and mappers in the
practice of surveying and mapping.
(14) Discontinue allowing an instructor to
conduct a course or seminar upon receipt of notice pursuant to subsection
5J-17.043(6),
F.A.C., and provide timely confirmation of same as required by that
rule.
(15) All information or
documentation, including electronic course rosters, submitted to the Department
shall be submitted in a format acceptable to the Department. Failure to comply
with time and form requirements will result in disciplinary action taken
against the provider. After a licensee's completion of a course, the
information must be submitted to the department electronically no later than
thirty calendar days thereafter. However, the continuing education provider
shall electronically report to the department completion of a licensee's course
within ten days beginning on the 30th day before the renewal deadline or prior
to the renewal date, whichever occurs first. No provider may reapply for
continuing education provider status until at least two (2) years have elapsed
since the entry of any final order against the provider.
(16) Online/internet courses shall be treated
as correspondence courses for continuing education purposes, as set forth in
subsection (11), above.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 472.008, 472.011, 472.018, 472.027 FS. Law Implemented 472.018, 472.027 FS.
New 3-28-94, Amended 5-30-95, 7-27-00, 8-18-03, 8-18-04, 12-28-05, 1-29-07, Formerly 61G17-5.0043, Amended 10-17-12, 5-11-15, 11-13-17, 7-15-18.
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