Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1214
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       22-00538B-23                                          20231214__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to continuing chiropractic education;
    3         amending s. 460.408, F.S.; deleting a requirement that
    4         all chiropractic continuing education be completed in
    5         a classroom setting; prohibiting the Board of
    6         Chiropractic Medicine from limiting the number of
    7         hours of continuing education a chiropractic physician
    8         may complete through distance learning; authorizing
    9         the board to make exceptions to continuing education
   10         requirements during a declared state of emergency in
   11         this state; specifying who may teach board-approved
   12         continuing education courses; requiring, rather than
   13         authorizing, the board to adopt rules; providing an
   14         effective date.
   15          
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Section 460.408, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   19  read:
   20         460.408 Continuing chiropractic education.—
   21         (1) The board shall require licensees to periodically
   22  demonstrate their professional competence as a condition of
   23  renewal of a license by completing up to 40 contact classroom
   24  hours of continuing education.
   25         (a) Continuing education courses sponsored by chiropractic
   26  colleges whose graduates are eligible for examination under any
   27  provision of this chapter may be approved upon review by the
   28  board if all other requirements of board rules setting forth
   29  criteria for course approval are met.
   30         (b) The board shall approve those courses that build upon
   31  the basic courses required for the practice of chiropractic
   32  medicine, and the board may also approve courses in adjunctive
   33  modalities. Courses that consist of instruction in the use,
   34  application, prescription, recommendation, or administration of
   35  a specific company’s brand of products or services are not
   36  eligible for approval.
   37         (c) The board may not limit the number of approved
   38  continuing education hours that may be completed through
   39  distance learning.
   40         (2) The board may provide exceptions to make exception from
   41  the requirements of this section in emergency or hardship cases
   42  and during a declared state of emergency in this state.
   43         (3) Courses must be taught by a person who has at least one
   44  of the following qualifications:
   45         (a) Has a postgraduate degree, or a bachelor’s degree with
   46  at least 2 years of experience in the subject matter being
   47  taught;
   48         (b) Is a current faculty member of a chiropractic college
   49  or school maintaining a standard and reputability approved by
   50  the board or is a current faculty member at a medical or
   51  osteopathic college or a university accredited by, or having
   52  status with, an accrediting agency, or its successor, recognized
   53  and approved by the United States Department of Education or by
   54  the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or its successor;
   55  or
   56         (c) Is a postgraduate-level instructor at a chiropractic
   57  college or school maintaining a standard and reputability
   58  approved by the board or is a postgraduate-level instructor at a
   59  medical or osteopathic college or a university accredited by, or
   60  having status with, an accrediting agency, or its successor,
   61  recognized and approved by the United States Department of
   62  Education or by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
   63  or its successor.
   64         (4) The board shall may adopt rules necessary to implement
   65  within the requirements of this section that are necessary for
   66  its implementation.
   67         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.