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2003 Florida Statutes
Continuing education provider approval; cease and desist orders.
455.2179 Continuing education provider approval; cease and desist orders.--
(1) If a board, or the department if there is no board, requires completion of continuing education as a requirement for renewal of a license, the board, or the department if there is no board, shall approve providers of the continuing education. The approval of a continuing education provider must be for a specified period of time, not to exceed 4 years. An approval that does not include such a time limitation may remain in effect only until July 1, 2001, unless earlier replaced by an approval that includes such a time limitation.
(2) The department, on its own motion or at the request of a board, shall issue an order requiring a person or entity to cease and desist from offering any continuing education programs for licensees, and revoking any approval of the provider previously granted by the department or a board, if the department or a board determines that the person or entity failed to provide appropriate continuing education services that conform to approved course material.
(3) Each board authorized to approve continuing education providers, or the department if there is no board, may establish, by rule, a fee not to exceed $250 for anyone seeking approval to provide continuing education courses and may establish, by rule, a biennial fee not to exceed $250 for the renewal of providership of such courses. The Florida Real Estate Commission, authorized under the provisions of chapter 475 to approve prelicensure, precertification, and postlicensure education providers, may establish, by rule, an application fee not to exceed $250 for anyone seeking approval to offer prelicensure, precertification, or postlicensure education courses and may establish, by rule, a biennial fee not to exceed $250 for the renewal of such courses.
(4) The department and each affected board may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this section.
History.--s. 159, ch. 99-251; s. 7, ch. 2000-356.