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626.944  Qualifications for health care risk managers.--

(1)  Any person desiring to be licensed as a health care risk manager shall submit an application on a form provided by the department. In order to qualify, the applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory to the department which demonstrates the applicant's competence, by education or experience, in the following areas:

(a)  Applicable standards of health care risk management.

(b)  Applicable federal, state, and local health and safety laws and rules.

(c)  General risk management administration.

(d)  Patient care.

(e)  Medical care.

(f)  Personal and social care.

(g)  Accident prevention.

(h)  Departmental organization and management.

(i)  Community interrelationships.

(j)  Medical terminology.

The department may require such additional information, from the applicant or any other person, as may be reasonably required to verify the information contained in the application.

(2)  The department shall not grant or issue a license as a health care risk manager to any individual unless from the application it affirmatively appears that the applicant:

(a)  Is 18 years of age or over;

(b)  Is a high school graduate or equivalent; and

(c)

1.  Has fulfilled the requirements of a 1-year program or its equivalent in health care risk management training which may be developed or approved by the department;

2.  Has completed 2 years of college-level studies which would prepare the applicant for health care risk management, to be further defined by rule; or

3.  Has obtained 1 year of practical experience in health care risk management.

(3)  The department shall issue a license, beginning on June 1, 1986, to practice health care risk management to any applicant who qualifies under this section and submits the license fee as set forth in s. 624.501. Licenses shall be issued and canceled in the same manner as provided in part I of this chapter.

(4)  The department shall renew a health care risk manager license in accordance with procedures prescribed in s. 626.381 for agents in general.

History.--ss. 38, 53, ch. 85-175; s. 4, ch. 86-287; s. 33, ch. 88-166; s. 184, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429.