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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 2. Section 456.0251, Florida Statutes, is
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19 456.0251 Continuing education.--
20 (1) Unless otherwise provided in a profession's
21 practice act, each board, or the department if there is no
22 board, shall establish by rule procedures for approval of
23 continuing education courses for renewal of licenses. Except
24 for those continuing education courses whose subjects are
25 prescribed by law, each board, or the department if there is
26 no board, may limit by rule the subject matter for approved
27 continuing education courses to courses addressing the scope
28 of practice of each respective health care profession.
29 (2) Licensees who have not completed all of the
30 continuing education credits required for licensure during a
31 biennium may obtain an extension of 3 months from the date
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1 after the end of the license renewal biennium within which to
2 complete the requisite hours for license renewal. Each board,
3 or the department if there is no board, shall establish by
4 rule procedures for requesting a 3-month extension and whether
5 proof of completion of some approved hours of continuing
6 education are required to be submitted with the request for
7 extension as a prerequisite for granting the request.
8 (3) Failure to complete the requisite number of hours
9 of continuing education hours within a license renewal
10 biennium or within a 3 month period from the date after the
11 end of the license renewal biennium, if requested, shall be
12 grounds for issuance of a citation and a fine, plus a
13 requirement that at least the deficit hours are completed
14 within a time established by rule of each board, or the
15 department if there is no board. Each board, or the department
16 if there is no board, shall establish by rule a fine for each
17 continuing education hour which was not completed within the
18 license renewal biennium or the 3-month period following the
19 last day of the biennium if so requested, not to exceed $500
20 per each hour not completed. The issuance of the citation and
21 fine shall not be considered discipline. A citation and a fine
22 issued under this subsection may only be issued to a licensee
23 a maximum of two times for two separate failures to complete
24 the requisite number of hours for license renewal.
25 (4) The department shall report to each board no later
26 than 3 months following the last day of the license renewal
27 biennium the percentage of licensees regulated by that board
28 who have not timely complied with the continuing education
29 requirements during the previous license renewal biennium for
30 which auditing of licensees regulated by that board are
31 completed. Each board shall direct the department the
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1 percentage of licensees regulated by that board that are to be
2 audited during the next license renewal biennium. In addition
3 to the percentage of licensees audited as directed by the
4 boards, the department shall audit those licensees found to be
5 deficient during any of the two license renewal bienniums.
6 Section 3. Paragraph (ff) is added to subsection (1)
7 of section 456.072, Florida Statutes, to read:
8 456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties;
9 enforcement.--
10 (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for
11 which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may
12 be taken:
13 (ff) Failure for a third or more times to complete the
14 requisite number of hours of continuing education hours within
15 a license renewal biennium period or within a 3-month period
16 from the date after the end of the license renewal biennium,
17 if the extension was requested.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 creating s. 456.0251, F.S.; providing for
28 enforcement of continuing education
29 requirements required for license renewal;
30 authorizing citations and fines to be imposed
31 for failure to comply with required continuing
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1 education requirements; amending s. 456.072,
2 F.S.; providing for discipline of licensees who
3 fail to meet continuing education requirements
4 as a prerequisite for license renewal three or
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