FL S1676

Removes the requirement that chiropractic continuing education must be completed in a classroom setting, changing the requirement to up to 40 contact hours without specifying the format.

Authorizes the Board of Chiropractic Medicine to rescind approval for continuing education courses and impose disciplinary action if appropriate.

Prohibits the board from requiring licensees to enroll only in preapproved courses and mandates the board approve distance learning courses (synchronous and asynchronous) with no limits on the number or type of hours completed through distance learning.

Specifies that board-approved continuing education courses may be taught by chiropractors with a doctoral degree and 3 years of practice and subject matter experience, faculty members of accredited chiropractic or medical colleges, or postgraduate instructors at such institutions.

Authorizes the board to provide exceptions to continuing education requirements during emergency or hardship cases and declared states of emergency, and changes the board's authority to adopt rules from discretionary to mandatory.