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FL S0844
Bill
AI Summary
- Removes the requirement that all chiropractic continuing education hours be completed in a classroom setting, allowing up to 40 hours to be fulfilled through other formats
- Prohibits the Board of Chiropractic Medicine from limiting the number of approved continuing education hours a chiropractic physician may complete through distance learning
- Authorizes the board to provide exceptions to continuing education requirements during a declared state of emergency in Florida, in addition to existing emergency or hardship exceptions
- Establishes specific instructor qualifications for board-approved courses, including holding a postgraduate degree (or bachelor's degree with 2+ years of relevant experience), serving as faculty at an approved chiropractic/medical/osteopathic college, or serving as a postgraduate-level instructor at such institutions
- Changes the board's authority to adopt implementing rules from permissive ("may") to mandatory ("shall"), with an effective date of July 1, 2024
Legislative Description
Continuing Chiropractic Education
Last Action
Died in Health Policy
3/8/2024
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