September 2006

Florida Board proposes 6 rule changes

The Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine has six proposed rule changes currently in the public comment period and it wants your input.

The six proposed rule changes are:

• Continuing Education: This rule change has two issues. First, the rule change will require that of the 40 hours of CE, in addition to hours in risk management, six hours of the 40 hours shall be in the area of record keeping/documentation and coding; and two hours of the 40 hours must be in the area of ethics.

Second, the rule will require that when attending a seminar, each time you enter or exit the meeting room you will have to have your attendance certified by the courses registrar.

• Continuing Education Course Required for Initial Licensure, Renewal, or Reactivation: This rule change clarifies the language requiring AIDS/HIV course for initial license renewal.

• Deceptive and Misleading Advertising Prohibited; Policy; Definition: This rule change will recognize the International Academy of Clinical Neurology as a Chiropractic Specialties recognized by the Board.

• Citations: This rule change addresses failing to meet the continued education requirements. The board is removing language that would allow up to six months to make up the hours. The proposed rule would also change the fines associated with failure to complete your continuing education requirements. The change will read “failure to complete 21 or more hours” results in a fine of $5,000.

• Retention of Chiropractic Records; Time Limitations: This rule change adds the language that a chiropractor who “places his licenses in a retired status” must retain records for two years. It also specifies that chiropractors in active practice must retain patient records for four years.

• Direct Supervision of Registered Chiropractic Assistants: This rule change adds language that the direct supervision of a registered chiropractic assistant can occur under the direction of a licensed certified chiropractic physician’s assistant.

If you want to comment on any of these proposed rule changes, visit www.flrules.com/notice/result.asp?string=k&ruleno=&keyword=chiropractic&page=1. If you wish to view the exact text of the rule being modified, click on the html link next to “Notice Files” on the page.

Source: ChiroCredit, www.chirocredit.com

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