To maintain status as a continuing education provider, the provider must:

Terms Used In Florida Regulations 61G10-18.003

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
    (1) Require each course attendee to remain for the entire course in order to receive a certificate of completion for the course.
    (2) Comply with the requirements set forth in Florida Statutes § 455.2178
    (3) Not permit a landscape architect or other qualified instructor to instruct a continuing education course for credit while under a disciplinary order from any professional regulatory board in any jurisdiction.
    (4) Upon receipt of notice that an instructor is under discipline, the provider shall, within fifteen (15) days, confirm to the Board, in writing, that the instructor is no longer conducting any course offered by the provider. For the purpose of this subsection, a letter of guidance or a reprimand shall not constitute “”under discipline.””
    (5) Not advertise or offer for credit any course which does not have a current course approval number assigned by the board. Should any course approval number or the provider number be revoked, or otherwise inactive, all planned offerings of the course or provider, shall be cancelled and all tuition refunded.
    (6) Not permit an instructor to teach a course until and unless that instructor’s credentials have been reviewed by the Board and approved to teach the specific course.
    (7) Ensure that all promotional material for courses offered to professional landscape architects for credit contain the provider number assigned to the provider and the course approval number.
    (8) Allow only one hour of continuing education credit for each fifty minutes of in-person instruction time. Allow one hour for each monitored and verified 50 minutes of instruction via the internet to the licensee.
    (9) Notify the Board within two (2) weeks of any change in the address, contact name or telephone number of the provider.
    (10) Allow the Department of Business and Professional Regulation access to information concerning courses conducted by the provider for continuing education credit.
    (11) Provide courses designed to enhance the education of landscape architects in the practice of landscape architecture that complies with Florida Statutes Chapter 481 and Fl. Admin. Code R. 61G10-18.006, unless exempt in accordance with subsection 61G10-18.002(4), F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority 455.219, 481.306, 481.313 FS. Law Implemented Florida Statutes § 481.313. History-New 9-19-01, Amended 12-21-09, 1-27-15.