FLORIDA LAWS AND RULES CHIROPRACTIC
BOARD EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What may be the penalty if a licensee does not meet the CE
requirements for the first time.
Answer: May be a Citation, a Fine, and in a addition a requirement to
take (1) one additional hour of CE for each hour not completed or
completed late.
◉ How many hours of CE are required by an applicant for the
purpose of license renewal.
Answer: 40 (forty) classroom hours of Chiropractic CE
◉ What is the time frame for which the CE for chiropractic licensure
renewal must be completed in?.
Answer: 2 years (biennially)
◉ At least, three (3) hours of the forty (40) hours of CE required for
Chiro license renewal, must be in what specific area?.
Answer: Risk Management: Two (2) of the three (3) hours shall be
specifically related to laws and rules of the board and regulatory
agency in which the board operates
,◉ Six (6) hours of the forty (40) required Chiro CE must be in what
specific area?.
Answer: Record Keeping, Documentation, and coding
◉ Two (2) hours of the forty (40) required Chiro CE must be in what
specific area?.
Answer: Ethics and Boundaries
◉ What is the maximum number hours Chiro CE may be obtained
online?.
Answer: no more than ten (10) general hours each biennium may be
attained online
◉ A chiropractor certified in acupuncture shall obtain how many CE
hours each biennium?
What is the breakdown of those hours?.
Answer: Four (4) hours of approved acupuncture CE. (Two (2) of
which in safety and risk mgmt and two (2) in technique, with the
four (4) applied to the forty (40) required each biennium)
◉ A chiropractor may attain five (5) hours of CE in the Risk
Management by attending what?.
, Answer: One (1) full day or eight (8) hours of a board meeting
(which ever is shorter) at which disciplinary hearings are conducted
◉ Volunteer expert witnesses shall receive how many hours of CE in
risk mgmt for each case reviewed?.
Answer: Five (5) hours for each case reviewed up to a max of ten
(10) hours per biennium
◉ For license renewal what two (2) CE courses are required?.
Answer: Initial license requires a minimum of a 3hr HIV/AIDS
course and for license renewal a 2hr course related to the
prevention of medical errors
◉ What are chiros required to attend within their first twelve (12)
months after initial licensure?.
Answer: Attend one (1) full day at a Florida Board of Chiropractic
Medicine meeting at which disciplinary hearings are conducted.
◉ What are the CE requirements during initial licensure period
(prior to first 1st renewal)?.
Answer: Attend one (1) full day of FBCM meeting, six (6) hours of
record keeping, documentation, coding, and two (2) hours of ethics
and boundaries. NO OTHER CE requirements are needed during the
biennium! (The typical 40 hours does not apply in this case)
BOARD EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What may be the penalty if a licensee does not meet the CE
requirements for the first time.
Answer: May be a Citation, a Fine, and in a addition a requirement to
take (1) one additional hour of CE for each hour not completed or
completed late.
◉ How many hours of CE are required by an applicant for the
purpose of license renewal.
Answer: 40 (forty) classroom hours of Chiropractic CE
◉ What is the time frame for which the CE for chiropractic licensure
renewal must be completed in?.
Answer: 2 years (biennially)
◉ At least, three (3) hours of the forty (40) hours of CE required for
Chiro license renewal, must be in what specific area?.
Answer: Risk Management: Two (2) of the three (3) hours shall be
specifically related to laws and rules of the board and regulatory
agency in which the board operates
,◉ Six (6) hours of the forty (40) required Chiro CE must be in what
specific area?.
Answer: Record Keeping, Documentation, and coding
◉ Two (2) hours of the forty (40) required Chiro CE must be in what
specific area?.
Answer: Ethics and Boundaries
◉ What is the maximum number hours Chiro CE may be obtained
online?.
Answer: no more than ten (10) general hours each biennium may be
attained online
◉ A chiropractor certified in acupuncture shall obtain how many CE
hours each biennium?
What is the breakdown of those hours?.
Answer: Four (4) hours of approved acupuncture CE. (Two (2) of
which in safety and risk mgmt and two (2) in technique, with the
four (4) applied to the forty (40) required each biennium)
◉ A chiropractor may attain five (5) hours of CE in the Risk
Management by attending what?.
, Answer: One (1) full day or eight (8) hours of a board meeting
(which ever is shorter) at which disciplinary hearings are conducted
◉ Volunteer expert witnesses shall receive how many hours of CE in
risk mgmt for each case reviewed?.
Answer: Five (5) hours for each case reviewed up to a max of ten
(10) hours per biennium
◉ For license renewal what two (2) CE courses are required?.
Answer: Initial license requires a minimum of a 3hr HIV/AIDS
course and for license renewal a 2hr course related to the
prevention of medical errors
◉ What are chiros required to attend within their first twelve (12)
months after initial licensure?.
Answer: Attend one (1) full day at a Florida Board of Chiropractic
Medicine meeting at which disciplinary hearings are conducted.
◉ What are the CE requirements during initial licensure period
(prior to first 1st renewal)?.
Answer: Attend one (1) full day of FBCM meeting, six (6) hours of
record keeping, documentation, coding, and two (2) hours of ethics
and boundaries. NO OTHER CE requirements are needed during the
biennium! (The typical 40 hours does not apply in this case)
