FLORIDA LAWS AND RULES CHIROPRACTIC
BOARD EXAM COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What type of maintained malpractice coverage must a licensee
applying for reactivation show coverage (unless granted an
exemption by the board/dept)?
Answer: Tail coverage (which provided liability coverage as of the
initial date of state licensure and incidents occurring before the date
the license became inactive)
◉ Medical Malpractice is known as what in the state of Florida?
Answer: Financial Responsibility
◉ What amount of financial responsibility is a health care
practitioner required to carry?
Answer: An amount sufficient to cover claims that arise out of
rendering or failure to render professional care and services
◉ Who must maintain financial responsibility in the state of Florida?
Answer: Actively licensed chiropractors among other health care
professionals (not Certified CA's or Registered CA's)
,◉ How often must a licensee complete a 2hr CE course on domestic
violence?
Answer: Every 3rd biennial relicensure or recertification
◉ When must a health care provider complete at least 3 hr CE
course on HIV/AIDS as part of the biennial relicensure or
recertification?
Answer: No later than the 1st (first) renewal
◉ What CE requirements does a licensee need to meet if their
license becomes inactive or retired?
Answer: They must meet the same CE requirements as an active
licensee for ALL biennial licensure periods in which the license was
inactive/delinquent or retired.
◉ 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
BOARD EXAM COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ What type of maintained malpractice coverage must a licensee
applying for reactivation show coverage (unless granted an
exemption by the board/dept)?
Answer: Tail coverage (which provided liability coverage as of the
initial date of state licensure and incidents occurring before the date
the license became inactive)
◉ Medical Malpractice is known as what in the state of Florida?
Answer: Financial Responsibility
◉ What amount of financial responsibility is a health care
practitioner required to carry?
Answer: An amount sufficient to cover claims that arise out of
rendering or failure to render professional care and services
◉ Who must maintain financial responsibility in the state of Florida?
Answer: Actively licensed chiropractors among other health care
professionals (not Certified CA's or Registered CA's)
,◉ How often must a licensee complete a 2hr CE course on domestic
violence?
Answer: Every 3rd biennial relicensure or recertification
◉ When must a health care provider complete at least 3 hr CE
course on HIV/AIDS as part of the biennial relicensure or
recertification?
Answer: No later than the 1st (first) renewal
◉ What CE requirements does a licensee need to meet if their
license becomes inactive or retired?
Answer: They must meet the same CE requirements as an active
licensee for ALL biennial licensure periods in which the license was
inactive/delinquent or retired.
◉ 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
