CONTINUNING EDUCATION

Pre-registration to attend future board meetings for Laws and Rules credit
In order to attend a future Board Meeting for CE credit, it will be necessary to pre-register to attend Board meetings for continuing education credit using the form below. We look forward to seeing you at a future meeting. If you have any questions about this process, please contact FBPE CE Coordinator Mr. Sean Benjamin by e-mail at sbenjamin@fbpe.org or by fax at (850) 521-0521. Pre-registration will not be accepted by telephone. Approximately six weeks before each Board Meeting, you will receive confirmation of your registration by mail.

Continuing Education Pre-Registration Form

Continuing Education Providers
(A FBPE amendment to Rule 61G15-22.011 extends exempt societies and federal agencies status expiration date to May 31, 2009.)
Continuing education courses can be taken from any of the providers on the list below. However, please note that for disciplinary cases in which an ethics course is required, the Final Order will contain very specific information on approved Professionalism and Ethics providers.

Please note that as of March 1, 2007, only laws and rules courses approved by the Board will be accepted for credit for renewal of all licenses starting with the 2009 renewal. As specific courses are approved by the Board, those courses will be listed here. Here is a link to our new Laws and Rules Course Approval Application: Laws and Rules Course Approval Application. All Laws and Rules courses taken after March 1, 2007 are only eligible for CE credit in renewal beginning with the 2009 renewal by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers if the Board has approved and provided specific course numbers to those courses.

Area of Practice Provider Listing

Laws and Rules Provider

Continuing Education Provider Application
Laws and Rules Course Approval Application

If you are interested in becoming a Florida Board of Professional Engineers continuing education provider, please fill out a Provider Application and forward it to the Board office.

Continuing Education Provider Laws and Rules Reporting Tool

CE Providers who offer Board Approved Laws & Rules courses must now report the hours directly to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation using the DBPR CE Reporting Tool.  Only FBPE approved Laws and Rules course providers are required to report Laws & Rules Courses directly to the DBPR.  Below is the link to download the reporting tool from the DBPR website and the instruction manual on how to use the reporting tools.  If you have any problems using the reporting tool, please contact Sean Benjamin at sbenjamin@fbpe.org. 

Download the DBPR Reporting Tool
Instructions for using the DBPR Reporting Tool

Continuing Education Area of Practice Reporting Spreadsheet

CE Providers offering Area of Practice Courses must report Area of Practice courses to the Board using the Excel Spreadsheet Format provided below.  You may download the spreadsheet and the instructions needed to submit the course information to the Board as required by 61G15-22.012 FS. 

CE Area of Practice Spreadsheet
Instructions from using the Excel Spreadsheet for reporting

Rules of Decorum
If you plan to attend a Board meeting for continuing education credit, please observe the following rules:

Prompt Arrival: Please arrange to be at the Board Meeting well before it is scheduled to begin. Late arrivals will not be allowed to sign the register of attendance and will not receive CE credit for attendance. No excuses will be tolerated nor will the Board allow an audience during the meeting to discuss such reasons for being tardy. Plan on being there before the meeting begins and you will be assured of receiving credit for your attendance.

Cell Phones: Cell phones are prohibited. If you carry a cell phone to the meeting, then it must be turned off, not just set to "vibrate" mode. If your cell phone rings and disrupts the Board meeting, you will be requested to leave and no continuing education credit will be allowed for your partial attendance.

Audience Conduct during the meeting: No “jeers or cheers." It is imperative that you only observe the proceedings and decline to provide outbursts or other shows of emotion while you are in the meeting. The purpose of the Board meeting is to permit the Board members to conduct official business of the Board. There is a great deal of work that is completed prior to presenting the case to the Board. What you will find, however, is that many important facts are discovered during the hearing process. Audience members are invited to observe only and to avoid actions that distract from the important decision making process that must occur.

The Board welcomes everyone who attends its meetings. Should you decide to attend, we thank you in advance for adhering to these rules. You will be required to sign the register upon arrival and to initial the book at the conclusion of the disciplinary portion of the meeting. The register will be maintained in the Board office for record purposes. No certificates of attendance will be issued.