X-Ray Assistant Recertification

 

IMPORTANT UPDATE: As part of the response efforts to the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), Governor Ron DeSantis extended the licensure renewal expiration date until May 31, 2020 for any health care practitioner with licensure renewal deadlines between March 21 and April 30, 2020.
This includes Podiatric Physicians and Podiatric X-Ray Assistants.

Therefore, the current licensure renewal expiration date (March 31, 2020) has now been extended to May 31, 2020.

Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants who are unable to attend the Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Program during the FPMA Science and Management Symposium (SAM) held in the Orlando, Florida area every year in January, or the FPMA Summer Conference, can earn their eight (8) hours of required continuing education contact hours (CECH) for the current biennium (April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2020) by taking the FPMA Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Home Study Recertification course and passing the FPMA Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Home Study Recertification course exam.

Click HERE to access the FPMA Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Home Study Recertification course application form.
 

PLEASE NOTE: Podiatric X-Ray Assistants who are not yet licensed are required to attend the Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Program during one of FPMA's annual conferences prior to the end of the biennium in order to obtain their initial licensure and are not eligible to take the FPMA Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Home Study Recertification course for initial licensure.

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  • A new continuing education requirement for Podiatric Physicians AND Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants in Florida was recently implemented by the Florida Legislature. Podiatric Physicians and Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants must complete a 1-hour board-approved course on Human Trafficking. Completion of this course is required by January 1, 2021. To find out more about this new requirement, click HERE.
    • To access a listing of on-line Human Trafficking courses available to BOTH Podiatric Physicians AND Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants, click HERE.

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Notice to Podiatric X-Ray Assistants
Certified by the Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine

Podiatric X-Ray Assistants are issued a license beginning with a "PXA" prefix by the Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine.

Podiatric X-Ray Assistants are on the same biennial renewal cycle as Podiatric Physicians. During each two year period (biennium), Podiatric X-Ray Assistants must obtain eight (8) hours of CECH, which includes a two-hour mandatory Medical Errors course. Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants may use the Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Home Study Recertification course for two consecutive bienniums. However, during the ensuing biennium (the third biennium), Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants must physically attend the Podiatric X-Ray Assistant program offered at one of FPMA's two annual conferences [Science & Management Symposium (SAM) and the FPMA Summer Conference]. After that, Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants may again take the Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Home Study Recertification Course for two consecutive bienniums followed by a live Podiatric X-Ray Assistant course.

The Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine mails out renewal applications to both Podiatric Physicians and Certified Podiatric X-Ray Assistants during the months of November and December, prior to the end of the biennium. The current biennium is April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2020.

If you do not receive your application for recertification from the Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine, you can:

1. Contact the Licensing Division at (850) 488-0595. Please do not call FPMA. The Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine is the entity that issues this certification; FPMA's role is to provide the course and exam for initial certification (upon passing, names are certified to the Department) and the course for recertification.

2. Go to http://floridaspodiatricmedicine.gov/licensing/ for more information.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Podiatric X-Ray Assistants certified by the Bureau of Radiation Control (Bureau) are NOT included in this category and the Podiatric X-Ray Assistant Home Study Recertification course cannot be used by those X-Ray Assistants to obtain CECH. Also, SAM (which is held during the month of January each year) no longer offers the course for renewal by those assistants certified by the Bureau of Radiation Control. Contact the Bureau at (850) 245-4266 to obtain information regarding continuing education programs that are approved by the Bureau.

Important Information: Statute relating to Initial Licensure and Relicensure in the State of Florida - This statute applies to both Licensed DPMs and Podiatric X-Ray Assistants and those individuals who wish to become licensed in the State of Florida:

Section 456.0635, Florida Statutes

Important Notice for Initial Licensure Applicants and Renewals:

Effective July 1, 2012, Section 456.0635, Florida Statutes, provides that health care boards or the department shall refuse to issue a license, certificate or registration and shall refuse to admit a candidate for examination if the applicant:

  1. Has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a felony under Chapter 409, F.S., (relating to social and economic assistance), Chapter 817, F.S., (relating to fraudulent practices), Chapter 893, F.S., (relating to drug abuse prevention and control) or a similar felony offense(s) in another state or jurisdiction unless the candidate or applicant has successfully completed a drug court program for that felony and provides proof that the plea has been withdrawn or the charges have been dismissed.

    Any such conviction or plea shall exclude the applicant or candidate from licensure, examination, certification, or registration, unless the sentence and any subsequent period of probation for such conviction or plea ended:

    • For the felonies of the first or second degree, more than 15 years from the date of the plea, sentence and completion of any subsequent probation;
    • For the felonies of the third degree, more than 10 years from the date of the plea, sentence and completion of any subsequent probation;
    • For the felonies of the third degree under Section 893.13(6)(a), F.S., more than 5 years from the date of the plea, sentence and completion of any subsequent probation;
  2. Has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a felony under 21 U.S.C. ss. 801-970 (relating to controlled substances) or 42 U.S.C. ss. 1395-1396 (relating to public health, welfare, Medicare and Medicaid issues), unless the sentence and any subsequent period of probation for such conviction or pleas ended more than 15 years prior to the date of the application;
  3. Has been terminated for cause from the Florida Medicaid program pursuant to s. 409.913, F.S., unless the candidate or applicant has been in good standing with the Florida Medicaid program for the most recent 5 years;
  4. Has been terminated for cause, pursuant to the appeals procedures established by the state or from any other state Medicaid program, unless the candidate or applicant has been in good standing with a state Medicaid program for the most recent 5 years and the termination occurred at least 20 years before the date of the application;
  5. Is currently listed on the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General's List of Excluded Individuals and Entities.

NOTE: This section does not apply to candidates or applicants for initial licensure or certification who were enrolled in an educational or training program on or before July 1, 2009, which was recognized by a board or, if there is no board, recognized by the department, and who applied for licensure after July 1, 2012.