Florida Physical Therapy Jurisprudence Practice Exam

A licensee who has maximized their continuing education as a clinical instructor has how many additional hours left for renewal?

1. 16

2. 18

3. 20

4. 22

The correct answer is: 18

A licensee in Florida is generally required to complete a total of 24 hours of continuing education for license renewal. Among these, a portion of the required hours can be fulfilled by specific roles, such as being a clinical instructor. If a licensee has maximized their continuing education specifically as a clinical instructor, they would have already accounted for a significant portion of the required hours. Under Florida law, the hours spent in clinical instruction can be capped, which means that once a licensee reaches this cap, the remaining hours required for renewal would be those that have not been covered by this role. Given the total requirement of 24 hours for renewal, if the clinical instruction fills a certain allocated portion (in this case potentially 6 hours), the calculation for additional hours left would be 24 total hours minus the hours obtained through clinical instruction. When calculating the additional hours remaining, if the licensee has accounted for 6 hours through clinical instruction, that would leave them with 18 hours left to fulfill through other eligible continuing education activities. This makes the option indicating 18 the correct choice in this scenario.