1. (1) Assessor Credentials. The provider must hire or contract with assessors who meet the following educational, experiential, and training requirements, and must maintain the necessary documentation to demonstrate compliance with these requirements:

   1. (a) Licensed or eligible for license under Chapter 490, 491, or 397, F.S., and two years of supervised psychosocial assessment clinical experience. Individuals with a minimum of three years of experience conducting assessments for batterers’ intervention programs prior to the promulgation of this rule are exempt from this requirement.
   2. (b) Completion of 30 hours of domestic violence training to include at a minimum, domestic violence tactics, risk indicators to homicide, culturally-informed practices, batterers as parents, the relationship of substance abuse in domestic violence, victim blaming, survivor-focused/trauma-informed services, participation in coordinated community response efforts, and court attendance during domestic violence cases.

2. (2) Assessor Continuing Education Training.

   1. (a) Each assessor shall complete a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education annually. The training must contribute to the advancement, extension, or enhancement of the assessor’s skills and knowledge related to the assessment of a batterer. Training shall comply with the program curriculum as required in Rule 65H-2.017, F.A.C., and include information in any of the following areas as they pertain to intimate partner violence:

      1. Current law,

      2. Evaluation and intervention with families,

      3. Victimization,

      4. Effects on children,

      5. Dating violence,

      6. Intervention and prevention,

      7. Substance abuse, and

      8. The power and control model.

   2. (b) Documentation for all continuing education training must be updated and maintained in the assessor’s personnel file.

Rulemaking Authority 741.327 FS. Law Implemented 741.32, 741.325, 741.327 FS. History‒New 9-4-22.