Florida CAM continuing education, online and on your site
Florida counts internet and distance education toward the 15 hours a community association manager needs every two years. The rule measures each hour as 50 minutes of student involvement, and the course application asks how you allot that time. We build the platform that measures it and the documents that describe it.
What DBPR requires of an online course
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). Summarized from the rule text, with the citation for each so you can check it yourself.
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Fifteen hours of 50 minutes each
Rule 61E14-4.001, F.A.C.
Managers complete 15 hours per biennial cycle. Each hour is 50 minutes of student involvement in approved classroom, correspondence, interactive, distance education or internet courses.
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A legal update inside the 15
Rule 61E14-4.001, F.A.C.
The 15 hours include a 3 hour legal update, and a licensee cannot get credit for the same legal update twice.
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Extra hours for HOA managers
Rule 61E14-4.001, F.A.C.
Managers of homeowners associations need 5 more HOA hours, 3 of them on recordkeeping.
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What the course application asks for
Rule 61E14-4.003, F.A.C.
Course approval is on forms DBPR furnishes. The application needs learner objectives, how outcomes are evaluated, the time allotted to each activity, and every instructor with an email and phone.
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Certificate at completion
Rule 61E14-4.003, F.A.C.
The participant receives a certificate when the course is completed.
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Report to DBPR on time
s. 455.2178, F.S.
Completions go to DBPR electronically within 30 calendar days, or within 10 business days starting 30 days before a renewal deadline. Late reporting can mean a fine up to $500 per violation.
How the platform is built to it
Your course, on your site, under your name. Every requirement above is a feature, not a promise in the application.
Time measured in 50 minute hours
The platform logs student involvement per activity and only counts an hour when 50 minutes of it are on the record, which is the same breakdown your application states.
Legal update versions that cannot double count
Each legal update is its own version with its own record, so a manager who already took that update is stopped from taking it again for credit.
An HOA track
HOA managers see the extra 5 hours as a separate track, with the 3 recordkeeping hours marked, so they know where they stand.
The application written from the build
Learner objectives, the outcome evaluation method, time per activity and the instructor list come out of the course itself, ready for the DBPR form, plus a reviewer login.
Certificates and reports in one step
Completion issues the certificate and queues the DBPR report on the right deadline, tighter as the renewal date approaches.
The path to DBPR approval
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Build the course with stated learner objectives, an outcome evaluation method and time allotted per activity.
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Submit the course approval application on the DBPR form, with each instructor and their email and phone.
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Launch once DBPR approves, issuing a certificate to each participant at completion.
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Report completions to DBPR within 30 calendar days, or 10 business days near the renewal deadline.
The terms
We are building one right now for a state-approved online school in Virginia, in English and Spanish, on the same terms.
- One flat fee
- Quoted per course before any work starts. No hourly billing and no surprise line items.
- Final payment on approval
- The last payment is due when the regulator approves the course, so the platform has to pass review before it is paid for in full.
- No per-student fees
- You keep what every enrollment pays. Nothing is skimmed per seat, per certificate or per month of traffic.
- You own it
- The platform, the code and the student records are yours outright, on your site and under your brand.
Questions schools ask
Can Florida CAM continuing education be completed online?
Yes. Rule 61E14-4.001 counts approved distance education and internet courses, measuring each hour as 50 minutes of student involvement.
How do online providers prove a 50 minute hour?
By logging student involvement per activity. The approval application already asks for the time allotted to each activity, so the platform records against that same plan.
Can a manager repeat the legal update for credit?
No. The rule bars credit for the same legal update twice, so the platform tracks which update each manager has taken.
When do Florida CAM licenses renew?
CAM licenses expire September 30 of even years. Inside 30 days of that deadline, completions must reach DBPR within 10 business days.
How is the platform paid for?
A flat fee per course, settled in full when DBPR approves the course. No per student fees, and the school owns the platform and code. We are building one right now for a state-approved online school in Virginia, in English and Spanish, on the same terms.
Price your DBPR course
Tell us the course and how you teach it now. You get a flat price back by email, and a list of what the application will ask about the platform.
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Sources
Read from the sources above on October 15, 2026. Rules change, so confirm the current text with DBPR before you apply. This page is not legal advice.