Variance or Waiver, filed by Louis M. Kneip. The Petitioner seeks the Variance or Waiver from Rule 61G15-20.0015(5), F.A.C., with respect to the requirement that each applicant for a Florida engineers license must demonstrate that the applicant ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Professional Engineers

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61G15-20.0015Application for Licensure by Endorsement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 9, 2014, the Board of Professional Engineers received a petition for Variance or Waiver, filed by Louis M. Kneip. The Petitioner seeks the Variance or Waiver from subsection 61G15-20.0015(5), F.A.C., with respect to the requirement that each applicant for a Florida engineers license must demonstrate that the applicant meets the current criteria listed in Section 471.013, F.S., and the requirement that an applicant for licensure by endorsement who has an engineering equivalency to an EAC/ABET accredited has demonstrated substantial equivalency to an EAC/ABET accredited engineering program, as required by Rule 61G15-20.007, F.A.C., when such applicant has held a valid professional engineer’s license in another state for 15 years and has had 20 years of continuous professional-level engineering experience.

The Board will address this Petition at its next meeting.

Comments on this petition should be filed with the Board of Professional Engineers, 2639 North Monroe Street, Suite B-112, Tallahassee, FL 32303, within 14 days of publication of this notice.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Zana Raybon, Executive Director, Board of Professional Engineers, at the above address or telephone: [phone].