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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division of Licensing

Notice of Disposition of Petition for Declaratory Statement

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, on February 16, 2018, entered a consolidated Declaratory Statement in response to two petitions filed on November 22, 2017 by Peter D. Layson, individually, and the other by his employer, Applications Engineering Group Inc. The following is a summary of the consolidated disposition of these petitions.

Notice of both Petitions for Declaratory Statement was published separately on November 30, 2017 in Vol. 43, No. 230 of the Florida Administrative Register. Both petitions seek a declaration from the Department as to whether each is required to be licensed under Chapter 493, Florida Statutes, as a private investigator or private investigative agency, respectively. The petitioners are engaged in the business of conducting scientific fire investigations and provide expert opinions, testimony, and advice related to such technical and scientific findings. The Department declares that the petitioners are not regulated by Chapter 493, and therefore, are not required to be licensed.

A copy of the Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting John Roberts, Government Analyst I, at Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Licensing, P.O. Box 5708, Tallahassee, Florida 32314, at [phone], or at [e-mail].