DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
61-35.029DBPR Departmental Forms
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 43 No. 236, December 8, 2017 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
61-35.029 DBPR Departmental Forms.
The following forms can be obtained at www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/ or by contacting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0790, (850)487-1395:
(1) Any veteran returning from service after an honorable discharge, or the spouse of a veteran at time of honorable discharge, wishing to obtain a waiver of fees as set forth in s. 455.213(12), F.S., any person who is or was an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who is a spouse or surviving spouse of such member, wishing to obtain a waiver of licensing fees as set forth in s. 455.219(7), F.S., or any military veteran requesting recognition of prior service for purposes of licensure pursuant to ss. 489.1131 or 489.5161, F.S., shall submit, along with their application for licensure, a completed Form DBPR MVL 002, Military Member/Veteran/Spouse Fee Waiver and Military Service Verification, effective________, incorporated herein by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-_______.
(2) No change.
(3) Pursuant to s. 455.219(7)(a), F.S., the department, or a board thereunder, shall waive the initial licensing fee for a low-income individual. As defined in that section, a “low-income individual” is a person whose household income, before taxes, is at or below one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the federal poverty guidelines prescribed for the family’s household size by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The 2019 federal poverty guidelines, published on February 1, 2019 in 84 Federal Register 1167, are hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/01/2019-00621/annual-update-of-the-hhs-poverty-guidelines or at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-____.
(a) Any person claiming waiver of an initial professional licensing fee based upon low-income status pursuant to s. 455.219(7)(a), F.S., shall submit, along with their application for licensure, a completed Form DBPR LI 001, Application for Low Income Waiver of Licensing Fee, effective______, incorporated herein by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-_____.
(4) Any person desiring to place his or her license in a voluntary null and void status shall submit a completed Form DBPR NV 1, Placement of a License to Voluntary Null and Void Status, effective XXXXXXXX, incorporated herein by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-XXXX.
Rulemaking Authority 20.05, 20.165(8), 455.203(5), 455.213(1), 455.2035 FS. Law Implemented 455.02, 455.213, 455.219, 559.79, 489.1131, 489.5161 FS. History–New __________.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Mandie Ackermann, Rules Coordinator, Division of Professions, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0760, (850)717-1496.
