Vol. 47, No. 71 (04/13/2021)

1. Notices of Development of Proposed Rules and Negotiated Rulemaking

• Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • Division of Agricultural Environmental Services
    • Proposed changes consist primarily of updates to program forms and website URL references compelled by substantive form modifications and the Department’s transition to the FDACS.gov domain. Further proposed changes include ....

2. Proposed Rules

• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Board of Accountancy
    • The Board proposes a rule amendment to remove the continuing professional education (CPE) requirement for license by endorsement applicants.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
• Department of Health
  • Board of Medicine
    • The proposed rule amendment revises the application for licensure, including health history questions, clarifying other questions, and general reformatting.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
  • Board of Podiatric Medicine
    • The proposed rule amendment modifies the examination standards for licensure as a Podiatric Physician in Florida.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
    • The proposed rule eliminates the cap on the number of credit hours that a licensed podiatric physician may receive for continuing education hours obtained through home study continuing education programs for the current ....
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
  • Board of Osteopathic Medicine
    • The proposed rule amendment revises the application for licensure, including health history questions, clarifying other questions, and general reformatting.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
  • Board of Medicine
    • The proposed rule amendment is intended to clarify and modify the application form and the supervision data form.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
  • Board of Osteopathic Medicine
    • The Board proposed rule amendment is intended to clarify and modify the application form and the supervision data form.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
    • The proposed rule amendment is intended to clarify standards for continuing medical education.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
  • Board of Chiropractic Medicine
    • The purpose of the amendment is to incorporate the revised application in the rule and update the title to be consistent with the rule.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
  • Board of Podiatric Medicine
    • The proposed rule amendment modifies the examination standards for licensure as a Podiatric Physician in Florida.
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021
• Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Marine Fisheries
    • The purpose of these rule amendments is to align the Tortugas Shrimp Beds boundary with physical references and provide clarification to the description of the boundary line as found in 68B-31.016, Florida Administrative ....
      • Due of Comment: 5/4/2021

3. Notices of Changes, Corrections and Withdrawals

• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board
    • Application for Provisional and/or Standard Certification
• Department of Financial Services
  • OIR – Insurance Regulation
    • Filing Surety Bond in Lieu of Net Worth, Other Reports and Corrective Action Plans, Forms Incorporated by Reference, Premium Financing of Products Not Regulated by the Insurance Code and Related Unfair ....
    • Financial Requirements, Application for and Issuance of License
    • Financial Requirements Regarding the Funded, Unearned Premium Reserve Account, General Eligibility Requirements, Annual Statement
    • Financial Requirements Regarding the Unearned Premium Reserve Liability Account and the Deposit or Bond, General Eligibility Requirements, Annual Statement and Quarterly Reports

4. Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Rule Variance or Waiver

• Department of Corrections
  • Departmental
    • variance or waiver. Petitioner seeks a waiver of rule 33-601.602, which makes him ineligible for a community release program due to his conviction for murder.
• Department of Education
  • Commission for Independent Education
    • variance from subsection 6E-2.004(6), F.A.C., Standards and Procedures for Licensure - Finances, from Nicolas G. Hayek Watchmaking School. The petition requests a variance or waiver exempting the school from certain requirements ....
• Department of Health
  • Board of Optometry
    • variance or waiver filed by Gabriella Finger. Petitioner is seeking a variance or waiver of Rule 64B13-4.001(1)(d)2. and 3., F.A.C., which states in part that the licensure examination authorized in section 463.006(2), F.S., ....