of Intent to Deny the Petition for Waiver or Variance filed on February 20, 2014, by State University of New York, College of Optometry. The Notice of Petition for Variance or Waiver was published in Volume 40, No. 40, of February 27, 2014, Florida ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Optometry

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B13-5.002Criteria for Approval

The Board of Optometry hereby gives notice of Intent to Deny the Petition for Waiver or Variance filed on February 20, 2014, by State University of New York, College of Optometry. The Notice of Petition for Variance or Waiver was published in Vol. 40, No. 40, of the February 27, 2014, Florida Administrative Register. The Petitioner, an educational institution , sought a variance or waiver of paragraph 6B13-5.002(3)(c), Florida Administrative Code, which requires that, for a course to be considered transcript quality, it must be approved as transcript quality by the Board prior to the time it is taken.

The Board’s Order, filed on April 3, 2014, denied issuing a variance or waiver because Petition has not demonstrated how the underlying purpose of the statute would be met by other means or how application of the rule would violate principles of fairness.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Anthony Jusevitch, Acting Executive Director, Board of Optometry, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.