of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on November 18, 2011, by Shirley St. Amour. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Volume 38, Number 10, of the March 9, 2012, Florida ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
64B4-3.0085: Intern Registration

The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling hereby gives notice of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on November 18, 2011, by Shirley St. Amour. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Vol. 38, No. 10, of the March 9, 2012, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Petitioner was seeking a waiver or variance of subsection 64B4-3.0085(4), F.A.C., entitled, “Intern Registration,” which requires that experience obtained under the supervision of the new qualified supervisor will not count toward completion of the experience requirement until the registered intern has received board approval of their new qualified supervisor. The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting, held February 9, 2012, in Tampa, Florida.

The Board’s Order, filed on April 6, 2011, denied the petition finding that Petitioner had failed to establish that the purpose of the underlying statute would be met by granting a variance or waiver from subsection 64B4-3.0085(4), F.A.C. The Board further finds that Petitioner failed to establish that applying the requirements of the aforementioned Rule to her circumstances would violate principles of fairness and impose substantial hardship.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Sue Foster, Executive Director, Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258.