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, and updated with a notice of change published in Vol. 45, No. 50, March 13, 2019, issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
Summaries of Substantive Changes to Amended Forms DBPR MVL 003 and LI 001 are as follows:
61-35.029(2) – Amended Form DBPR MVL 003:
The Effective Date of the Form was changed from “January 2018” to “April 2019” to reflect amended changes in the Form.
Page 7, “Section III(a) Background Questions”: Background questions numbers 2 through 4 have been removed, as well as any reference to same contained within the “instructions” section of this form, to reflect the licensure requirements as set forth in Section 455.02(3)(a), Florida Statutes.
Page 8, “Section III(b) and (c) Explanations(s) for Background Questions”: Reference to background questions numbers 2 through 4 have been removed, as well as any reference to same contained within the “instructions” section of this form, to reflect the licensure requirements as set forth in Section 455.02(3)(a), Florida Statutes.
61-35.029(3) – Amended Form DBPR LI 001:
The Effective Date of the Form was changed from “January 2018” to “April 2019” to reflect amended changes in the Form.
Page 1, “Instructions, Section II – Fee Waiver Requirement”: Reference to the low-income calculator and/or matrix has been removed.
Page 2, “Section II – Fee Waiver Requirement”: Pursuant to Section 455.219(7)(a), Florida Statutes, “…the term ‘low-income individual’ means…proof of which may be shown through enrollment in a state or federal public assistance program that requires participants to be at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines to qualify.” Therefore, the form has been updated to include an Option B which allows applicants to attest to their enrollment in such a public assistance program.
61-35.029 DBPR Departmental Forms.
The following forms can be obtained at www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr or by contacting the Department of Buisness and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0790, (850)487-1395:
(1) through (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-XXXX. 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 XXXXXXXX, incorporated herein by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-XXXX.
(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 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 __________.
