Application for Low Income and Military Veterans Fee Waiver, Active Duty Armed Forces Member/Spouse Application for Licensure

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Professional Engineers

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

61G15-20.0018Application for Low Income and Military Veterans Fee Waiver

61G15-20.0019Active Duty Armed Forces Member/Spouse Application for Licensure

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. 44 No. 19, January 29, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The changes are in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and discussion and subsequent vote by the board at a public meeting held April 4, 2018.  The changes are as follows:

61G15-20.0018 Application for Low Income and Military Veterans Fee Waiver.

(1) No change.

(2) Pursuant to section 455.219(7)(a), F.S., the Board shall waive the initial licensing fee for a low-income individual.,Aas 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 2018 federal poverty guidelines, published on January 18, 2018 in 83 Federal Register 2642, are hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/18/2018-00814/annual-update-of-the-hhs-poverty-guidelines.  

(a) Application for waiver of the initial licensing fee by a low-income individual shall be made on Form FBPE/LI 001, 04/18, Application for Low Income Waiver of Initial Licensing Fee, which is incorporated by reference herein and may be obtained from https://fbpe.org/licensure/other forms/low income waiver or at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-             .

(b) All applications for waiver of the initial licensing fee shall be accompanied by proof that the individual’s income is at or below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines.  Proof of income may be established through documentation of enrollment in a state or federal program which requires participants to be at or below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines or by other means, such as submission of Federal Income Tax Returns.

Rulemaking Authority 455.213(12), 455.219(7), 471.008, FS. Law Implemented 455.213(12), 455.219(7), FS. History–New _______.

 

              61G15-20.0019, Active Duty Armed Forces Member/Spouse Application for Licensure.

              (1)  No change. 

              (2)  Application for licensure shall be made on Form FBPE/MVL 003, 04/18, Application for Professional Licensure for Active Duty Armed Forces Members or the Spouse of Active Duty Armed Forces Members, which is incorporated by reference herein and may be obtained from https://fbpe.org/licensure/other forms/active duty member or spouse or at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-    . 

Rulemaking Authority 455.02(3), FS. Law Implemented 455.02(3), FS. History–New______.

 

The following changes were made to the applications:

Form FBPE LI 001, Pages 2 and 3: Section II has been changed to require the applicant submit proof of enrollment in a qualifying federal public assistance program. Application date updated.

Form FBPE MVL003, Page 2: The title as well as the reference to 455.02(3)(a)1., have been corrected. Pages 3-4 and 6-7: The background questions have been deleted.  Application date update.