Licensure Examination Subjects and Passing Score; Additional Requirements After Third Failure; Florida Jurisprudence Examination

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Physical Therapy Practice

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B17-4.002: Licensure Examination Subjects and Passing Score; Additional Requirements After Third Failure; Florida Jurisprudence Examination

NOTICE OF CORRECTION

Notice is hereby given that the following correction has been made to the proposed rule in Vol. 36 No. 12, March 26, 2010 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The Summary of the rule shall read as follows:

SUMMARY: The rule amendment changes the name of the Florida Jurisprudence Examination and places a time limit on valid scores.

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking summarized a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC). The language concerning the SERC should have read: A Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost has been prepared and is available by contacting Allen Hall, Executive Director, at the address listed below. The following is a Summary of the Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs:

●         Over a five year period, an estimate of approximately 6,510 applications could be received.

●         Applicants who reapply for licensure that passed the examination more than five (5) years prior to reapplying will be required to pay $100 for the exam.

●         Small businesses, small counties or small cities will not be affected by the proposed change.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding the statement of estimated costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

This correction does not affect the substance of the rule as it appeared in the Florida Administrative Weekly as outlined above.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE ABOVE CORRECTION IS: Allen Hall, Executive Director, Board of Physical Therapy Practice, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255