Currently an injured applicant must request a rule waiver in order to obtain a refund of the $100 examination fee. This change will refund the injured applicant’s $100 examination fee without the need to go through the rule waiver process.

 

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
11B-30.007: Application for the State Officer Certification Examination and Notification Process
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Currently an injured applicant must request a rule waiver in order to obtain a refund of the $100 examination fee. This change will refund the injured applicant’s $100 examination fee without the need to go through the rule waiver process.
SUMMARY: To allow an applicant to reschedule the State Officer Certification Examination if injured in a basic recruit training program and the injury prevents the applicant from taking the scheduled examination.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 943.03(4), 943.12(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 943.12(17), 943.1397(3) FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW(IF NOT REQUESTED, THIS HEARING WILL NOT BE HELD):
DATE AND TIME: July 21, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Donna Hunt at [phone] or [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Donna Hunt at [phone] or [e-mail].

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

11B-30.007 Application for the State Officer Certification Examination and Notification Process.

(1) No change.

(2) through (5) No change.

(6) An applicant who has been scheduled to take the SOCE and is unable to take the certification examination on the date scheduled, shall be given the opportunity to submit a request to reschedule the SOCE within sixty days of the missed examination date. Rescheduling shall be subject to all requirements for eligibility, pursuant to Rule 11B-30.006, F.A.C. An additional application fee shall not be charged. Rescheduling of the SOCE, pursuant to this rule section, does not constitute a re-examination, pursuant to Section 943.1397, F.S. The following conditions shall be documented in the applicant’s request to reschedule the SOCE date:

(a) through (e) No change.

(f) Injury During Training. An applicant shall be permitted to reschedule an SOCE if the applicant is injured while in an academy and the injury prevents the applicant from completing the basic recruit training program prior to the scheduled SOCE examination date. The applicant’s injury must occur as a result of participating in activities required in a basic recruit training program. Documentation of the applicant’s injury and how the injury occurred shall be submitted to Commission staff on training school letterhead and signed by the training center director.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 943.03(4), 943.12(1) FS. Law Implemented 943.12(17), 943.1397(3) FS. History–New 1-10-94, Amended 1-2-97, 7-7-99, 7-29-01, 11-5-02, 11-30-04, 3-21-07, 6-9-08,________.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Donna Hunt at [phone] or [e-mail]

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: The Cabinet

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: June 9, 2009

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: April 17, 2009