of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on October 26, 2010, by Victoria S. Curtis. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Volume 36, Number 51, of the December 23, 2010, ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B3-5.003Technologist

The Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel hereby gives notice:

of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on October 26, 2010, by Victoria S. Curtis. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Volume 36, Number 51, of the December 23, 2010, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Petitioner was seeking a waiver or variance paragraph 64B3-5.003(3)(a) Option 2 and 3, Florida Administrative Code, entitled, “Technologist,” which sets forth the requirements for a specialty licensure as a technologist in microbiology, serology/immunology, clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, and molecular pathology.

The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting held December 3, 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida. The Board’s Order, filed on January 10, 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 paragraph 64B3-5.002(3)(a) Option 1a, 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: Anthony B. Spivey, Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.