of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on February 22, 2010, by Twinkal Christie. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Volume 36, Number 12, of the March 19, 2010, Florida ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B3-5.002Supervisor

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 February 22, 2010, by Twinkal Christie. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Volume 36, Number 12, of the March 19, 2010, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Petitioner was seeking a waiver or variance of paragraph 64B3-5.002(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code, entitled, “Supervisor,” which requires for licensure with a specialty in hematology, that the licensee have a bachelor’s degree with 24 semester hours of academic science including 8 semester hours of biological sciences and 8 semester hours of chemical sciences.

The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting held April 9, 2010 in Tampa, Florida. The Board’s Order, filed on April 29, 2010, 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(1)(a), 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.