The Board proposes the rule amendment to revise the requirements of the one year of work experience required for licensure.

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Accountancy

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
61H1-27.0041: One Year of Work Experience

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to revise the requirements of the one year of work experience required for licensure.

SUMMARY: The requirements of the one year of work experience will be revised.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: During discussion of the economic impact of this rule at its Board meeting, the Board, based upon the expertise and experience of its members, determined that a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs (SERC) was not necessary and that the rule will not require ratification by the Legislature. No person or interested party submitted additional information regarding the economic impact at that time.

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.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 473.304(1), 473.308(4) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 473.308(4) FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAW.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Veloria A. Kelly, Division Director, Board of Accountancy, 240 N.W. 76th Drive, Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32607

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

61H1-27.0041 One Year of Work Experience.

With the exception of an applicant who completes the requirements of Section 473.308(3), F.S., on or before December 31, 2008, and who passes the licensure examination on or before June 30, 2010, an applicant must document one year of work experience as follows:

(1) Definitions. Within the context of this rule, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Applicant.” An applicant is a person who has met Florida’s educational requirements for licensure and intends from the outset of the supervised experience to meet the supervised experience requirement for licensure.

(b) “Supervised” and “supervision” the subjection of the applicant, during employment, to oversight, guidance and evaluation by a supervisor who had the right to control and direct the applicant as to the result to be accomplished by the work and also as to the means by which the result was to be accomplished.

(1)(c) “Supervisor Verifying Certified Public Accountant.” A verifying certified public accountant supervisor is either a licensed certified public accountant in good standing with any regulating body or a chartered accountant recognized by the International Qualifications Appraisal Board (IQAB), both during the applicant’s one year of work experience and at the time of verification.

(2) One year of work experience shall be held and understood to mean the provision of any type of service or advice involving the use of accounting, attest, compilation, management advisory, financial advisory, tax, or consulting skills rendition of services such as are customarily performed by full-time, regularly employed staff employees of a certified public accountant during the normal workweek as verified required by the verifying employing certified public accountant, commencing after the completion of 120 semester or 160 quarter hours from an accredited college or university with a concentration in accounting and business courses or after the applicant has passed the licensure examination in another state or territory of the United States and has either been licensed as a certified public accountant or has met licensing requirements for that state or territory the educational requirements set forth in subsection 61H1-27.002(3), F.A.C. The experience must either average at least twenty (20) hours a week over no more than one hundred and four (104) weeks or average no more than forty (40) hours a week over no more than fifty-two (52) weeks. Reasonable vacation time and sick leave or other required absences may be permitted. The verifying certified public accountant supervisor, in her or his report to the Department, shall verify certify that the applicant rendered such services as are customarily performed by full-time, regularly employed staff employees for a minimum of 2,000 hours gained over a period of not less than fifty-two (52) or more than one hundred and four (104) weeks. The sequence of the experience is considered immaterial, that is, whether the experience was secured before or after taking the examination, or partly before the examination and partly after the examination, provided the two periods combined equal at least one year.

(3) No change.

(4) Documentation of the one year of work experience shall be made using the Verification Certification of Work Experience form (DBPR Form CPA 32/Revised 07/01/2012 10/09), which is hereby incorporated by reference, a copy of which may be obtained from the Board office located at 240 N. W. 76th Drive, Suite A, Gainesville, FL 32607-6655.

 

Rulemaking Authority 473.304(1), 473.308(4) FS. Law Implemented 473.308(4) FS. History–New 3-3-09, Amended 5-3-10,_________.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Accountancy

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Accountancy

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: June 7, 2012

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: June 29, 2012