Vol. 39, No. 185 (09/23/2013)

1. Notices of Development of Proposed Rules and Negotiated Rulemaking

• Department of Health
  • Division of Disease Control
    • Revise rule to comply with updated statutes and streamline the rule.
• Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Departmental
    • This rulemaking will allow the Commission to grant exemptions to recreational licensure requirements for military personnel or disabled veterans pursuant to 379.353(2)(q), F.S.
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
    • The purpose and effect of the proposed rules will be to implement Florida Statutes pertaining to the control, supervision, and direction of parties conducting, and operating horse racetracks and horse races held in this state.
    • The purpose and effect of the proposed rules will be to implement Florida Statutes pertaining to the control, supervision, and direction of parties conducting, and operating racetracks and races held in this state, and the use of medication or drugs ...

2. Proposed Rules

• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
    • The purpose and effect of the proposed rule is to clarify language used in regulating interstate and intertrack broadcasts.
      • Due of Comment: 10/14/2013

3. Notices of Changes, Corrections and Withdrawals

• Department of Education
  • State Board of Education
    • Industry Certification Process.
    • Comparative and Concordant Scores for the Statewide Assessment Program
    • District Financial Records
    • Requirements for Programs and Courses Which are Funded Through the Florida Education Finance Program and for Which the Student May Earn Credit Toward High School Graduation
    • Maintenance of Test Security

4. Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Rule Variance or Waiver

• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Division of Hotels and Restaurants
    • Shell Point Village Crystal Kitchen (3). Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1, Section 2.10.2.1 and 2.4.6.2(c), as adopted by 61C-5.001(1), Florida Administrative Code- they are requesting to install a folding ...
    • Shell Point village Crystal Kitchen (1). Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1b, Section 2.20.4, 2.18.5.1 and 8.11.2.1.3(cc)(1) & (3) as adopted by 61C-5.001(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code that requires steel ...
    • Shell Point Village Crystal Kitchen (2). Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1, Section 2.4.1.9 and 2.15.9.2, as adopted by 61C-5.001(1), Florida Administrative Code- they are requesting to install a retracting ...
    • Pinellas County-Real Estate Management. Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1, Section 2.27.8, as adopted by 61C-5.001(1), Florida Administrative Code –they are requesting to install fire service switch keys which ...
    • On September 18, 2013, the Department received a letter withdrawing the Petition for variance from Sarasota Alliance Church, filed June 25, 2013, and advertised on July 1, 2013 in Vol. 39, No. 127, of the Florida Administrative Register. The ...
  • Construction Industry Licensing Board
    • variance or waiver, filed by Nilo A. Hernandez. The Petitioner appears to be seeking a permanent variance or waiver of Rule 61G4-15.030, F.A.C., to grandfather his County Roofing Certificate or license into a Certified Roofing License. Comments on ...
• Department of Law Enforcement
  • Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission
    • a temporary waiver of Rule 11B-27.002(4), F.A.C., by Ismael Cartagena, Jr. Petitioner wishes to waive that portion of the rule which requires an officer to obtain employment within four years of beginning basic recruit training. The Petitioner ...
    • a permanent waiver of Rule 11B-35.0011(1)(h), F.A.C., from the Florida Keys Community College on behalf of Jorge Prince. The Petitioner wishes to waive that portion of the rule that states a Basic Abilities Test (BAT) score is only good for four ...
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Board of Accountancy
    • Leonardo Camero, seeking a variance or waiver of Rule 61H1-28.0052(1)(b), Florida Administrative Code, that requires candidates to pass all four test sections of the CPA Examination within a rolling eighteen-month period, which begins on the NASBA ...
    • Daniel F. Suarez, seeking a variance or waiver of Rule 61H1-28.0052(1)(b), Florida Administrative Code, that requires candidates to pass all four test sections of the CPA Examination within a rolling eighteen-month period, which begins on the NASBA ...

5. Notices of Meetings, Workshops and Public Hearings

• Department of Health
  • Board of Pharmacy
    • The Board of Pharmacy website: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/pharmacy/ph_meeting.html under "Agendas and Notices" 7 days prior to the meeting date. You may also contact: the Board of Pharmacy 850-245-4292.; Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. and ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Wyndham Bay Point Resort, 4114 Jan Cooley Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, 850-236-6000
• Executive Office of the Governor
  • Departmental
    • Regular scheduled meeting of the Governor and Cabinet to act on all executive branch matters provided by law and to act on any agendas submitted for their consideration. The Governor and Cabinet will proceed through each agenda, item by item. The ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Cabinet Meeting Room, Lower Level, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida
• Department of Health
  • Division of Emergency Preparedness and Community Support
    • This is the monthly Quality Improvement Committee Conference Call. These calls consist of subject matter specific material and updates from the Office of Trauma pertaining to the Quality Improvement Process. The material(s) discussed during this ...
      • Hearing Meeting: 1-888-670-3525, Passcode: 693 993 0618; This meeting is also available via WebEx, details are listed at www.fl-traumasystem.com
    • This is a monthly conference calls with the Trauma Centers' Trauma Program Managers to continue an ongoing line of communication and sharing of information about Florida Trauma System Issues between the Trauma Program Managers and the Trauma Program....
      • Hearing Meeting: 1-888-670-3525, Passcode: 693 993 0618; This meeting is also available via WebEx, details are listed at www.fl-traumasystem.com
• Regional Planning Councils
  • Central Florida Regional Planning Council
    • Regular monthly meeting of the Council and/or its executive committee.; October 9, 2013, 9:30 a.m.; Sebring Airport Authority Board Room 128 Authority Lane Sebring, FL 33870
      • Hearing Meeting: Sebring Airport Authority Board Room 128 Authority Lane Sebring, FL 33870
• Other Agencies and Organizations
  • Florida Local Government Finance Commission
    • The meeting of the Commission will be for the purposes of reviewing the statewide pooled commercial paper loan program for Florida governmental entities. The Commission is an unincorporated, nonprofit association whose members are comprised of ...
      • Hearing Meeting: 2502 Rocky Point Drive, Suite 1060 Tampa, Florida 33607
  • Parsons Brinckerhoff
    • RTS Open House Meetings. The City of Gainesville Regional Transit System (RTS) announces an open house/ public meeting to which all persons are invited. The RTS is conducting a Comprehensive Operations Analysis (COA) of its transit route network in ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Historic Gainesville Depot 203 SE Depot Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
• Department of Children and Families
  • Office on Homelessness
    • The Council will continue to develop its recommended policy proposals to reduce homelessness for inclusion in the Council’s 2014 Report to the Legislature. ; Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:00 am. - 1:00 p.m.; Orlando City Hall 400 South Orange ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Orlando City Hall 400 South Orange Avenue Veterans' Conference Room Second Floor Orlando, FL 32801 The meeting can also be accessed by conference call at 1-888-670-3525, conference code 9798513235
• Other Agencies and Organizations
  • Northwood Shared Resource Center
    • Approval of Minutes, Discussions - Solar Winds Timeline Update, NSRC Linux Study, NSRC Standard Server Naming Convention, SQL and Oracle Upgrade Strategic Plan, SOP Status Report and Production Systems Issues/Updates.; October 3, 2013, 1:30 p.m. - ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Northwood Shared Resource Center, 1940 N. Monroe Street, CR 2020, Tallahassee, Florida 32399
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board
    • Official business of the Appraisal Board - topics include, but are not limited to, proposed legislation affecting Chapter 475, Part II, F.S., Chapter 61J1, F.A.C. rule amendments, budget discussions, education issues, petitions for declaratory ...
      • Hearing Meeting: 400 W. Robinson St., North Tower, Suite N901, Orlando, FL 32801
  • Florida Real Estate Commission
    • The Probable Cause Panel will meet to conduct a private meeting to review cases to determine probable cause and to conduct a public meeting to review cases where probable cause was previously found. All or part of this meeting may be conducted as a ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Zora Neale Hurston Building, North Tower, Suite N901, 400 West Robinson Street, Orlando, Florida 32801.
• Agency for Health Care Administration
  • Medicaid
    • The Agency is scheduling a workshop in Tallahassee, FL for the purpose of discussing the Florida Medicaid Certified School Match Coverage and Limitations Handbook. The Agency is proposing additional changes to the handbook as follows: reduction in ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room D, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407.
• Department of Health
  • Division of Health Access and Tobacco
    • This is a meeting of an Advisory Council required by Florida Statute 381.84. The council meets four times per year to provide advice to the Department of Health relating to the Comprehensive Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program. The meetings ...
      • Hearing Meeting: by telephone: 1-888-670-3525; conference code 7002650509
    • This is a meeting of an Advisory Council required by Florida Statute 381.84. The council meets four times per year to provide advice to the Department of Health relating to the Comprehensive Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program. The meetings ...
      • Hearing Meeting: 4052 Bald Cypress Way, 3rd Floor, Room 301, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 or by telephone, 1-888-670-3525, conference code: 7002650509
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Board of Veterinary Medicine
    • Probable Cause Panel Meeting, portions which are closed to the public. Agenda available on request.; October 23, 2013, 9:00 a.m.; Access Phone: (888) 670-3525, conference code 6493057517
      • Hearing Meeting: Access Phone: (888) 670-3525, conference code 6493057517
• Department of Children and Families
  • Office on Homelessness
    • These conference calls will address the committees’ continued development of policy recommendations and work tasks to address the Council’s Annual Report on recommendations to end homelessness in Florida. ; Executive DATE: Monday, October 7, ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Conference Call 1-888-670-3525, Code: 9798513235, then #
• Department of Environmental Protection
  • Departmental
    • The Orange Creek Basin Working Group will hold a meeting on October 1 in Gainesville at Gainesville Regional Utilities Main Office. This meeting is open to the public. The Orange Creek Basin Working Group was formed to provide a forum for ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Gainesville Regional Utilities, Multi-purpose Room, 301 SE 4th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
    • The Upper Ocklawaha Basin Working Group will hold a meeting on October 2 in Leesburg at the Leesburg Community Building. This meeting is open to the public. The Upper Ocklawaha Basin Working Group was formed to provide a forum for stakeholders to ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Leesburg Community Building, Main Room, 109 East Dixie Avenue, Leesburg, FL 34748
• Department of Health
  • Board of Nursing
    • For cases previously heard by the panel.; October 9, 2013 at 10:30am; Department of Health, Tallahassee at Meet Me Number (888) 670-3525 code 6126445695.
      • Hearing Meeting: Department of Health, Tallahassee at Meet Me Number (888) 670-3525 code 6126445695.
• Agency for State Technology
  • Departmental
    • Approval of Minutes, Discussions - Solar Winds Timeline Update, NSRC Linux Study, NSRC Standard Server Naming Convention, SQL and Oracle Upgrade Strategic Plan, SOP Status Report and Production Systems Issues/Updates.; October 3, 2013, 1:30 p.m. - ...
      • Hearing Meeting: Northwood Shared Resource Center, 1940 N. Monroe Street, CR 2020, Tallahassee, Florida 32399

6. Notices of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Declaratory Stat

• Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Construction Industry Licensing Board
    • Pete Dospel; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Volume 39, No. 144, of the July 25, 2013, Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner was seeking the Board’s interpretation of Section 489.113(3)(c), Florida Statutes, ...
  • Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes
    • Telese B. McKay, Esq., In Re: Windward Bay, Inc., Docket No. 2013029787,; The Division declined to issue a Declaratory Statement because a dispute regarding an ambiguous provision of the association’s governing documents may not be resolved in a ...
  • Construction Industry Licensing Board
    • Amramp of North and Central Florida, on September 9, 2013.; The Petitioner seeks a declaratory statement on Section 489.103, Florida Statutes, confirming that their wheelchair ramp system is exempt from the requirements of Chapter 489, Florida ...
    • Florida Power & Light Company ("FPL"); The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Volume 39, No. 130, of the July 5, 2013, Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner was seeking the Board’s interpretation of Section 489.113, ...

7. Notices Regarding Bids, Proposals and Purchasing

• Department of Education
  • University of South Florida
    • Department of Education, University of South Florida
• Department of Military Affairs
  • Departmental
    • Department of Military Affairs, Departmental