variance or waiver filed by Gina Paola Jimenez. Petitioner seeks a permanent variance or waiver of rule 61H1-28.0052(1)(b), F.A.C., regarding the timeframes with respect to the CPA Examination, which requires that candidates must pass all four ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Accountancy

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61H1-28.0052Number of Sittings, and Granting of Credit, Release of Grades and Completion of Examination, Transition Rules

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 21, 2020, the Board of Accountancy, received a petition for variance or waiver filed by Gina Paola Jimenez. Petitioner seeks a permanent variance or waiver of paragraph 61H1-28.0052(1)(b), F.A.C., regarding the timeframes with respect to the CPA Examination, which requires that candidates must pass all four sections of the CPA Examination within a rolling eighteen-month period, which begins on the NASBA grade release date for the first test section(s) passed. In the event all four test sections of the CPA Examination are not passed within the rolling eighteen-month period, credit for any test section(s) passed outside the eighteen-month period will expire and that test section(s) must be retaken. Petitioner is also requesting an extension of ten (10) months and nineteen (19) days beyond the eighteen months provided in the rule to retain the passing score on the REG section of the examination, and an extension of four (4) months and twenty (20) days beyond the 18 months provided in the rule to retain the passing score of the BEC section, when she passed the fourth portion of the examination on August 7, 2020. Comments on this petition should be filed with the Board of Accountancy within 14 days of publication of this notice.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Roger Scarborough, Division Director, Board of Accountancy, 240 NW 76th Dr., Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32607, [phone] or by email [e-mail].