The purpose of the amendment is to update the rule.

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Professional Engineers

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61G15-21.001Written Examination Designated; General Requirements

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment is to update the rule.

SUMMARY: To update the rule.

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: 455.217(1) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 455.217(1), 471.015 FS.

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

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Zana Raybon, Executive Director, Board of Professional Engineers, 2639 North Monroe Street, Suite B-112, Tallahassee, FL 32303; [phone].

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

61G15-21.001 Written Examination Designated; General Requirements.

(1) Pursuant to sections 471.013 and 471.015(1), F.S., The Florida Board of Engineers hereby determines that a written an examination shall be given and passed prior to any applicant receiving a license to practice as a professional engineer, or becoming as an engineer intern in the State of Florida, except as provided in subsections Section 471.015(3) and (5), F.S. The examination shall be provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES). The examination consists of two parts, Part I, or the fundamentals examination, and Part II, or the principles and practices examination. After January 1, 2014, the fundamentals examination will be a computer-based examination rather than written.

(a) Part I of the examination provided by NCEES is the Ffundamentals of Engineering examination.

(b) Part II of the examination provided by NCEES for all disciplines other than structural is the Pprinciples and Ppractices of Engineering examination, and is given by discipline. National examination security requirements as set forth by the NCEES shall be followed throughout the administration of the examination.

(c) For Part II of the examination for structural engineering, in lieu of the Principles and Practices of Engineering exmination, an applicant can take the sixteen (16) hour Structural Engineering examination provided by NCEES. either the structural component of the civil engineering exam or can take the separate structural examination which is sixteen (16) hours, consisting of an eight (8) hour vertical forces component and eight (8) hour lateral forces component.

(2) National examination security requirements as established by the NCEES shall be followed throughout the administration of the examination.

(3)(2) Applicants for licensure by examination must be graduates of a Board-approved engineering program as defined in Rule 61G15-20.001(2), F.A.C. Acceptance into the fundamentals examination, either in Florida or elsewhere, does not indicate automatic acceptance for the principles and practice examination, nor does it exempt said applicant from meeting the licensure eligibility criteria set forth in Chapter 471, F.S. and Chapter 61G15, F.A.C.

Rulemaking Authority 455.217(1) FS. Law Implemented 455.217(1), 471.015 FS. History–New 1-8-80, Formerly 21H-21.01, Amended 10-5-92, Formerly 21H-21.001, Amended 11-15-94, 10-14-02, 3-9-04, 2-3-05, 2-2-12, 9-25-13,                            .

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Professional Engineers

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

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: April 12, 2017

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: May 17, 2017