DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Professional EngineersRULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
61G15-20.100Certificates of AuthorizationNOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 43 No. 106, June 1, 2017 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The changes are in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and discussion and subsequent vote by the board at a public meeting held June 21, 2017. The changes are as follows:
61G15-20.100 Certificates of Authorization.
(1) Pursuant to section 471.023, Florida Statues, the practice or offer to practice engineering or engineering services to the public through a business organization, or by a business organization or other person practicing under a fictitious name, is permitted only if the business organization possesses a Certificate of Authorization issued by the Board. In addition, Certificates of Authorization must be renewed every two (2) years, and each business organization issued a Certificate of Authorization must notify the Board of any change in the name of the business organization or the business organization’s qualifying Professional Engineer within thirty (30) days of such change.
(2) Applications for an initial Certificate of Authorization or notification of the change of name of the business organization or of the qualifying Professional Engineer, shall be made on Form FBPE/030, 04/17, Application for Certificate of Authorization, which is incorporated by reference herein and may be obtained from https://fbpe.org/licensure/application-process/certificate-of-authorization/ or at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref- . All applications must be accompanied by the fee as specified in Rule 61G15-24.001, F.A.C.
(3) Applications for renewal of a Certificate of Authorization shall be made on Form FBPE/031, 06/17, Certificate of Authorization Renewal Application and Instructions, which is incorporated by reference herein and may be obtained from https://fbpe.org/licensure/application-process/certificate-of-authorization/ or at https://www.flrules.org/Gatway/reference.asp?No=Ref- . All renewal applications must be accompanied by the fee as specified in Rule 61G15-24.001, F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority 471.008, 471.011(1), (4) FS. Law Implemented 471.023, 471.011(4) FS. History–New .
The following changes have been made to incorporated form FBPE/031, 04/17:
On page 2 of the instructions block four (4) has been changed to refer to Page 5, stead of Attachment A, for fee schedule.
