Summary


The proposed amendment to this rule will allow the online provision of the Temporary Certificate Examination by private vendors and will provide guidance to those vendors for provision of the online examination, including: requiring that the vendor not provide any assistance during administration of the examination nor allow another person to do so; requiring that any vendor administering the Temporary Certificate Examination must also administer a Commission-approved boater education course that meets the minimum instruction requirement established by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators; requiring the use of specified question banks in administering the online Temporary Certificate Examination; clarifying the acceptable passing score for the online Temporary Certificate Examination; providing that private vendors shall provide to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the information necessary for the issuance of the Temporary Certificate within 24 hours after an examinee passes the examination; providing for the issuance by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission of the Temporary Certificate to the successful examinee; and providing for an exemption from s. 327.391(1), F.S., during the time between when the examinee passes the examination and is issued the Temporary Certificate.