Purpose


The purpose and effect is to conform the rules to Chapter 2023-205, Laws of Florida, to toll the time period for abandoning an application filed with the Office for registration as a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) member dealer, to clarify how applicants for registration as associated persons of investment advisers or federal covered advisers may satisfy exam requirements, to clarify the requirements for written confirmations of transactions and to remove a redundant section concerning a dealer’s net worth, to include a violation of Regulation Best Interest as a prohibited business practice and incorporate it within the books and records requirements, to define “supervised person” for purposes of custody requirements, to incorporate revised forms, to clarify that Rule 69W-600.0133, Florida Administrative Code, concerns “senior-specific professional designations, to correct typos, to specify how an independent certified public accountant is to provide notice to the Office, and to use consistent terms.