1. Notices of Development of Proposed Rules and Negotiated Rulemaking
- Department of Environmental Protection
- Division of Recreation and Parks
- Department of Education
- Department of Economic Opportunity
- Division of Community Development
- Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
2. Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Rule Variance or Waiver
- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Division of Hotels and Restaurants
- Ashley-601, Inc. Petitioner seeks a variance of the requirements of Section 3003.1.6 Florida Building Code unknown edition for doors other than the hoistway door and the elevator car door shall be prohibited at the point of access to an elevator car which poses a significant economic/financial hardship. Any interested person may file comments within 14 days of the publication of this notice with Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013 (VW2014-030).
- Shingle Creek Elementary School (2). Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1, Section 2.4.1.5 and 2.15.9.2, as adopted by 61C-5.001(1), Florida Administrative Code that requires upgrading the elevators with retractable toe guards which poses a significant economic/financial hardship. Any interested person may file comments within 5 days of the publication of this notice with Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013 (VW2014-029).
- John Young Elementary School (1). Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1, Section 2.4.1.5 and 2.15.9.2, as adopted by 61C-5.001(1), Florida Administrative Code that requires upgrading the elevators with retractable toe guards which poses a significant economic/financial hardship. Any interested person may file comments within 5 days of the publication of this notice with Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013 (VW2014-026).
- Shingle Creek Elementary School (1). Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1b, Section 2.20.4, 2.18.5.1 and 8.11.2.1.3(cc)(1) & (3) as adopted by 61C-5.001(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code that requires steel ropes of a minimum diameter of 9.5 mm which poses a significant economic/financial hardship. Any interested person may file comments within 5 days of the publication of this notice with Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013 (VW2014-028).
- John Young Elementary School (2). Petitioner seeks an emergency variance of the requirements of ASME A17.1b, Section 2.20.4, 2.18.5.1 and 8.11.2.1.3(cc)(1) & (3) as adopted by 61C-5.001(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code that requires steel ropes of a minimum diameter of 9.5 mm which poses a significant economic/financial hardship. Any interested person may file comments within 5 days of the publication of this notice with Mark Boutin, Bureau of Elevator Safety, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1013 (VW2014-027).
3. Notices of Meetings, Workshops and Public Hearings
- Other Agencies and Organizations
- Sunshine State One Call of Florida
- Regular quarterly Committee and Board of Directors meetings to which all interested persons are invited to participate.
Operations, Damage Prevention, Legislative Ad-Hoc, Policy Ad-Hoc, Executive Director Salary Ad Hoc and Finance Committee Meetings
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
• Lunch provided at the call center for meeting participants and Sunshine 811 employees beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Board of Directors Meeting
Friday, February 21st, 2014
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Lunch provided at the call center for meeting participants and Sunshine 811 employees beginning at 12 Noon.
; Thursday, February 20, 2014 and Friday, February 21, 2014; 11 Plantation Road, DeBary, Florida 32713
- 11 Plantation Road, DeBary, Florida 32713
- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Board of Veterinary Medicine
- Department of Health
- Department of Education
- Florida Commission on Offender Review
- State Board of Administration
- Florida Prepaid College Board
- All responses to be publicly opened in regards to the Invitation to Negotiate, ITN 14-01, Advertising, Digital Marketing, and Public Relations Services for the Florida Prepaid College Board and Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Foundation.; Friday, February 14, 2014, beginning at 9:00 a.m.; The Hermitage Centre, Everglades Conference Room, 1801 Hermitage Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida, 32308.
- The Hermitage Centre, Everglades Conference Room, 1801 Hermitage Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida, 32308.
- Florida Housing Finance Corporation
- Departmental
- Florida Housing Finance Corporation (the Corporation) was appropriated $10 million in non-recurring grant funds by the 2013 Legislature for housing for Persons with Developmental Disabilities as defined in Section 393.063, F. S. On October 11, 2013, Florida Housing issued a Request for Applications (RFA) to allocate $4 million of the $10 million appropriation for small properties consisting of no more than four (4) Units. Through this RFA, Florida Housing selected to finance 14 small Permanent Supportive Housing developments for persons with developmental disabilities for a total allocation of $2,016,991. The remaining balance ($1,983,009) of the $4 million allocation will be made available, through this RFA, for the same purpose of financing small permanent supportive housing developments consisting of no more than four (4) Units.
The legislation specifies that the Corporation will offer the funding through a competitive grant program to private Non-Profit organizations that have a primary mission which includes serving Persons with Developmental Disabilities. Funding must be used for new construction and renovation of existing housing Units, including Community Residential Homes as defined in Section 419.001, F.S.
; February 14, 2014, 9:00 a.m.; Closing Room A, Suite 6000, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, 227 North Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301-1329. The meeting will be accessible via phone #1-888-339-2688, Participant Code #197 712 66.
- Closing Room A, Suite 6000, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, 227 North Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301-1329. The meeting will be accessible via phone #1-888-339-2688, Participant Code #197 712 66.
4. Notices of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Declaratory Stat
- Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes
- Department of Health
- Board of Nursing
- Leslie Mellin; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement published on July 30, 2013, in Vol. 39, No. 147, of the Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation as to whether the administration of Nitrous Oxide was within the scope of practice for a registered nurse within an outpatient hospital setting. The Board of Nursing considered the Petition at its October 3, 2013 meeting.
The Board's Order filed on November 8, 2013, dismissed the petition as a declaratory statement may not take the place of a rule of general applicability to all licensees.
- Margaret Walsh; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement published on August 20, 2013, in Vol. 39, No. 162, of the Florida Administrative Register. Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation as to whether a CNS may diagnose human responses to actual or potential behavioral health problems, implement therapeutic interventions without entering into a supervisor relationship or a protocol with a physician and not be subject to discipline for acts performed within the scope of practice of her CNS certification. The Board of Nursing considered the Petition at its October 3, 2013 meeting.
The Board's Order filed on November 8, 2013, finds that under the specific facts of the petition, as set forth above, a clinical nurse specialist may assess patients with behavioral health problems, diagnose patients using the ICD-9 codes and DSM 5, and treat patients with psychotherapy without the supervision of a physician.
5. Notice of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding the Validity of R
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Health
6. Notices Regarding Bids, Proposals and Purchasing
7. Miscellaneous
- Department of Environmental Protection
- Department of Economic Opportunity
- Division of Community Development
- Department of Health
- Department of Economic Opportunity
- Division of Community Development
- Department of Health
- Board of Nursing
- Board of Pharmacy
- Board of Medicine