15477143, 5J-17.001 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 15477143

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division:

Division of Consumer Services

Chapter:

PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS AND MAPPERS

Overview

RULE:

5J-17.001	Probable Cause Panel
5J-17.010	Grounds for Discipline
5J-17.032	Content of Examination
5J-17.040	Continuing Education Requirements for Reactivation of Inactive License
5J-17.041	Continuing Education Credit for Biennial Renewal
5J-17.044	Obligations of Continuing Education Providers
5J-17.048	Reinstatement of Null and Void License
5J-17.050	Definitions
5J-17.051	Standards of Practice - General Survey, MAP, and Report Content Requirements
5J-17.052	Standards of Practice - Boundary Survey Requirements
5J-17.053	Standards of Practice - Professional Matters in Surveying and Mapping
5J-17.080	Citations

PURPOSE:

Includes changes to all rules listed above to show that Minimum Technical Standards have been changed under the statute to Standards of Practice; clarifies in 5J-17.001 that violations of Chapter 177, F.S., which may be prosecuted by the Board are not limited to violations only of Part I of that chapter; conforms the language used to identify the profession throughout by adding the words “and Mapping” after the word “Surveying” in 5J-17.032 and adding the words “and mapping” in 5J-17.051 after the word “surveying”; adds definitions  to 5J-17.050 to clarify the meaning of words used in 472.027, F.S., and to facilitate the removal from 5J-17.010 of cumbersome and unnecessarily repetitive language; adds one new rule, 5J-17.053, to contain standards for professional conduct; moves existing standards for professional conduct which are currently contained in 5J-17.010 into the new 5J-17.053.

SUMMARY:

If adopted, the proposed language changes all rules listed above to show that Minimum Technical Standards have been changed under the statute to Standards of Practice; clarifies in 5J-17.001 that violations of Chapter 177, F.S., which may be prosecuted by the Board are not limited to violations only of Part I of that chapter; adds the words “and Mapping”  in 5J-17.032 after the word “Surveying” and the words “and mapping” in 5J-17.051 after the word “surveying” so as to correctly refer to the practice and profession being regulated as surveying and mapping; adds definitions  to 5J-17.050 to clarify the meaning of words used in 472.027, F.S., and to facilitate the removal from 5J-17.010 of cumbersome and unnecessarily repetitive language; adds one new rule, 5J-17.053, to contain standards for professional conduct; moves existing standards for professional conduct which are currently contained in 5J-17.010 into the new 5J-17.053.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

472.027, F.S.

LAW:

472.027, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

12/30/2014 Vol. 40/250

COMMENTS:

From 12/30/2014 To 1/20/2015 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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