The Board of Accountancy hereby gives notice:
of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Variance, filed on April 6, 2011, by Jonathan Gorman. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Vol. 37, No. 17, of the April 29, 2011, Florida Administrative Weekly. Petitioner sought a waiver or variance of paragraphs 61H1-27.002(2)(a) and (b), F.A.C., entitled “Concentrations in Accounting and Business,” which requires which requires that an applicant must have at least 150 semester hours or 200 quarter hours of college education, including a baccalaureate degree or higher conferred by an accredited college or university with a major in accounting, or its equivalent. The applicant’s total education program shall include a concentration in accounting and business as follows: 36 semester or 54 quarter hours in accounting education at the upper division level which shall include coverage of auditing, cost and managerial accounting, financial accounting, accounting information systems, and taxation; 39 semester or 58 quarter hours in general business education which shall include not less than the equivalent of 6 semester or 8 quarter hours in business law courses which shall include coverage of the uniform commercial code, contracts and torts. The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting held on June 17, 2011, in Tampa, Florida.
The Board’s Order, filed on August 25, 2011, granted the petition finding that Petitioner established that the purpose of the underlying statute, Section 473.309(3), Florida Statutes, would be met by granting a variance from paragraphs 61H1-27.002(2)(a) and (b), F.A.C. The Board further found that Petitioner established that applying the requirements of the aforementioned rule to his circumstances would violate principles of fairness and impose substantial hardship.
A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting:
Veloria Kelly, Division Director, Board of Accountancy, 240 N.W. 76th Dr., Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32607.