NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 11, 2011, the Board of Accountancy, received a petition for Brent Lowman, seeking a variance or waiver of subsection 61H1-27.0041(2), F.A.C., which requires that one year of work experience shall be held and understood to mean the rendition of services such as are customarily performed by full-time, regularly employed staff employees of a certified public accountant during the normal workweek as required by the employing certified public accountant, commencing after the completion of the educational requirements set forth in subsection 61H1-27.002(3), F.A.C. Petitioner also seeks a variance or waiver of subsection 61H1-28.0052(2), Florida Administrative Code, which requires the initial licensure fees and all required documents be received within 36 months of the date of certification of examination scores by the Board or the initial license will not be issued. Additionally, Petitioner seeks a variance or waiver of paragraphs 61H1-27.002(2)(a) and (b), Florida Administrative Code, which requires that 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.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Veloria Kelly, Division Director, Board of Accountancy, 240 N.W. 76th Dr., Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32607. Comments on this petition should be filed with the Board of Accountancy within 14 days of publication of this notice.