Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 37 No. 41, October 14, 2011 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The change is due to concerns by the Joint Administrative Committee in their letter dated October 31, 2011. The change is as follows:

Subsection (2) shall now read as follows:

(2) The Board sets forth below a range of disciplinary guidelines from which disciplinary penalties will be imposed upon practitioners and applicants for licensure guilty of violating Chapters 464 and 456, F.S. The purpose of the disciplinary guidelines is to give notice to licensees and applicants of the range of penalties which will normally be imposed upon violations of particular provisions of Chapters 464 and 456, F.S. The disciplinary guidelines are based upon a single count violation of each provision listed. Multiple counts of violations of the same provision of Chapters 464 and 456, F.S., or the rules promulgated thereto, or other unrelated violations will be grounds for enhancement of penalties. All penalties set forth in the guidelines include lesser penalties, i.e., reprimand and or course-work which may be included in the final penalty at the Board’s discretion. The verbal identification of offenses are descriptive only; the full language of each statutory provision cited must be consulted in order to determine the conduct included.

Rulemaking Authority 456.072, 456.079 FS. Law Implemented 456.072, 456.079, 464.018 FS. History–New 2-5-87, Amended 8-12-87, 12-8-87, 11-23-89, 7-28-92, Formerly 21O-10.011, Amended 12-5-93, Formerly 61F7-8.006, Amended 5-1-95, Formerly 59S-8.006, Amended 8-18-98, 7-1-99, 3-23-00, 5-8-00, 5-2-02, 1-12-03, 2-22-04, 8-3-05, 7-5-06,________.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Nursing, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C02, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3252