RULE NO: RULE TITLE
61G17-10.001: Reinstatement of Null and Void License
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers (hereafter “Board”) is implementing section 455.271(6)(b) of the Florida Statutes to establish the manner in which an individual applies to the Board to possible have his or her null and void license reinstated.
SUMMARY: The Board is drafting rules which establish the requirements for the reinstatement of null and void surveying and mapping licenses.
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 455.271(6)(b) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 455.271(6)(b) FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Rick Morrison, Executive Director, Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0767.

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

61G17-10.001 Reinstatement of Null and Void License.

(1) submit a Florida DBPR Surveyor and Mapper application for reinstatement of a null and void surveyor and mapper license in which the applicant shall:

(a) answer questions regarding the applicant’s education, employment, and criminal history;

(b) submit a written statement of when the applicant’s surveyor and mapper license was last active and in good standing with the Board;

(c) submit a written statement regarding whether or not the applicant has completed one (1) continuing education credit in surveying and mapping related courses or seminars, which shall include completion of Minimum Technical Standards (MTS) and Florida Laws and Rules courses, for each month that the applicant’s license was delinquent in accordance with the continuing education requirements of Rule 61G17-5.0031, F.A.C., within twenty-four (24) months prior to the applicant’s submission of his or her application for reinstatement of a null and void license;

(d) submit evidence of completion of all continuing education requirements for twenty-four (24) months prior to the applicant’s application for reinstatement of his or her null and void license in accordance with Rule 61G17-5.0032, F.A.C., to demonstrate that the applicant has satisfied all continuing education requirements;

(e) submit a written statement as to whether or not the applicant has engaged in the practice of surveying and mapping during the time period the applicant’s surveying and mapping license was null and void;

(f) submit a written statement of the applicant’s good faith effort to comply with Chapters 455 and 472 of the Florida Statutes and also the applicant’s failure to comply due to illness or unusual hardship.

(g) submit a written statement of the applicant’s illness or unusual hardship which prevented the applicant from renewing his or her surveyor and mapper license;

(h) submit documents that verify the applicant’s illness or unusual hardship;

(i) submit a written time-line that chronologically documents when the applicant’s surveyor and mapper license was last active, when the applicant’s surveyor and mapper license became null and void, when the applicant suffered his or her illness, and/or when the applicant experienced an unusual hardship that prevented the renewal of the surveyor and mapper license.

(2) Pay a non-refundable application fee of $125.00.

(3) Pay a $255.00 fee for every licensure biennium that the applicant failed to renew his or her surveyor and mapper license.

Specific Authority 455.271(6)(b) FS. Law Implemented 455.271(6)(b) FS. History – New