NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 19, 2007, the Board of Accountancy has issued an order.
The Order is regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, filed on June 13, 2007, by Mark Kekich. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Vol. 33, No. 27, of the July 6, 2007, F.A.W. Petitioner sought a waiver or variance of paragraph 61H1-28.0052(1)(b), F.A.C., entitled “Number of Sittings, and Granting of Credit, Release of Grades and Completion of Examination, Transition Rules” which requires that candidates must pass all four test sections of the CPA Examination within a rolling eighteen-month period, which begins on the date that the first test section passed is taken. The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting, held July 20, 2007, in Tampa, Florida.
The Board’s Order granted the petition finding that Petitioner had established that the purpose of the underlying statute, Section 473.306, Florida Statutes, would be met by granting a variance or waiver from paragraph 61H1-28.0052(1)(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 may be obtained by contacting: Veloria Kelly, Division Director, Board of Accountancy, 240 N. W. 76th Dr., Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32607.