64B8-51.001: Manner of Application
64B8-51.003: Documentation for Licensure
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule amendments are intended to clarify the language with regard to application for licensure and to delete language in the rules which is not authorized by statute.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule amendments clarify language with regard to the application process and deletes language which is not authorized by statute.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT 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: 478.43(1), (4) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 478.45 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: Larry McPherson, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Medicine/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
64B8-51.001 Manner of Application.
(1) All persons applying for licensure as an electrologist shall submit a signed application to the Executive Director of the Council on forms provided by the Council and approved and incorporated herein by reference by the Board as Form DOH/MQA/EO APP/REV-04/03, entitled “Application for Electrologist Licensure”, effective 2-15-04, which can be obtained from the Council. The initial application must be accompanied by the application fee, as set forth in Rule 64B8-51.007, F.A.C.
(2) All applications must include an official transcript from a school of electrology which identifies the credits taken by home study or correspondence courses and those taken in classroom settings.
(3) All applications for licensure by examination shall be filed with the Executive Director of the Council and shall be completed at least 120 90 days prior to the examination. Applications filed after the deadline may be considered at the next meeting of the Council.
(4) The application and fee may not be used for more than one year from the date of original submission of the application and fee if the application remains incomplete or the applicant has not taken at least one administration of the examination for licensure. If such application remains incomplete or the applicant has not taken at least one administration of the examination for licensure during the one year period, then the application shall be closed and the applicant shall be required to reapply for licensure.
(5) Any applicant who has not passed the state examination within three (3) administrations immediately following the date on which the Council initially approved the applicant for examination must successfully complete twenty-five (25) hours of academic training and reapply for licensure.
Specific Authority 478.43(1), (4) FS. Law Implemented 478.45 FS. History–New 5-31-93, Formerly 21M-76.001, Amended 11-10-93, Formerly 61F6-76.001, Amended 5-29-96, Formerly 59R-51.001, Amended 12-23-97, 5-28-00, 8-9-01, 2-15-04, 10-31-05,_________.
64B8-51.003 Documentation for Licensure.
(1) In order to establish that an applicant is at least 18 years old, a copy of one of the following shall be submitted:
(a) Birth certificate,
(b) Passport,
(c) Driver’s license.
(2) In order to establish that an applicant has a high school diploma or a graduate equivalency diploma, a notarized copy of the diploma shall be submitted. An applicant from a foreign country who does not have a high school diploma or graduate equivalency diploma shall submit equivalent documentation from a credentialling agency.
Specific Authority 478.43(1), (4) FS. Law Implemented 478.45 FS. History–New 5-31-93, Formerly 21M-76.003, 61F6-76.003, Amended 7-14-96, Formerly 59R-51.003, Amended________.