RULE NO: RULE TITLE
11B-30.006: State Officer Certification Examination General Eligibility Requirements
11B-30.0062: State Officer Certification Examination and Retake Eligibility Requirements for Individuals Completing a Basic Recruit Training Program
11B-30.007: Application for the State Officer Certification Examination and Notification Process
11B-30.0071: Examination Accommodations for Applicants with Disabilities
11B-30.008: State Officer Certification Examination Site Administration
11B-30.012: Post Review of Examination Questions, Answers, Papers, Grades, and Grading Key
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To comply with statutory revisions in Section 943.13(5), F.S., for processing an officer’s fingerprints for employment or appointment. To revise form CJSTC-67 incorporated in Rule 11B-30.006, F.A.C.
To revise the following forms to comply with the revision of Section 119.071, F.S., that precludes an agency from requesting an individual’s full social security number unless a list of the documents or forms are filed with the state: Forms CJSTC-67, CJSTC-76; CJSTC-500; CJSTC-502 incorporated in Rules 11B-30.006, 11B-30.0071, and 11B-30.012, F.A.C.
Pursuant to Section 943.12(1) F.S., to develop rules for the implementation of Section 943.085, F.S., which requires establishment, implementation and evaluation of criminal justice training for law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers. The following form revisions were made to implement the new Florida CMS Law Enforcement and Florida Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Programs: Rules 11B-30.006 and 11B-30.0071, F.A.C.: Forms CJSTC-76 and CJSTC-500.
To comply with Section 120.74, F.S., which requires an agency to revise its rules as often as necessary (no less than every two years) to ensure compliance with Florida Statutes. Rule 11B-30.0062, F.A.C.: To change the rule section name to correspond with the content of the revised rule language. Rule 11B-30.007, F.A.C.: To require that applicants are prohibited from registering for and taking more than one State Officer Certification Examination monthly and to add “traffic crash” to the list of acceptable reasons for an applicant to reschedule to take the State Officer Certification Examination. Rules 11B-30.0071 and 11B-30.012, F.A.C.: To make housekeeping revisions. To remove the provision of providing a live reader for basic recruit students during the SOCE. To remove the provision of allowing flexible recording of an individual’s test responses by a proctor or marked on the test booklet. To allow assistive devices during the State Officer Certification Examination. To grant Commission staff authority to request further evidence for the necessity of the accommodation when the evidence substantiating the need for the accommodation is incomplete, inconclusive, unclear, or does not substantiate the need for the requested accommodation. To remove the provision that requires the Commission to pay for medical evaluations for individuals requesting accommodations that does not substantiate the need for the requested accommodation. Rule 11B-30.008, F.A.C.: To update rule references and clarify that an applicant shall not be admitted to the examination after the administrator closes the registration process. Rule 11B-30.012, F.A.C.: To reformat existing rule language. To update applicant requirements at an Examination Review Session. To allow Commission staff to dismiss an individual from an Examination Review Session if the student violates applicant conduct pursuant to Rule 11B-30.009, F.A.C. To update the contents of the examination review packet on form CJSTC-511.
To revise the following forms to comply with the revision of Section 119.071, F.S., that precludes an agency from requesting an individual’s full social security number unless a list of the documents or forms are filed with the state: Forms CJSTC-67, CJSTC-76; CJSTC-500; CJSTC-502 incorporated in Rules 11B-30.006, 11B-30.0071 and 11B-30.012, F.A.C.
Pursuant to Section 943.12(1) to develop rules for the implementation of Section 943.085, F.S., which requires establishment, implementation and evaluation of criminal justice training for law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers. The following form revisions were made to implement the new Florida CMS Law Enforcement and Florida Correctional Probation Basic Recruit Training Programs: Rules 11B-30.006 and 11B-30.0071, F.A.C.: Forms CJSTC-76 and CJSTC-500.
To comply with Section 120.74, F.S., which requires an agency to revise its rules as often as necessary (no less than every two years) to ensure compliance with Florida Statutes. Rule 11B-30.0062, F.A.C.: To change the rule section name to correspond with the content of the revised rule language. Rule 11B-30.007, F.A.C.: To require that applicants are prohibited from registering for and taking more than one State Officer Certification Examination monthly and to add “traffic crash” to the list of acceptable reasons for an applicant to reschedule to take the State Officer Certification Examination. Rules 11B-30.0071 and 11B-30.012, F.A.C.: To make housekeeping revisions. To remove the provision of providing a live reader for basic recruit students during the SOCE. To remove the provision of allowing flexible recording of an individual’s test responses by a proctor or marked on the test booklet. To allow assistive devices during the State Officer Certification Examination. To grant Commission staff authority to request further evidence for the necessity of the accommodation when the evidence substantiating the need for the accommodation is incomplete, inconclusive, unclear, or does not substantiate the need for the requested accommodation. To remove the provision that requires the Commission to pay for medical evaluations for individuals requesting accommodations that does not substantiate the need for the requested accommodation. Rule 11B-30.008, F.A.C.: To update rule references and clarify that an applicant shall not be admitted to the examination after the administrator closes the registration process. Rule 11B-30.012, F.A.C.: To reformat existing rule language. To update applicant requirements at an Examination Review Session. To allow Commission staff to dismiss an individual from an Examination Review Session if the student violates applicant conduct pursuant to Rule 11B-30.009, F.A.C. To update the contents of the examination review packet on form CJSTC-511.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Commission forms; Examination general eligibility requirements; Examination assignment and retake eligibility requirements; application examination requirements and notification process; examination accommodations for applicants with disabilities; examination site administration requirements; and review of examination questions, answers, papers, grades, and grading key.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 943.03(4), 943.12(1), (17), 943.1397 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 943.12(17), 943.13(10), 943.131(2), 943.1397, 943.1397(3), 943.173 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, FL
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Donna Hunt at (850)410-8615. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Donna Hunt, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism Program, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, (850)410-8516

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.