NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 22, 2008, the Board of Medicine has issued an order.
The Petition for Waiver and/or Variance was filed on behalf of Asad Raza, M.D., on October 29, 2008, seeking a waiver or variance from Rule 64B8-4.018, F.A.C., with regard to the qualification requirement for core clerkships by foreign medical graduates to be completed in a hospital accredited by ACGME in the specialty area in which the clinical training was obtained. The Notice was published in Vol. 34, No. 46, of the Florida Administrative Weekly, on November 14, 2008. The Credentials Committee, at its meeting held on December 4, 2008, recommended that Petitioner’s request for waiver or variance be denied. The Board, at its meeting held on December 5, 2008, accepted the Committee’s recommendation and voted to deny the Petition for Waiver finding that the Petitioner failed to demonstrate a substantial hardship and meet the purpose of the underlying statute, and failed to demonstrate that application of the rule would violate the principles of fairness.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3053.