Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 35 No. 5, February 6, 2009 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:

1. Subsection (1) shall now read as follows:

(1) Every podiatric resident participating in a residency program in a hospital in this state shall register with the Board within sixty (60) days of the date of commencement of residency using the Podiatric Resident Registration form DH-MQA 1139 (revised 04/09), hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, that can be obtained from the Board of Podiatric Medicine’s website at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/podiatry/index.html.

2. Subsection (2) shall now read as follows:

(2) The Board will deny the application for examination and licensure of any resident who is obliged to register with the Board pursuant to Section 461.014(1)(c), Florida Statutes, but who fails to do so.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Podiatric Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3258