Notice of Proposed Rule

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Professional Engineers
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
61G15-20.0015: Application for Licensure by Endorsement
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update requirements for licensure by endorsement.
SUMMARY: The Board proposes to update requirements for licensure by endorsement.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board determined the proposed rule will not have an impact on small business.
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: 471.008, 471.013, 471.015 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 471.013, 471.015 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: Carrie Flynn, Executive Director, Board of Professional Engineers, 2507 Callaway Road, Suite 200, Tallahassee, Florida 32301

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

61G15-20.0015 Application for Licensure by Endorsement.

(1) through (4) No change.

(5) The Board shall deem that an applicant for licensure by endorsement who has an engineering degree that is not EAC/ABET accredited from a foreign institution has demonstrated substantial equivalency to an EAC/ABET accredited engineering program, as required by Rule 61G15-20.007, F.A.C., when such applicant has held a valid professional engineer’s license in another state for 15 years and has had 20 years of continuous professional-level engineering experience.

(6) No change.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 471.008, 471.013, 471.015 FS. Law Implemented 471.013, 471.015 FS. History–New 9-27-01, Amended 4-9-07,_________.


NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Professional Engineers
NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Professional Engineers
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: March 27, 2009
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: August 1, 2008