NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 13, 2009, the Board of Accountancy has issued an order.
The Order is regarding the Petition for Variance, filed on July 29, 2009, by Donald Cole. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Vol. 35, No. 33, of the August 21, 2009, Florida Administrative Weekly. Petitioner sought a waiver or variance of paragraph 61H1-28.0052(1)(b), F.A.C., entitled “Number of Sittings, and Granting of Credit, Release of Grades and Completion of Examination, Transition Rules” which requires candidates to pass all four test sections of the CPA Examination within a rolling eighteen-month period, which begins on the NASBA grade release for the first test section passed. The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed public meeting held on September 18, 2009, in Tallahassee, Florida.
The Board’s Order granted the petition finding that Petitioner established that the purpose of the underlying statute, Section 473.306, Florida Statutes, would be met by granting a variance from paragraph 61H1-28.0052(1)(b), F.A.C. The Board further found that Petitioner established that applying the requirements of the aforementioned Rule to his circumstances would violate principles of fairness and impose substantial hardship.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Veloria Kelly, Division Director, Board of Accountancy, 240 N. W. 76th Dr., Suite A, Gainesville, Florida 32607.