Notice of Variances and Waivers

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B8-4.009: Applications
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 03, 2010, the Board of Medicine has issued an order.
The Petition for Waiver and/or Variance was filed by Jean Desse, M.D., on March 2, 2010, seeking a waiver or variance from subsections 64B8-4.009(4) and (5), F.A.C., with regard to the requirement for submission of medical school transcripts, translation of transcripts, the requirement for submission of documentation of medical education directly from Petitioner’s medical school. The Notice was published in Vol. 36, No. 10, of the Florida Administrative Weekly, on March 12, 2010. The Credentials Committee, at its meeting held on April 8, 2010, recommended that Petitioner’s request for waiver or variance be granted. The Board, at its meeting held on April 10, 2010, accepted the Committee’s recommendation and voted to grant the Petition for Waiver finding that the Petitioner demonstrated a substantial hardship and met the purpose of the underlying statute, and that application of the rule would violate the principles of fairness.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: the Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3053.