Notice of Variances and Waivers

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine
Rule No.: RULE TITLE
64B8-30.003: Physician Assistant Licensure
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 20, 2010, the Board of Medicine, Council on Physician Assistants has issued an order.
The Petition for Waiver and/or Variance was filed by Teresa Hoye Doolittle, PA-C, on July 6, 2010, seeking a waiver or variance from Rule 64B8-30.003, F.A.C., with regard to the requirement for letters of recommendation for physician assistant applicants. The Notice was published in Vol. 36, No. 23, of the Florida Administrative Weekly, on July 23, 2010. The Council on Physician Assistants, at its meeting held on August 5, 2010, 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: Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3053.