NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 03, 2010, the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has issued an order.
The Order is regarding the Petition for Waiver or Variance, which was filed on July 2, 2010, by Michelle H. Forman. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published in Vol. 36, No. 28, of the July 16, 2010, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Petitioner was seeking a waiver or variance of paragraph 64B3-5.002(1)(b), Option 4, Florida Administrative Code, entitled, “Supervisor”, which requires for a specialty in Cytology that the applicant have an Associate’s degree. The Board considered the instant Petition at a duly-noticed meeting, held August 13, 2010, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
The Board’s Order granted the petition finding that Petitioner established that the purpose of the underlying statute would be met by granting a variance or waiver from paragraph 64B3-5.002(1)(b), F.A.C. The Board further finds that Petitioner established that applying the requirements of the aforementioned Rule to her circumstances would violate principles of fairness and impose substantial hardship.
A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Bruce Deterding, Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.