7744109, 62-531.300 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 7744109

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Chapter:

WATER WELL CONTRACTOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

Overview

RULE:

62-531.300	Application Requirements for Water Well Contractors
62-531.330	Water Well Contractor License Renewal
62-531.450	Unlawful Acts, Grounds for Disciplinary Actions, and Penalties

PURPOSE:

To respond to comments from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee (JAPC), update the rule to be consistent with recent amendments to Chapter 373, F.S., Part III, Regulation of Wells, and to allow additional time for water well contractors to accrue 12 hours of Continuing Education Units required for license renewal.

SUBJECT:

The Water Well Contractor Disciplinary Guidelines and Procedure Manual and the Florida Unified Citations Dictionary For Water Well Construction will be adopted by reference and both will be simplified to meet the statutory obligation of informing the public of likely disciplinary action for violations of water well contractor licensing, permitting and construction requirements. The requirements for water well contractor licensure will be updated to reflect recent statutory changes. The administrative fine up to $5,000 per occurrence for any person not licensed to practice water well contracting will be added, as will the maximum administrative fine for any water well contractor found in violation of the water well rules or statute be increased to $5,000. Lastly, there is a change for license renewal in the time period for accrual of CEUs from 24 months to 30 months before the license renewal deadline.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.309 FS.

LAW:

373.303, 373.306, 373.308, 373.309, 373.324, 373.333 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/13/2009 Vol. 35/45

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

373.309 FS., 373.303, 373.306, 373.308, 373.309, 373.324, 373.333 FS.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=62-531.300&PDate=11/13/2009&Section=1

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