Notice of Development of Rulemaking

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Professional Engineers
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
61G15-20.007: Foreign Degrees
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Purpose and effect is to delete one of the approved evaluation services because the evaluations do not conform to Board standards.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Foreign Degrees.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 471.008 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 471.013 FS., 471.015 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Paul Martin, Executive Director, Board of Professional Engineers, 2507 Callaway Road, Suite 200, Tallahassee, Florida 32301

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

61G15-20.007 Foreign Degrees.

(1) through (3) No change.

(4) The applicant must request an evaluation of substantial equivalency of his or her credentials to EAC/ABET standards through either Engineering Credentials Evaluation International, 111 Market Place, #171, Baltimore, Maryland 21202; Foreign Credentials Service of America, 1910 Justin Lane, Austin, Texas 78757-2411; or Joseph Silny & Associates, Inc., P. O. Box 248233, Coral Gables, Florida 33124.

(5) No change.

Specific Authority 471.008 FS. Law Implemented 471.013, 471.015 FS. History–New 7-20-95, Amended 6-5-96, 4-16-98, 1-17-99, 7-28-99, 1-6-02, 6-13-02, 6-30-02, 10-2-03, 6-16-04, 3-13-05, 5-1-05,________.