Florida Administrative Code

(1) Petition. A complainant may file a Petition for Relief from an Unlawful Employment Practice within 35 days of the Date of Determination of Reasonable Cause, No Reasonable Cause, No Jurisdiction or Untimeliness. In the event that the Commission does not issue a determination w…

(1) After the filing of a complaint, the complainant and respondent may agree to submit the issues raised by the complaint or by a determination of reasonable cause to binding arbitration. The agreement to submit to arbitration shall be in writing and shall specify the procedure …

As used in the rules of the Commission: (1) "Accessible," when used with respect to the public and common use areas of a building containing covered multifamily dwellings, means that the public or common use areas of the building can be approached, entered and used by individuals…

The rules of the Commission are intended to promote the purposes of the Act, the efficient operation of the Commission and the orderly administration of the Act. They are to be liberally construed to ensure the accomplishment of these purposes. Rulemaking Authority 760.31(5) FS. …

(1) Who may file. A complaint may be filed by any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice or any person who believes that he will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur. (2) Time for Filing. A complaint may be fi…

(1) Respondent may file an answer to the complaint within 20 days of the date of notice of the filing. The answer shall be verified. (2) The answer may be reasonably and fairly amended at any time prior to the issuance of a Notice of Determination. Rulemaking Authority 760.31(5) …

Wherever a local fair housing law provides rights and remedies for alleged discriminatory housing practices which are substantially equivalent to the rights and remedies provided in the Fair Housing Act, the Commission shall notify the appropriate local agency of any complaint fi…

(1)(a) By whom. The investigation of the complaints shall be made by the Office of Housing Investigations or by any other person designated by the Executive Director. The Executive Director may utilize services of other public agencies, state, local or federal, which are charged …

(1) If the Commission decides to resolve the complaint, it shall endeavor to eliminate any discriminatory housing practice by informal methods of conference, conciliation and persuasion. Insofar as possible, conciliation meetings shall be held in the city or other locality where …

(1) Petition. A complainant may file a Petition for Relief from a Discriminatory Housing Practice within 30 days of service of a Notice of Determination (No Cause) or Notice of Determination (Cause). The Executive Director on behalf of the Commission may institute an action by fi…

The purpose of the housing for older persons exemption to the general prohibition against discrimination because of familial status is to protect families with children from discrimination in housing without unfairly limited housing choices for older persons. Chapter 60Y-9, F.A.C…

(1) Nothing in this chapter limits the applicability of any reasonable federal, state, or local restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling. (2) The prohibition against discrimination on the basis of familial status makes it unlawful to a…

The provisions in Sections 760.20-.37, F.S., relating to familial status shall not apply to housing provided under any federal or state program that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and/or the commission determines is specifically designed and operated to assist eld…

(1) The provisions in Sections 760.20-.37, F.S., relating to familial status shall not apply to housing intended for, and solely occupied by, persons 62 years of age or older. (2) Housing satisfies the requirements of this section even though: (a) There are persons residing in su…

(1) The provisions in Sections 760.20-.37, F.S., relating to familial status shall not apply to housing intended and operated for occupancy by at least one person 55 years of age or older per unit, provided that the housing complies with 24 C.F.R. part 100 as published in the Fed…

(1) With respect to commission certification that a housing facility meets the foregoing requirements relating to housing for older persons, no designated precertification procedure is available. (2) The commission, however, is authorized to issue a declaratory statement regardin…

Rulemaking Authority 760.31(5) FS. Law Implemented 760.29(4)(e) FS. History-New 2-11-02, Amended 2-5-04, 2-4-16, Repealed 5-25-21.

(1) Unless otherwise provided below or in board rule, completed applications for licensure examinations shall be submitted on a form as required by board rule, or department rule when there is no board, to the Department at least 60 days prior to the scheduled examination. (2)(a)…

The application will be accompanied by the required fee for application and examination and all documents and other material that are to be considered in support of the application. For examinations administered by a computer-based testing vendor, applicants shall provide two (2)…

(1) The Department, where there is no board, shall determine whether the applicant is qualified to take the licensure examination. Where there is a board, the application shall be scheduled for the next available meeting of the appropriate board for the board to determine whether…

(1) For Department administered examinations, unless otherwise specified by board rule, after a decision is made that an applicant meets the lawful requirements for the licensure examination, the Department will schedule the applicant for the next examination where space is avail…

(1) During the examination, the candidates will follow the instructions of the examination supervisor. The candidates will be permitted to ask reasonable questions of the Department's or computer-based testing (CBT)-contracted vendor's examination supervisor and proctors relating…

(1) The examination supervisor, proctors, and computer-based testing (CBT)-contracted vendor are the Department's designated agents in maintaining a secure and proper examination administration. (2) The department and its designated agents shall use any technology reasonably nece…

(1) The Department of Business and Professional Regulation will provide reasonable and appropriate accommodations to candidates with physical, mental, or specific learning disabilities to the extent permitted by cost, administration restraints, security considerations, and availa…

(1) Candidates required to take a practical examination shall be informed by the Department in writing of the performance criterion and any special equipment required for such performance. (2) In the event that professional examiners are employed to evaluate candidate performance…

(1) Pursuant to Section 455.217, F.S., grading of all examinations shall be processed only as follows: (a) National Examinations shall be graded solely and exclusively by the national examination provider or its designee. National examinations shall include those developed by or …

Rulemaking Authority 455.203(5), 455.229 FS. Law Implemented 455.217, 455.229 FS. History-New 9-25-80, Amended 2-3-81, 12-7-81, Formerly 21-11.12, Amended 6-14-89, 5-2-91, 7-28-92, 10-27-92, 5-27-93, Formerly 21-11.012, Amended 9-18-96, 2-25-01, Repealed 8-6-12.

(1) A national examination is an examination developed by or for a national or multi-state professional association, board, council, or society (hereinafter referred to as organization) and administered for the purpose of assessing entry level standards of practice necessary to p…

(1) The Department shall, under conditions listed below and for a fee which recovers costs associated with such an action, with the concurrence of the appropriate board, share department-developed examinations with other state licensing authorities. (2) Upon receipt of an express…

(1) Pursuant to Section 455.217(3), F.S., a candidate who has taken and failed a departmentally developed objective multiple choice examination, a departmentally developed practical examination, or an examination developed for the Department by a computer-based testing (CBT)-cont…

(1) If the candidate did not exercise his or her right for the post-examination review, pursuant to Section 455.217, F.S., and elects to request a formal administrative hearing, he or she will be required to pay the post-examination review fee, as specified by board rule or by De…

In authorizing the translation of licensure examinations to an applicant's native language, the Legislature has determined that translated licensure examinations pose no inherent threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. (1) To allow the Department sufficient time to tran…

Written examinations developed by or for the Department may include pilot test or experimental questions for the purpose of evaluating the statistical and/or psychometric qualities of new or revised questions prior to their use in an examination. Pilot test or experimental questi…

This chapter sets forth rules to be used by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in the administration of Sections 210.021, 210.31, 550.0251(8), and 561.111, F.S., authorizing the secretary of the department to require certain taxpayers to remit taxes and fees b…

For the purposes of this rule chapter, the terms and phrases used in these rules shall have the meanings prescribed in this section, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context in which the term or phrase is used. (1) "ACH" or "Automated Clearing House" means a…

(1) All taxpayers who are required to remit taxes through EFT, shall participate for a minimum of 1 year. During this period, taxpayers shall not be added to the list of required participants. Taxpayers identified on the basis of prior year tax payments will be contacted by the d…

(1) The department will utilize the ACH debit transfer as the method by which certain large taxpayers subject to EFT requirements shall remit taxes by electronic funds transfer. (2) The Secretary or the Secretary's designee will consider taxpayers' requests to use the ACH credit …

(1) If a taxpayer does not make a correct payment of tax for a particular period, such taxpayer shall, on the nearest business day to the date on which the error is discovered, contact the Chief of Finance and Accounting or a designee at telephone (850)488-2014 for specific instr…

(1) ACH Debit Method. (a) The taxpayer must report payment information to the data collection center, by the approved means of communication, no later than 3:45 p.m. (Eastern Time), on the business day immediately preceding the due date of the payment. The data collection center …

(1) Taxpayers who are required to remit tax payments through EFT must initiate the transfer, in accordance with established banking practice, so that the amount due is deposited as collected funds to the State Treasurer's account on or before the due date under the appropriate la…

Rulemaking Authority 72.011(2)(b)3. FS. Law Implemented 72.011, 72.031 FS. History-New 2-19-98, Repealed 6-28-12.

(1) TAX AND TAX ASSESSMENTS PENALTIES - DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO. Any tax assessment, assessment penalty or interest assessment issued by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, becomes final for purp…

(1) "Manager" means one who advises, guides or directs an artist in career development and is not primarily involved in placing the artist in employment. (2) "Modeling or photographing a minor in the nude in the absence of written permission from the minor's parents or legal guar…

Each owner and operator of a talent agency wishing to obtain a license and renewal thereafter shall submit a completed application on Form DBPR TA-1, Application for Licensure as a Talent Agency, effective January 2018, incorporated herein by reference, http://www.flrules.org/Gat…

Rulemaking Authority 468.402(3) FS. Law Implemented 468.408 FS. History-New 7-27-87, Formerly 21-19.004, Repealed 9-20-15.

The following fees shall be charged for talent agencies: (1) Application fee - $300. (2) Initial license fee - $200 if licensed after May 31 of any odd numbered year; otherwise initial license fee of $400, license to expire on May 31 of each even numbered year. (3) Renewal of lic…

(1) Biennial renewal of all licenses for talent agencies shall be renewed by May 31 of each even numbered year on the form prescribed and upon payment of the fee specified in Rule 61-19.005, F.A.C., and submission proof of renewal of a $5,000 surety bond for the total 2-year peri…