Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G15 - Board of Professional Engineers › Chapter 61G15-37 - FLORIDA ENGINEERS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION › Section 61G15-37.001 - Performance Standards and Measurable Outcomes

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
In order to facilitate efficient and cost effective
				  regulation by the Florida Engineers Management Corporation ("FEMC"), the
				  following performance standards and measurable outcomes are adopted:
(1) FEMC shall make a determination of legal
				sufficiency within 30 days of receipt of a complaint. FEMC is authorized to
				seek an extension of an additional 30 days from the Chair of the Probable Cause
				Committee if the circumstances of a specific complaint justify such an
				extension.
(2) Within fifteen days
				of receiving a complaint that is determined to be legally sufficient, FEMC
				shall furnish to the subject or the subject's attorney a copy of the complaint
				or document that resulted in the initiation of the investigation.
(3) FEMC shall provide status reports to the
				Board regarding all outstanding disciplinary cases at every other regularly
				scheduled meeting of the Board. The status report shall include all legally
				sufficient disciplinary cases until entry of a final order by the Board. Upon
				entry of a final order, FEMC shall notify the licensee's employer of the action
				taken by the Board.
(4) FEMC shall
				refer to the board any investigation or disciplinary proceeding not before the
				Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to Chapter 120, F.S., or otherwise
				completed by FEMC within 1 year after the filing of a complaint.
(5) FEMC shall notify the person who filed
				the complaint of the status of the investigation every six months, including
				whether probable cause has been found, when the case is agendaed for
				consideration by the Board and the status of any administrative proceeding or
				appeal.
(6) At least 90 days before
				the end of a licensure cycle, FEMC shall forward a licensure renewal
				notification to active or inactive licensees at the licensee's last known
				address of record with FEMC.
(7) At
				least 90 days before the end of a licensure cycle, FEMC shall forward a notice
				of pending cancellation of licensure to a delinquent status licensee at the
				licensee's last known address of record with FEMC.
(8) Upon receipt of an application for a
				license, FEMC shall examine the application and, within 30 days after such
				receipt, notify the applicant of any apparent errors or omissions and request
				any additional information FEMC is permitted by law to require.
(9) Every application for a license shall be
				approved or denied within 90 days after receipt of a completed
				application.
(10) If an applicant
				seeks a license for an activity that is exempt from licensure, FEMC shall
				notify the applicant and return any tendered application fee within 30 days
				after receipt of the original application.
(11) FEMC shall maintain the Board's web site
				at
www.fbpe.org
. All final orders involving
				disciplinary cases shall be posted on the web site, until the terms of the
				final order are completed, or until the licensee becomes inactive, retires,
				relinquishes the license or permits the license to become null and
				void.
Rulemaking Authority
					 471.038(3)(n)
					 FS. Law Implemented 471.038(3)(m),
					 (n)
					 FS.
New 11-12-02, Amended 4-8-07, 9-13-09,
					 8-25-14.