Bill Text: FL S1786 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Professional Licensure and Certification

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-08 - Died on Calendar [S1786 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S1786-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1786
       
       
        
       By Senator DiCeglie
       
       
       
       
       
       18-01580A-24                                          20241786__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to professional licensure and
    3         certification; amending s. 472.0101, F.S.; authorizing
    4         the practice of a profession as a substitute for
    5         certain professional or occupational degrees for
    6         certain foreign-trained professionals; amending s.
    7         472.013, F.S.; revising education and work experience
    8         requirements for taking the surveyor and mapper
    9         licensure examination; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 472.0101, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         472.0101 Foreign-trained professionals; special examination
   16  and license provisions.—
   17         (1) When not otherwise provided by law, the department
   18  shall by rule provide procedures under which exiled
   19  professionals may be examined under this chapter. A person is
   20  eligible for the examination if the exiled professional:
   21         (a) Immigrated to the United States after leaving the
   22  person’s home country because of political reasons, provided the
   23  country is located in the Western Hemisphere and does not have
   24  diplomatic relations with the United States;
   25         (b) Applies to the department and submits a fee;
   26         (c) Was a resident of this state immediately preceding the
   27  person’s application;
   28         (d) Demonstrates to the department, through submission of
   29  documentation verified by the applicant’s respective
   30  professional association in exile, that the applicant was
   31  graduated with an appropriate professional or occupational
   32  degree from a college or university. However, the department may
   33  not require receipt of any documentation from the Republic of
   34  Cuba as a condition of eligibility under this section;
   35         (e) Lawfully practiced the profession for at least 3 years.
   36  Such practice of the profession may be substituted for the
   37  professional or occupational degree requirement under paragraph
   38  (d);
   39         (f) Prior to 1980, successfully completed an approved
   40  course of study pursuant to chapters 74-105 and 75-177, Laws of
   41  Florida; and
   42         (g) Presents a certificate demonstrating the successful
   43  completion of a continuing education program which offers a
   44  course of study that will prepare the applicant for the
   45  examination offered under subsection (2). The department shall
   46  develop rules for the approval of such programs for the board.
   47         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 472.013, Florida
   48  Statutes, is amended to read:
   49         472.013 Examinations, prerequisites.—
   50         (2) An applicant shall be entitled to take the licensure
   51  examination to practice in this state as a surveyor and mapper
   52  if the applicant is of good moral character and has satisfied
   53  one of the following requirements:
   54         (a) The applicant has received a bachelor’s degree, its
   55  equivalent, or higher in surveying and mapping or a similarly
   56  titled program, including, but not limited to, geomatics,
   57  geomatics engineering, and land surveying, from a college or
   58  university accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the
   59  United States Department of Education board and has a specific
   60  experience record of 4 or more years as a subordinate to a
   61  professional surveyor and mapper in the active practice of
   62  surveying and mapping, which experience is of a nature
   63  indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge of the
   64  accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping work
   65  performed. Work experience acquired as a part of the education
   66  requirement may not be construed as experience in responsible
   67  charge.
   68         (b) The applicant has received a bachelor’s degree, its
   69  equivalent, or higher in a course of study, other than in
   70  surveying and mapping, at a an accredited college or university
   71  accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the United
   72  States Department of Education and has a specific experience
   73  record of 6 or more years as a subordinate to a registered
   74  surveyor and mapper in the active practice of surveying and
   75  mapping, 5 years of which shall be of a nature indicating that
   76  the applicant was in responsible charge of the accuracy and
   77  correctness of the surveying and mapping work performed. The
   78  applicant must have completed a minimum of 25 semester hours
   79  from a college or university accredited by an accrediting body
   80  recognized by the United States Department of Education approved
   81  by the board in surveying and mapping subjects or in any
   82  combination of courses in civil engineering, surveying, mapping,
   83  mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, or land law and the
   84  physical sciences. Any of the required 25 semester hours of
   85  study completed not as a part of the bachelor’s degree, its
   86  equivalent, or higher may be approved at the discretion of the
   87  board. Work experience acquired as a part of the education
   88  requirement may not be construed as experience in responsible
   89  charge.
   90         (c)The applicant has received an associate degree and has
   91  a specific experience record of at least 6 years as a
   92  subordinate to a professional surveyor and mapper in the active
   93  practice of surveying and mapping, at least 5 years of which
   94  shall be of a nature indicating that the applicant was in
   95  responsible charge of the accuracy and correctness of the
   96  surveying and mapping work performed. The applicant must have
   97  completed at least 25 semester hours from a college or
   98  university accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the
   99  United States Department of Education in surveying and mapping
  100  subjects or in any combination of courses in civil engineering,
  101  surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, or
  102  land law and the physical sciences. Work experience acquired as
  103  a part of the education requirement may not be construed as
  104  experience in responsible charge.
  105         (d)The applicant has received a high school diploma or its
  106  equivalent and has a specific experience record of at least 6
  107  years as a subordinate to a professional surveyor and mapper in
  108  the active practice of surveying and mapping, at least 5 years
  109  of which shall be of a nature indicating that the applicant was
  110  in responsible charge of the accuracy and correctness of the
  111  surveying and mapping work performed. The applicant must have
  112  completed at least 25 semester hours from a college or
  113  university accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the
  114  United States Department of Education in surveying and mapping
  115  subjects or in any combination of courses in civil engineering,
  116  surveying, mapping, mathematics, photogrammetry, forestry, or
  117  land law and the physical sciences. Work experience acquired as
  118  a part of the education requirement may not be construed as
  119  experience in responsible charge.
  120         (e)The applicant holds a valid license to practice
  121  surveying and mapping in another state, jurisdiction, or
  122  territory, and has at least 2 years of experience in the active
  123  practice of surveying and mapping, which experience is of a
  124  nature indicating that the applicant was in responsible charge
  125  of the accuracy and correctness of the surveying and mapping
  126  work performed.
  127         (f)The applicant has received a registered apprenticeship
  128  certificate in surveying and mapping after completing a
  129  registered apprenticeship program approved by the Department of
  130  Education and has a specified experience record of at least 2
  131  years as a subordinate to a professional surveyor and mapper in
  132  the active practice of surveying and mapping, which experience
  133  is of a nature indicating that the applicant was in responsible
  134  charge of the accuracy and correctness of the surveying and
  135  mapping work performed. Work experience acquired as a part of
  136  the education requirement may not be construed as experience in
  137  responsible charge.
  138         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

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