Rule Promulgation
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The Process
When the Department contemplates making a change to the rule,
it must publish a Notice of Rule Development. All notices are published in the Florida Administrative Weekly. The Department will
hold a series of public meetings or workshops to develop and refine
the actual rule language. At these meetings, the Department's
Technical Review and Advisory Panel (TRAP) reviews, comments on, and
refines the developing rule language. At a subsequent public
meeting, the Department's Variance Review and Advisory Committee
reviews and responds back concerning rule language that has been
developed through the TRAP. The public is invited to make comments
at any of these public meetings. Once these reviews have been
completed, the Department publishes a Notice of Rulemaking. The
public may also respond with written comments or oral testimony at a public hearing
following publication of the Notice of Rulemaking. The Department may make changes
to the proposed rule based upon comments received in these venues. Any changes must
be published in a Notice of Change. Following publication of these Notices, the
Department may file the rule for adoption.
Rule Development
Rulemaking
Filing for Adoption
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