Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jan. 28, 1993
The ultimate issue is whether International Evaluation Consultants, Inc. (International), is qualified under Rule 21MM-3.011(3), Florida Administrative Code, to evaluate the credentials of foreign graduates to determine that they have education and training which is the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in physical therapy in the United States. The factual issue is whether Roland H. Gaines, as the Registrar of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, (Florida A&M University) possesses the requisite skills to evaluate the credentials of foreign graduates to determine whether their education and training is the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in physical therapy in the United States. The basis for determining the case is whether the Board through Rule 21MM- 3.001(3), Florida Administrative Code, can limit the persons evaluating the credentials of foreign graduates to three named corporations and the offices of the registrar of educational institutions in the United States, approved for the training of physical therapists by the American Physical Therapy Association.Rule on qualifications for persons evaluating transcripts must be construed to mean experience and not limited to registrars in absence of standards.
