The Florida Administrative Code is the official compilation of the rules and regulations of Florida regulatory agencies. Its counterpart in the federal system is the Code of Federal Regulations. The Florida Administrative Code (FAC) is organized by titles with each title number representing a department, commission, board or other agency.

The FAC states the rule followed by statutory authority, implementation and a history of the rule. The set is annotated with decisions of the Federal courts, State appellate courts, State Attorney General opinions, final and recommended orders of the Division of Administrative Hearings and final agency orders construing the rules. Citations for the Florida Bar Journal and the law reviews of Florida State, the University of Florida, the University of Miami, Stetson and Nova are also included.

The set has a single comprehensive index volume. The spines of the volumes indicate which titles are included, but no reference is made to the names of the titles. Use of the index, or a citation from another source, is necessary to enter the text.

::Tracing the History of a Rule

At the end of each rule in the FAC, a history note is located in the italicized text which begins with the words "Specific Authority". The history note indicates when the rule has been modified, renumbered, or repealed.

::Statutory Cross Reference Table

The Statutory Cross Reference Table volume lists Florida statutes in numerical order. Numbers in bold type indicate that the rules listed have the statute as authority. Numbers in italic indicate that the rules were implemented under that statute.

::Updating

The FAC is updated each month. Pages within the titles are replaced. There will be an indication of when the pages were last revised (e.g.: R.5/90 - May, 1990) printed in a top corner of the page on either the front or back. The researcher will also want to check for color pages in the front of the volume or title. They will have a statement on the first page indicating the period of coverage.

Repealed regulations are listed in the front of the Index volume.

The Florida Administrative Weekly is the first place where new regulations and revisions are printed. As the title indicates, it is published weekly. In the back of each issue is a cumulative table entitled "List of Rules Affected." The list is by rule number and gives citations to the Florida Administrative Weekly volume and page where altering action has been either proposed, amended or adopted. If the citation has a letter with it, check the beginning of the "List of Rules Affected" section for explanation of the coding. Each Florida Administrative Weekly contains the following sections:

• Section I Notices of Development of Proposed Rules and Negotiated Rulemaking
• Section II Proposed Rules
• Section III Notices of Changes, Corrections and Withdrawals
• Section IV Emergency Rules
• Section V Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Rule Variance or Waiver
• Section VI Notices of Meetings, Workshops and Public Hearings
• Section VII Notices of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Declaratory Statements
• Section VIII Notices of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding the Validity of Rules
• Section IX Notices of Petitions and Dispositions Regarding Non-rule Policy Challenges
• Section X Announcements and Objection Reports of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
• Section XI Notices Regarding Bids, Proposals and Purchasing
• Section XII Miscellaneous
• Section XIII Index to Rules Filed During Preceding Week

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