1-1.008. Rule Numbering and Rule Titles

(1) A decimal numbering system similar to that used in the Florida Statutes shall be used to designate all rules filed with the Administrative Code and Register Section, except emergency rules. Emergency Rules are numbered as specified in subsection (2) of this rule. (a) The Administrative Code and Register Section of the Department of State shall assign each agency, or closely related group of state agencies, a title number. (Example: The title number assigned to the Department of State is 1). (b) The following title numbers are assigned to the corresponding agencies: 1 – Department of State 2 – Department of Legal Affairs 3 – Department of Banking and Finance (Transferred to Title 69) 4 – Department of Insurance (Transferred to Title 69) 5 – Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 6 – Department of Education 7 – Department of Business Regulation (Transferred to Title 61) 8 – Department of Commerce (Repealed by Section 3, Chapter 96-320, Laws of Florida) 9 – Department of Community Affairs 10 – Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (Transferred to Titles 58, 59, 64 and 65) 11 – Department of Law Enforcement 12 – Department of Revenue 13 – Department of General Services (Transferred to Title 60) 14 – Department of Transportation 15 – Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 16 – Department of Natural Resources (Transferred to Titles 40, 49, 62, 66 and 68) 17 – Department of Environmental Regulation (Transferred to Title 62) 18 – Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund 19 – State Board of Administration 20 – Department of Citrus 21 – Department of Professional Regulation (Transferred to Titles 59, 61 and 64) 22 – Department of Administration (Transferred to Title 60) 23 – Florida Commission on Offender Review 24 – Pardon Board 25 – Public Service Commission 26 – Assessment Administration Review Commission 27 – Executive Office of the Governor 28 – Administration Commission 29 – Regional Planning Councils 30 – Regional Transportation Authorities 31 – Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District 32 – State Fair Authority 33 – Department of Corrections 34 – Commission on Ethics 35 – Metropolitan Planning Organizations 36 – Englewood Water District 37 – Advisory Council on Inter-Governmental Relations 38 – Department of Labor and Employment Security (Dissolved pursuant to Chapter 2002-194, Laws of Florida) 39 – Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission (Transferred to Title 68) 40 – Water Management Districts 41 – Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged 42 – Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission 43 – Fiscal Accounting Information Board 44 – Information Resource Commission 45 – Expressway Authorities 46 – Marine Fisheries Commission (Transferred to Title 68) 47 – High Speed Rail Transportation Commission 48 – Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority 49 – Regional Utility Authorities 50 – Alligator Point Resource Board 51 – Hillsborough County Consolidated Taxicab Commission 52 – Port of Palm Beach District 53 – Department of the Lottery 54 – Interlocal Agencies 55 – Department of Veterans’ Affairs 56 – Clean Florida Commission 57 – Space Florida 58 – Department of Elder Affairs 59 – Agency for Health Care Administration 60 – Department of Management Services 61 – Department of Business and Professional Regulation 62 – Department of Environmental Protection 63 – Department of Juvenile Justice 64 – Department of Health 65 – Department of Children and Families 66 – Navigation Districts 67 – Florida Housing Finance Corporation 68 – Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 69 – Department of Financial Services 70 – Department of Military Affairs 71 – Agency for Enterprise Information Technology 72 – Board of Governors 73 – Department of Commerce 74 – Agency for State Technology 75 – Florida Gaming Control Commission (c) If more than one major activity or division exists within an agency, an uppercase letter shall be added to the title number to distinguish the major activities or divisions. Individual agencies within a group of closely related agencies sharing a title number shall also be designated by an uppercase letter following the title number. Letters added to title numbers are considered a part of the title number. (Example: Department of State adding to title number 1 the letters A, B, etc., so that they read 1A, 1B, etc.). (d) If a unit of government which has independent rulemaking authority performs a function within a major activity of an agency or is a part of an individual agency which is one of a closely related group of agencies sharing a common title number, the title number and letter shall be followed by an Arabic numeral which shall be part of the title number. (Example: 6C1, 6C2, etc.) (e) If more than one function exists within a division, within a major activity of an agency or within an agency included in a group of closely related agencies sharing a title number, a hyphen followed by a separate chapter number shall be used to designate rules applicable to each function. (Example: 1A-1 and 6C1-2). (f) A decimal point shall follow each chapter number. The digits immediately following the decimal point shall identify rules within a chapter. Each rule shall be numbered with a minimum of three digits after the decimal point. (Example: 1-1.008). The three digits following the decimal point shall not consist of only zeros. (g) The following is a description of each component of a rule citation for Rule 1B-30.001: Title Number (1); Division (B); Chapter (30); and the three digit identification number (.001). (2) The rule number for an emergency rule shall be designated as follows: (a) Emergency rule numbers shall begin with the title number assigned to an agency as specified in paragraph (1)(b) of this rule. (Example: The title number assigned to the Department of State is 1). (b) Alphabetical and numerical designations required by paragraphs (1)(c) and (1)(d) of this rule, may be added to the title number. These alphabetical and numerical designations become part of the title number. (Example: 1A, 6C1, etc.). (c) The letters “ER” and the last two digits of the calendar year in which the rule is filed shall immediately follow the title number. (Example: 1AER07 or 6C1ER07). (d) A hyphen shall separate the last two digits of the calendar year and an additional numerical designation. The additional numerical designation indicates the number of emergency rules promulgated by the agency for that calendar year. (Example: 1AER07-1 and 1AER07-2 or 6C1ER07-6 and 6C1ER07-7). 1. The numerical designation of emergency rules is cumulative, starting with the number one. The numerical designation is determined by calculating the total number of emergency rules adopted by all divisions, major activities, and units of government within an agency assigned to the same title number. (Example: If 1ER24-1 was adopted first and then division 1A is adopting an emergency rule afterwards it would be designated as 1AER24-2. Then, if division 1S is adopting an emergency rule after the emergency rule for division 1A it would be designated as 1SER24-3.) 2. The numerical designation restarts on January 1 of each year. (3) Sub-units of rules are indicated as follows: (a) Subsections by an Arabic numeral in parentheses. (b) Paragraphs within a subsection by a lowercase letter in parentheses. (c) Subparagraphs within a paragraph by an Arabic numeral followed by a decimal point. (d) Sub-subparagraphs within a paragraph by a lowercase letter followed by a decimal point. (e) A new sub-unit of rule text shall not be created unless the new sub-unit contains two or more parts. (Example: subsection (1) shall not be added unless there is at least a subsection (2). Similarly, paragraph (a) shall not be added unless there is at least a paragraph (b)). (4) The rule number and the first line of each sub-unit rule text shall be first line indented at 0.25''. (5) The Administrative Code and Register Section may, upon proper notification, require an agency to change the rule number or any sub-unit of a rule when the change is needed to preserve the overall integrity of the numbering system used in the Florida Administrative Code. The agency responsible for the rule shall submit a Notice of Correction for publication in the Florida Administrative Register and shall not be responsible for publication costs related to the notice. (6) The adopting agency shall submit a rule title for each rule, which shall immediately follow the rule number. The rule title is not part of the substantive language of the rule and may be altered by the Administrative Code and Register Section if it does not sufficiently indicate the content of the rule to make it useful for indexing purposes. The Administrative Code and Register Section must contact the adopting agency prior to modifying the title of a rule. The adopting agency shall submit a Notice of Correction for publication in the Florida Administrative Register. (7) Rule numbers and rule titles will be listed at the beginning of each rule chapter when published in the Florida Administrative Code. (8) A rule section in its entirety may be transferred, with no changes to the text, to a new location in the Florida Administrative Code and shall be renumbered accordingly. Transferring a rule in this manner requires notification in the Florida Administrative Register. The requesting agency shall submit a Notice of Correction for publication in the Florida Administrative Register. (9) An agency shall not reassign numbers of repealed or transferred rules.