Florida Statutes
Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions
456.002 - Applicability.

Florida Statutes

Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations

Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions

456.001 - Definitions.

456.002 - Applicability.

456.003 - Legislative Intent; Requirements.

456.004 - Department; Powers and Duties.

456.005 - Long-Range Policy Planning.

456.006 - Contacting Boards Through Department.

456.007 - Board Members.

456.008 - Accountability and Liability of Board Members.

456.009 - Legal and Investigative Services.

456.011 - Boards; Organization; Meetings; Compensation and Travel Expenses.

456.012 - Board Rules; Final Agency Action; Challenges.

456.013 - Department; General Licensing Provisions.

456.0135 - General Background Screening Provisions.

456.014 - Public Inspection of Information Required From Applicants; Exceptions; Examination Hearing.

456.015 - Limited Licenses.

456.016 - Use of Professional Testing Services.

456.017 - Examinations.

456.018 - Penalty for Theft or Reproduction of an Examination.

456.019 - Restriction on Requirement of Citizenship.

456.021 - Qualification of Immigrants for Examination to Practice a Licensed Profession or Occupation.

456.022 - Foreign-Trained Professionals; Special Examination and License Provisions.

456.023 - Exemption for Certain Out-of-State or Foreign Professionals; Limited Practice Permitted.

456.024 - Members of Armed Forces in Good Standing With Administrative Boards or the Department; Spouses; Licensure.

456.0241 - Temporary Certificate for Active Duty Military Health Care Practitioners.

456.025 - Fees; Receipts; Disposition.

456.026 - Annual Report Concerning Finances, Administrative Complaints, Disciplinary Actions, and Recommendations.

456.027 - Education; Accreditation.

456.028 - Consultation With Postsecondary Education Boards Prior to Adoption of Changes to Training Requirements.

456.029 - Education; Substituting Demonstration of Competency for Clock-Hour Requirements.

456.0301 - Requirement for Instruction on Controlled Substance Prescribing.

456.031 - Requirement for Instruction on Domestic Violence.

456.032 - Hepatitis B or HIV Carriers.

456.033 - Requirement for Instruction for Certain Licensees on HIV and Aids.

456.0341 - Requirements for Instruction on Human Trafficking.

456.035 - Address of Record.

456.036 - Licenses; Active and Inactive Status; Delinquency.

456.0361 - Compliance With Continuing Education Requirements.

456.037 - Business Establishments; Requirements for Active Status Licenses; Delinquency; Discipline; Applicability.

456.038 - Renewal and Cancellation Notices.

456.039 - Designated Health Care Professionals; Information Required for Licensure.

456.0391 - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; Information Required for Licensure.

456.0392 - Prescription Labeling.

456.041 - Practitioner Profile; Creation.

456.042 - Practitioner Profiles; Update.

456.043 - Practitioner Profiles; Data Storage.

456.044 - Practitioner Profiles; Rules; Workshops.

456.045 - Practitioner Profiles; Maintenance of Superseded Information.

456.046 - Practitioner Profiles; Confidentiality.

456.048 - Financial Responsibility Requirements for Certain Health Care Practitioners.

456.049 - Health Care Practitioners; Reports on Professional Liability Claims and Actions.

456.0495 - Reporting Adverse Incidents Occurring in Planned Out-of-Hospital Births.

456.0496 - Provision of Information on Eye and Vision Disorders to Parents During Planned Out-of-Hospital Births.

456.051 - Reports of Professional Liability Actions; Bankruptcies; Department of Health’s Responsibility to Provide.

456.052 - Disclosure of Financial Interest by Production.

456.053 - Financial Arrangements Between Referring Health Care Providers and Providers of Health Care Services.

456.054 - Kickbacks Prohibited.

456.055 - Chiropractic and Podiatric Health Care; Denial of Payment; Limitation.

456.056 - Treatment of Medicare Beneficiaries; Refusal, Emergencies, Consulting Physicians.

456.057 - Ownership and Control of Patient Records; Report or Copies of Records to Be Furnished; Disclosure of Information.

456.0575 - Duty to Notify Patients.

456.058 - Disposition of Records of Deceased Practitioners or Practitioners Relocating or Terminating Practice.

456.059 - Communications Confidential; Exceptions.

456.061 - Practitioner Disclosure of Confidential Information; Immunity From Civil or Criminal Liability.

456.062 - Advertisement by a Health Care Practitioner of Free or Discounted Services; Required Statement.

456.063 - Sexual Misconduct; Disqualification for License, Certificate, or Registration.

456.0635 - Health Care Fraud; Disqualification for License, Certificate, or Registration.

456.065 - Unlicensed Practice of a Health Care Profession; Intent; Cease and Desist Notice; Penalties; Enforcement; Citations; Fees; Allocation and Disposition of Moneys Collected.

456.066 - Prosecution of Criminal Violations.

456.067 - Penalty for Giving False Information.

456.068 - Toll-Free Telephone Number for Reporting of Complaints.

456.069 - Authority to Inspect.

456.071 - Power to Administer Oaths, Take Depositions, and Issue Subpoenas.

456.072 - Grounds for Discipline; Penalties; Enforcement.

456.073 - Disciplinary Proceedings.

456.074 - Certain Health Care Practitioners; Immediate Suspension of License.

456.075 - Criminal Proceedings Against Licensees; Appearances by Department Representatives.

456.076 - Impaired Practitioner Programs.

456.077 - Authority to Issue Citations.

456.078 - Mediation.

456.079 - Disciplinary Guidelines.

456.081 - Publication of Information.

456.082 - Disclosure of Confidential Information.

456.36 - Health Care Professionals; Exemption From Disqualification From Employment or Contracting.

456.38 - Practitioner Registry for Disasters and Emergencies.

456.41 - Complementary or Alternative Health Care Treatments.

456.42 - Written Prescriptions for Medicinal Drugs.

456.43 - Electronic Prescribing for Medicinal Drugs.

456.44 - Controlled Substance Prescribing.

456.47 - Use of Telehealth to Provide Services.

456.50 - Repeated Medical Malpractice.

456.51 - Consent for Pelvic Examinations.