Florida Statutes
Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions
456.026 - Annual Report Concerning Finances, Administrative Complaints, Disciplinary Actions, and Recommendations.


(1) The revenues, expenditures, and cash balances for the prior year, and a review of the adequacy of existing fees.
(2) The number of complaints received and investigated.
(3) The number of findings of probable cause made.
(4) The number of findings of no probable cause made.
(5) The number of administrative complaints filed.
(6) The disposition of all administrative complaints.
(7) A description of disciplinary actions taken.
(8) A description of any effort by the department to reduce or otherwise close any investigation or disciplinary proceeding not before the Division of Administrative Hearings under chapter 120 or otherwise not completed within 1 year after the initial filing of a complaint under this chapter.
(9) The status of the development and implementation of rules providing for disciplinary guidelines pursuant to s. 456.079.
(10) Such recommendations for administrative and statutory changes necessary to facilitate efficient and cost-effective operation of the department and the various boards.
History.—s. 75, ch. 97-261; s. 56, ch. 2000-160; s. 4, ch. 2002-254.
Note.—Former s. 455.644.

Structure Florida Statutes

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.