(1) A license or certificate that has become inactive may be reactivated under s. 459.008 or s. 459.022 upon application to the department. The board shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license or certificate may not be fewer than 20 classroom hours for each year the license or certificate was inactive.
(2) The board shall adopt rules relating to reactivation of licenses or certificates that have become inactive and for the renewal of inactive licenses and certificates.
(3)(a) The department may not reactivate a license or certificate unless the inactive or delinquent licensee or certificateholder has paid any applicable biennial renewal or delinquency fee, or both, and a reactivation fee.
(b) The board shall prescribe by rule an application fee for inactive status, a biennial renewal fee for inactive status, a delinquency fee, and a fee for the reactivation of a license or certificate. None of these fees may exceed the biennial renewal fee established by the board for an active license or certificate.
History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-230; s. 303, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 97, ch. 83-329; ss. 10, 27, 29, ch. 86-290; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 92-22; s. 167, ch. 94-119.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 459 - Osteopathic Medicine
459.002 - Chapter Not Applicable to Practice of Medicine, Surgery, Chiropractic Medicine, Etc.
459.004 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
459.005 - Rulemaking Authority.
459.0055 - General Licensure Requirements.
459.0066 - Expert Witness Certificate.
459.0076 - Temporary Certificate for Practice in Areas of Critical Need.
459.0077 - Osteopathic Faculty Certificate.
459.008 - Renewal of Licenses and Certificates.
459.0082 - Analysis of Survey Results; Report.
459.0083 - Confidentiality of Certain Information Contained in Physician Workforce Surveys.
459.0085 - Financial Responsibility.
459.011 - Privileges, Obligations, and Status of Osteopathic Physicians.
459.012 - Itemized Patient Statement.
459.0122 - Patient Records; Termination of Osteopathic Physician’s Practice.
459.0125 - Breast Cancer; Information on Treatment Alternatives.
459.013 - Penalty for Violations.
459.0135 - Drugs to Treat Obesity; Rules Establishing Guidelines.
459.0137 - Pain-Management Clinics.
459.0141 - Sexual Misconduct in the Practice of Osteopathic Medicine.
459.0145 - Concerted Effort to Refuse Emergency Room Treatment to Patients; Penalties.
459.015 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action; Action by the Board and Department.
459.0151 - Emergency Procedures for Disciplinary Action.
459.016 - Reports of Disciplinary Actions by Medical Organizations.
459.017 - Osteopathic Physician’s Consent; Handwriting Samples; Mental or Physical Examinations.
459.018 - Search Warrants for Certain Violations.
459.019 - Subpoena of Certain Records.
459.022 - Physician Assistants.
459.023 - Anesthesiologist Assistants.
459.026 - Reports of Adverse Incidents in Office Practice Settings.