Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions

455.01 - Definitions. - (1) “Board” means any board or commission, or other statutorily...

455.017 - Applicability of This Chapter. - History.—s. 60, ch. 94-218; s. 4, ch. 2010-106.

455.02 - Licensure of Members of the Armed Forces in Good Standing and Their Spouses or Surviving Spouses With Administrative Boards or Programs. - (1) Any member of the United States Armed Forces now...

455.10 - Restriction on Requirement of Citizenship. - History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 72-125; s. 1, ch. 74-37;...

455.11 - Qualification of Immigrants for Examination to Practice a Licensed Profession or Occupation. - (1) It is the declared purpose of this section to...

455.116 - Regulation Trust Funds. - (1) Administrative Trust Fund. (2) Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Trust...

455.1165 - Federal Grants Trust Fund. - (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the...

455.117 - Sale of Services and Information by Department. - History.—s. 9, ch. 93-220.

455.201 - Professions and Occupations Regulated by Department; Legislative Intent; Requirements. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that persons...

455.203 - Department; Powers and Duties. - (1) Adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal...

455.2035 - Rulemaking Authority for Professions Not Under a Board. - History.—s. 136, ch. 99-251.

455.204 - Long-Range Policy Planning; Plans, Reports, and Recommendations. - (1) Whether the department, including the boards and the various...

455.205 - Contacting Boards Through Department. - History.—s. 30, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 77-115; s. 5,...

455.207 - Boards; Organization; Meetings; Compensation and Travel Expenses. - (1) Each board within the department shall comply with the...

455.208 - Publication of Information. - History.—s. 5, ch. 88-392; s. 40, ch. 92-33; s. 10,...

455.209 - Accountability and Liability of Board Members. - (1) Each board member shall be accountable to the Governor...

455.211 - Board Rules; Final Agency Action; Challenges. - (1) The secretary of the department shall have standing to...

455.212 - Education; Substituting Demonstration of Competency for Clock-Hour Requirements. - History.—s. 63, ch. 92-136; s. 30, ch. 92-321.

455.2121 - Education; Accreditation. - History.—s. 4, ch. 94-119.

455.2122 - Education. - History.—s. 6, ch. 2010-106; s. 4, ch. 2010-176.

455.2123 - Continuing Education. - History.—s. 137, ch. 99-251; s. 7, ch. 2010-106; s. 5,...

455.2124 - Proration of or Not Requiring Continuing Education. - (1) Prorate continuing education for new licensees by requiring half...

455.2125 - Consultation With Postsecondary Education Boards Prior to Adoption of Changes to Training Requirements. - History.—s. 23, ch. 95-243; s. 34, ch. 98-421; s. 71,...

455.213 - General Licensing Provisions. - (1) Any person desiring to be licensed shall apply to...

455.214 - Limited Licenses. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that, absent...

455.217 - Examinations. - (1) The Division of Professions of the Department of Business...

455.2171 - Use of Professional Testing Services. - History.—s. 6, ch. 94-119.

455.2175 - Penalty for Theft or Reproduction of an Examination. - History.—s. 3, ch. 90-228; s. 3, ch. 91-137; s. 47,...

455.2177 - Monitoring of Compliance With Continuing Education Requirements. - (1) The department shall establish a system to monitor licensee...

455.2178 - Continuing Education Providers. - (1) Each continuing education provider shall provide to the department...

455.2179 - Continuing Education Provider and Course Approval; Cease and Desist Orders. - (1) If a board, or the department if there is...

455.218 - Foreign-Trained Professionals; Special Examination and License Provisions. - (1) When not otherwise provided by law, the department shall...

455.2185 - Exemption for Certain Out-of-State or Foreign Professionals; Limited Practice Permitted. - (1) A professional of any other state or of any...

455.219 - Fees; Receipts; Disposition; Periodic Management Reports. - (1) Each board within the department shall determine by rule...

455.221 - Legal and Investigative Services. - (1) The department shall provide board counsel for boards within...

455.2228 - Barbers and Cosmetologists; Instruction on HIV and Aids. - (1) The board, or the department where there is no...

455.223 - Power to Administer Oaths, Take Depositions, and Issue Subpoenas. - History.—s. 5, ch. 79-36; s. 32, ch. 81-302; s. 4,...

455.2235 - Mediation. - (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 455.225, the board, or...

455.224 - Authority to Issue Citations. - (1) Notwithstanding s. 455.225, the board or the department shall...

455.225 - Disciplinary Proceedings. - (1)(a) The department, for the boards under its jurisdiction, shall...

455.2255 - Classification of Disciplinary Actions. - (1) A licensee may petition the department to review a...

455.227 - Grounds for Discipline; Penalties; Enforcement. - (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for which the...

455.2273 - Disciplinary Guidelines. - (1) Each board, or the department when there is no...

455.2274 - Criminal Proceedings Against Licensees; Appearances by Department Representatives. - History.—s. 3, ch. 2009-195; s. 115, ch. 2014-17.

455.2275 - Penalty for Giving False Information. - History.—s. 31, ch. 85-175; s. 12, ch. 89-124; s. 9,...

455.2277 - Prosecution of Criminal Violations. - History.—s. 25, ch. 92-149.

455.2278 - Restriction on Disciplinary Action for Student Loan Default. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Default”...

455.228 - Unlicensed Practice of a Profession; Cease and Desist Notice; Civil Penalty; Enforcement; Citations; Allocation of Moneys Collected. - (1) When the department has probable cause to believe that...

455.2281 - Unlicensed Activities; Fees; Disposition. - History.—s. 27, ch. 92-149; s. 12, ch. 94-119; s. 160,...

455.2285 - Annual Report Concerning Finances, Administrative Complaints, Disciplinary Actions, and Recommendations. - (1) The revenues, expenditures, and cash balances for the prior...

455.2286 - Automated Information System. - History.—s. 6, ch. 98-287; s. 31, ch. 2000-141; s. 80,...

455.229 - Public Inspection of Information Required From Applicants; Exceptions; Examination Hearing. - (1) All information required by the department of any applicant...

455.232 - Disclosure of Confidential Information. - (1) No officer, employee, or person under contract with the...

455.24 - Advertisement by a Veterinarian of Free or Discounted Services; Required Statement. - History.—s. 1, ch. 84-161; s. 1, ch. 85-7; s. 6,...

455.242 - Veterinarians; Disposition of Records of Deceased Practitioners or Practitioners Relocating or Terminating Practice. - History.—s. 1, ch. 79-302; s. 11, ch. 88-1; s. 11,...

455.243 - Authority to Inspect. - History.—s. 2, ch. 82-22; s. 63, ch. 92-33; s. 35,...

455.245 - Veterinarians; Immediate Suspension of License. - History.—s. 1, ch. 86-91; s. 12, ch. 88-1; s. 16,...

455.271 - Inactive and Delinquent Status. - (1) A licensee may practice a profession only if the...

455.273 - Renewal and Cancellation Notices. - (1) Forward a licensure renewal notification to an active or...

455.275 - Address of Record. - (1) Each licensee of the department is solely responsible for...

455.32 - Management Privatization Act. - (1) This section shall be known by the popular name...

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Florida Statutes Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions

Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions