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Chapter 455

Fla. Stat. ch. 455

Regulation of Professions and Occupations: General Provisions

455.01Definitions 455.017Applicability of this chapter 455.02Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards 455.10Restriction on requirement of citizenship 455.11Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation 455.116Regulation trust funds 455.117Sale of services and information by department 455.201Professions and occupations regulated by department; legislative intent; requirements 455.203Department; powers and duties 455.2035Rulemaking authority for professions not under a board 455.204Long-range policy planning; plans, reports, and recommendations 455.205Contacting boards through department 455.207Boards; organization; meetings; compensation and travel expenses 455.208Publication of information 455.209Accountability and liability of board members 455.211Board rules; final agency action; challenges 455.212Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements 455.2121Education; accreditation 455.2123Continuing education 455.2124Proration of continuing education 455.2125Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements 455.213General licensing provisions 455.214Limited licenses 455.217Examinations 455.2171Use of professional testing services 455.2175Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination 455.2177Monitoring of compliance with continuing education requirements 455.2178Continuing education providers 455.2179Continuing education provider approval; cease and desist orders 455.218Foreign-trained professionals; special examination and license provisions 455.2185Exemption for certain out-of-state or foreign professionals; limited practice permitted 455.219Fees; receipts; disposition; periodic management reports 455.221Legal and investigative services 455.2226Funeral directors and embalmers; instruction on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome 455.2228Barbers and cosmetologists; instruction on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome 455.223Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas 455.2235Mediation 455.224Authority to issue citations 455.225Disciplinary proceedings 455.2255Classification of disciplinary actions 455.227Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement 455.2273Disciplinary guidelines 455.2275Penalty for giving false information 455.2277Prosecution of criminal violations 455.228Unlicensed practice of a profession; cease and desist notice; civil penalty; enforcement; citations; allocation of moneys collected 455.2281Unlicensed activities; fees; disposition 455.2285Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations 455.2286Automated information system 455.229Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing 455.232Disclosure of confidential information 455.24Advertisement by a veterinarian of free or discounted services; required statement 455.242Veterinarians; disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice 455.243Authority to inspect 455.245Veterinarians; immediate suspension of license 455.271Inactive and delinquent status 455.273Renewal and cancellation notices 455.275Address of record 455.501Definitions 455.504Applicability of part 455.507Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards or the department 455.511Restriction on requirement of citizenship 455.514Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation 455.517Professions and occupations regulated by department; legislative intent; requirements 455.521Department; powers and duties 455.524Long-range policy planning; plans, reports, and recommendations 455.527Contacting boards through department 455.531Board members 455.534Boards; organization; meetings; compensation and travel expenses 455.537Publication of information 455.541Accountability and liability of board members 455.544Board rules; final agency action; challenges 455.547Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements 455.551Education; accreditation 455.554Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements 455.557Standardized credentialing for health care practitioners 455.561Limited licenses 455.564Department; general licensing provisions 455.565Designated health care professionals; information required for licensure 455.5651Practitioner profile; creation 455.5652Practitioner profiles; update 455.5653Practitioner profiles; data storage 455.5654Practitioner profiles; rules; workshops 455.5655Practitioner profiles; maintenance of superseded information 455.5656Practitioner's profiles; confidentiality 455.567Sexual misconduct; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration 455.571Use of professional testing services 455.574Department of Health; examinations 455.577Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination 455.581Foreign-trained professionals; special examination and license provisions 455.584Exemption for certain out-of-state or foreign professionals; limited practice permitted 455.587Fees; receipts; disposition 455.594Legal and investigative services 455.597Requirement for instruction on domestic violence 455.601Hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency carriers 455.604Requirement for instruction for certain licensees on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome 455.607Athletic trainers and massage therapists; requirement for instruction on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome 455.611Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas 455.614Mediation 455.617Authority to issue citations 455.621Disciplinary proceedings 455.624Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement 455.627Disciplinary guidelines 455.631Penalty for giving false information 455.661Designated health care services; licensure required 455.634Prosecution of criminal violations 455.637Unlicensed practice of a profession; cease and desist notice; civil penalty; enforcement; citations; allocation of moneys collected 455.641Unlicensed activities; fees; disposition 455.644Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations 455.647Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing 455.651Disclosure of confidential information 455.654Financial arrangements between referring health care providers and providers of health care services 455.657Kickbacks prohibited 455.664Advertisement by a health care practitioner of free or discounted services; required statement 455.667Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished 455.671Communications confidential; exceptions 455.674Practitioner disclosure of confidential information; immunity from civil or criminal liability 455.677Disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice 455.681Authority to inspect 455.684Chiropractic and podiatric health care; denial of payment; limitation 455.687Certain health care practitioners; immediate suspension of license 455.691Treatment of Medicare beneficiaries; refusal, emergencies, consulting physicians 455.694Financial responsibility requirements for certain health care practitioners 455.697Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions 455.698Reports of professional liability actions; bankruptcies; Department of Health's responsibility to provide 455.699Toll-free telephone number for reporting of complaints 455.701Disclosure of financial interest by production 455.704Impaired Practitioners Committee; duties 455.707Treatment programs for impaired practitioners 455.711Inactive and delinquent status 455.712Business establishments; requirements for active status licenses 455.714Renewal and cancellation notices 455.717Address of record