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Chapter 455

Fla. Stat. ch. 455

Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions

455.01Definitions 455.017Applicability of this chapter 455.02Licensure of members of the Armed Forces in good standing and their spouses or surviving spouses with administrative boards or programs 455.10Restriction on requirement of citizenship 455.11Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation 455.116Regulation trust funds 455.1165Federal Grants Trust Fund 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 455.2122Education 455.2123Continuing education 455.2124Proration of or not requiring continuing education 455.2125Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements 455.213General licensing provisions 455.2135Interstate mobility 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 and course 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 HIV and AIDSRepealed 455.2228Barbers and cosmetologists; instruction on HIV and AIDS 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 455.2274Criminal proceedings against licensees; appearances by department representatives 455.2275Penalty for giving false information 455.2277Prosecution of criminal violations 455.2278Restriction on disciplinary action for student loan default 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 455.32Management Privatization Act 455.501DefinitionsRepealed 455.504Applicability of partRepealed 455.507Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards or the departmentRepealed 455.511Restriction on requirement of citizenshipRepealed 455.514Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupationRepealed 455.517Professions and occupations regulated by department; legislative intent; requirementsRepealed 455.521Department; powers and dutiesRepealed 455.524Long-range policy planning; plans, reports, and recommendationsRepealed 455.527Contacting boards through departmentRepealed 455.531Board membersRepealed 455.534Boards; organization; meetings; compensation and travel expensesRepealed 455.537Publication of informationRepealed 455.541Accountability and liability of board membersRepealed 455.544Board rules; final agency action; challengesRepealed 455.547Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirementsRepealed 455.551Education; accreditationRepealed 455.554Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirementsRepealed 455.557Standardized credentialing for health care practitionersRepealed 455.561Limited licensesRepealed 455.564Department; general licensing provisionsRepealed 455.565Designated health care professionals; information required for licensureRepealed 455.5651Practitioner profile; creationRepealed 455.5652Practitioner profiles; updateRepealed 455.5653Practitioner profiles; data storageRepealed 455.5654Practitioner profiles; rules; workshopsRepealed 455.5655Practitioner profiles; maintenance of superseded informationRepealed 455.5656Practitioner's profiles; confidentialityRepealed 455.567Sexual misconduct; disqualification for license, certificate, or registrationRepealed 455.571Use of professional testing servicesRepealed 455.574Department of Health; examinationsRepealed 455.577Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examinationRepealed 455.581Foreign-trained professionals; special examination and license provisionsRepealed 455.584Exemption for certain out-of-state or foreign professionals; limited practice permittedRepealed 455.587Fees; receipts; dispositionRepealed 455.594Legal and investigative servicesRepealed 455.597Requirement for instruction on domestic violenceRepealed 455.601Hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency carriersRepealed 455.604Requirement for instruction for certain licensees on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndromeRepealed 455.607Athletic trainers and massage therapists; requirement for instruction on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndromeRepealed 455.611Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenasRepealed 455.614MediationRepealed 455.617Authority to issue citationsRepealed 455.621Disciplinary proceedingsRepealed 455.624Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcementRepealed 455.627Disciplinary guidelinesRepealed 455.631Penalty for giving false informationRepealed 455.634Prosecution of criminal violationsRepealed 455.637Unlicensed practice of a profession; cease and desist notice; civil penalty; enforcement; citations; allocation of moneys collectedRepealed 455.641Unlicensed activities; fees; dispositionRepealed 455.644Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendationsRepealed 455.647Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearingRepealed 455.651Disclosure of confidential informationRepealed 455.654Financial arrangements between referring health care providers and providers of health care servicesRepealed 455.657Kickbacks prohibitedRepealed 455.661Designated health care services; licensure requiredRepealed 455.664Advertisement by a health care practitioner of free or discounted services; required statementRepealed 455.667Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnishedRepealed 455.671Communications confidential; exceptionsRepealed 455.674Practitioner disclosure of confidential information; immunity from civil or criminal liabilityRepealed 455.677Disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practiceRepealed 455.681Authority to inspectRepealed 455.684Chiropractic and podiatric health care; denial of payment; limitationRepealed 455.687Certain health care practitioners; immediate suspension of licenseRepealed 455.691Treatment of Medicare beneficiaries; refusal, emergencies, consulting physiciansRepealed 455.694Financial responsibility requirements for certain health care practitionersRepealed 455.697Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actionsRepealed 455.698Reports of professional liability actions; bankruptcies; Department of Health's responsibility to provideRepealed 455.699Toll-free telephone number for reporting of complaintsRepealed 455.701Disclosure of financial interest by productionRepealed 455.704Impaired Practitioners Committee; dutiesRepealed 455.707Treatment programs for impaired practitionersRepealed 455.711Inactive and delinquent statusRepealed 455.712Business establishments; requirements for active status licensesRepealed 455.714Renewal and cancellation noticesRepealed 455.717Address of recordRepealed