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Chapter 456

Fla. Stat. ch. 456

Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions

456.001Definitions 456.002Applicability 456.003Legislative intent; requirements 456.004Department; powers and duties 456.005Long-range policy planning 456.006Contacting boards through department 456.007Board members 456.008Accountability and liability of board members 456.009Legal and investigative services 456.011Boards; organization; meetings; compensation and travel expenses 456.012Board rules; final agency action; challenges 456.013Department; general licensing provisions 456.0135General background screening provisions 456.014Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing 456.0145Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement (MOBILE) Act 456.015Limited licenses 456.016Use of professional testing services 456.017Examinations 456.018Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination 456.019Restriction on requirement of citizenship 456.021Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation 456.022Foreign-trained professionals; special examination and license provisions 456.023Exemption for certain out-of-state or foreign professionals; limited practice permitted 456.024Members of Armed Forces and veterans; spouses; licensure 456.0241Temporary certificate for active duty military health care practitioners 456.0242Office of Veteran Licensure Services 456.025Fees; receipts; disposition 456.026Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations 456.027Education; accreditation 456.028Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements 456.029Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements 456.0301Requirement for instruction on controlled substance prescribing 456.031Requirement for instruction on domestic violence 456.032Hepatitis B or HIV carriers 456.033Requirement for instruction for certain licensees on HIV and AIDS 456.034Athletic trainers and massage therapists; requirement for instruction on HIV and AIDSRepealed 456.0341Requirements for instruction on human trafficking 456.035Address of record 456.036Licenses; active and inactive status; delinquency 456.0361Compliance with continuing education requirements 456.037Business establishments; requirements for active status licenses; delinquency; discipline; applicability 456.0375Registration of certain clinics; requirements; discipline; exemptionsRepealed 456.038Renewal and cancellation notices 456.039Designated health care professionals; information required for licensure 456.0391Advanced practice registered nurses; information required for licensure 456.0392Prescription labeling 456.041Practitioner profile; creation 456.042Practitioner profiles; update 456.043Practitioner profiles; data storage 456.044Practitioner profiles; rules; workshops 456.045Practitioner profiles; maintenance of superseded information 456.046Practitioner profiles; confidentiality 456.047Standardized credentialing for health care practitionersRepealed 456.048Financial responsibility requirements for certain health care practitioners 456.049Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions 456.0495Reporting adverse incidents occurring in planned out-of-hospital births 456.0496Provision of information on eye and vision disorders to parents during planned out-of-hospital births 456.051Reports of professional liability actions; bankruptcies; Department of Health’s responsibility to provide 456.052Disclosure of financial interest by production 456.053Financial arrangements between referring health care providers and providers of health care services 456.054Kickbacks prohibited 456.055Chiropractic and podiatric health care; denial of payment; limitation 456.056Treatment of Medicare beneficiaries; refusal, emergencies, consulting physicians 456.057Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished; disclosure of information 456.0575Duty to notify patients 456.058Disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice 456.059Communications confidential; exceptions 456.061Practitioner disclosure of confidential information; immunity from civil or criminal liability 456.062Advertisement by a health care practitioner of free or discounted services; required statement 456.0625Patient overpayments; refunds 456.063Sexual misconduct; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration 456.0635Health care fraud; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration 456.065Unlicensed practice of a health care profession; intent; cease and desist notice; penalties; enforcement; citations; fees; allocation and disposition of moneys collected 456.066Prosecution of criminal violations 456.067Penalty for giving false information 456.068Toll-free telephone number for reporting of complaints 456.069Authority to inspect 456.071Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas 456.072Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement 456.0721Practitioners in default on student loan or scholarship obligations; investigation; reportRepealed 456.073Disciplinary proceedings 456.074Certain health care practitioners; immediate suspension of license 456.075Criminal proceedings against licensees; appearances by department representatives 456.076Impaired practitioner programs 456.077Authority to issue citations 456.078Mediation 456.079Disciplinary guidelines 456.081Publication of information 456.082Disclosure of confidential information 456.30Short titleRepealed 456.31Legislative intentRepealed 456.32DefinitionsRepealed 456.33When practice of hypnosis prohibitedRepealed 456.34PenaltiesRepealed 456.36Health care professionals; exemption from disqualification from employment or contracting 456.38Practitioner registry for disasters and emergencies 456.41Complementary or alternative health care treatments 456.42Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs 456.43Electronic prescribing for medicinal drugs 456.44Controlled substance prescribing 456.4501Interstate Medical Licensure Compact 456.4502Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; disciplinary proceedings 456.4503Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission; public records and meetings exemptions 456.4504Interstate Medical Licensure Compact rules 456.47Use of telehealth to provide services 456.50Repeated medical malpractice 456.51Consent for pelvic examinations 456.52Sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures; prohibitions; informed consent 456.61Use of free speech by a health care practitioner; prohibition 456.62Communication of COVID-19 treatment alternatives