Florida Administrative Code

In the event that any manufactured building bearing the insignia is found to be in violation of the approved plans prior to the issuance of the local certificate of occupancy, at the direction of the Department, the Agency or authority having jurisdiction shall remove the insigni…

The Department shall charge the following fees for the indicated items: (1) Manufacturer's initial application fee is $300 plus $300 for the triennial certification. The triennial renewal fee is $300. Each additional plant will be assessed an initial application fee of $100 plus …

(1) Change of Ownership - When the ownership of a manufacturer changes, the new owner shall take the following steps: (a) Inform the department in writing within 10 days of such change and give effective date of change. (b) The new owner shall submit a completed manufacturer's ap…

The manufacturer shall provide a TRANSPORTATION AND INSTALLATION BOOKLET with each new building and component package. It shall include: (1) Precautions and instructions for transportation of buildings and modules; and (2) Installation instructions. Rulemaking Authority 553.37(1)…

(1) Any person, firm or corporation, with a substantial interest in any action or any failure to act in conformity with these rules, including without limitation the technical standards and administrative provisions adopted hereby, may file a complaint to the Department. Such com…

(1) Manufacturers. Prior to manufacturing factory-built schools for utilization in the State of Florida, a manufacturer shall be certified by the Department as provided in Rule 61-41.007, F.A.C., and shall be subject to the continuing requirements thereof to maintain certificatio…

(1) All site installation and annual inspections are the responsibility of the School Board. The Department insignia attests only to compliance of the building with the Florida Building Code and not any site plans or site related issues. (2) Manufacturers and their agents and emp…

(1) Each factory-built school building utilized for public educational purposes shall bear the "SREF/school" insignia of the Department and a data plate. The data plate shall be fabricated by the manufacturer of new buildings and the owner of existing buildings of durable materia…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Commission" means the Florida State Boxing Commission. (2) "Disputant" means the complainant or the licensee. (3) "Executive Director" means the executive director of the Florida State Boxing Commission…

(1)(a)The department shall investigate, on behalf of the commission, any complaint that is filed with the department in writing, signed by the complainant, legally sufficient, and under the jurisdiction of the State of Florida. A complaint is legally sufficient if it contains fac…

(1) When the department has probable cause to believe that any person or entity not licensed by the commission intends to sanction or supervise an amateur match or event in the state, the department may issue and deliver to such person a notice to cease and desist from such viola…

(1) The department may designate as mediation offenses those complaints where harm caused by the licensee is economic in nature or can be remedied by the licensee. (2) After the department determines a complaint is legally sufficient and the alleged violations are defined as medi…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Anticipated costs" means the projected direct and indirect costs and administrative overhead of a board based upon the current fiscal year's legislative appropriation enactment and other anticipated ini…

Rulemaking Authority 455.203(5) FS. Law Implemented 455.219(1), 455.2281 FS. History-New 4-27-94, Amended 1-7-97, Repealed 9-10-17.

(1) The Department is authorized to permit a temporary loan of funds to any Board operating at a deficit. Any request for a loan shall be made to the Director of the Division of Administration and shall state: (a) That the Board is currently operating at a deficit; and (b) That t…

Rulemaking Authority 455.219(1) FS. Law Implemented 455.219(1) FS. History-New 10-1-00, Amended 8-17-06, 1-24-08, 2-20-12, Repealed 9-10-17.

(1) In imposing disciplinary penalties upon unlicensed persons, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (hereinafter, "Department") shall act in accordance with the following disciplinary guidelines and shall impose a penalty consistent herewith absent the applicat…

(1) Pursuant to Section 455.203(1), F.S., the Department hereby implements a plan for staggered biennial renewal of licenses issued by the Central Intake Unit, The Division of Service Operation and Licensure, the Department on behalf of the boards within the Department and the De…

(1) Any license renewal application, which for any reason is not submitted in a timely and complete manner shall revert to delinquent status. (2) Each application for renewal shall be considered timely filed if the application has been postmarked by the post officer prior to midn…

A licensee may choose inactive status by filing with the department a written notice, which may be indicated on the renewal form, accompanied by the appropriate fee. Such notice and fee must be received in accordance with subsection 61-6.002(2), F.A.C., to be timely. Rulemaking A…

(1) A delinquent status licensee may apply for active or inactive status any time during the biennial licensure cycle. As defined by rule of the board, or the Department when there is no board, a complete application, the renewal fee, and a delinquent fee shall be required. The l…

It shall be the duty of licensees, active and inactive, to keep the Department informed of any information which the Department requires, including but not limited to his/her current mailing address. Rulemaking Authority 455.203(5) FS. Law Implemented 455.203, 455.275 FS. History…

(1) Graduates of the Department of Education approved cosmetology program at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind shall be issued a limited license upon filing with the Department a completed application, the form for which shall be prepared and furnished by the Departme…

If a duplicate license is requested by a licensee, the department shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) if there is no board rule to the contrary. Rulemaking Authority 455.203(5), 455.219 FS. Law Implemented 455.219 FS. History-New 2-17-92, Formerly 21-6.018.

Applicants for renewal of a license shall submit an Affirmation of Eligibility for License Renewal form number BPR-LIC-001, incorporated herein by reference and effective November 2021. The form will vary depending upon each profession and license type. The form can be obtained a…

(1) No later than six (6) months after the beginning of a licensure period, each board shall initiate a random audit of licensees to determine their compliance with license renewal requirements. This audit shall be conducted by the appropriate office of the Department of Business…

(1) Starting July 1, 2024, and on at least a weekly basis thereafter, the Department shall determine the licensees that are exempt from all continuing education requirements for the current biennial licensure period. Within thirty (30) days from the start of a biennial licensure …

(1) Licensees shall direct their requests for name changes on the master file of the Department to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2205. (2) Name change requests shall be in writing and shall be documented.…

(1) Each registration of an appraisal management company shall be renewed on a biennial basis. The schedule for biennial renewal shall be as established in subsection 61-6.001(4), F.A.C. (2) When the total period of inactive status exceeds 4 years, the registration shall automati…

When used in Chapter 61-9, F.A.C., the following terms shall have the meanings provided: (1) "Applicant" shall mean any person who has submitted to the Department an application for licensure under any Board located in the Department or licensing law administered by the Departmen…

(1) The examination for licensure of foreign-trained exiled professionals shall be a written practical examination which tests the current ability of the applicant to practice the profession in which he seeks licensure. The examination shall not test the academic and preprofessio…

(1) Documentation of graduation shall include copies of any document which properly identifies: (a) The applicant by name; (b) Completion of academic requirements for the profession or occupation in which the applicant seeks licensure; (c) The name and location of the college, un…

(1) Three years of lawful practice shall consist of experience by reason of practice in the profession as described by law and rule of the practice in which the applicant seeks licensure. Such lawful practice shall include valid licensure in the jurisdiction wherein the practice …

The term "program" when used in this rule means the pre-examination continuing education course of study provided in Section 455.218(1)(g), F.S.. (1) The content of the program shall be designed to prepare the applicant for examination for licensure. The program is to prepare the…

(1) Applicants for licensure as foreign-trained exiled professionals shall submit an application fee of $100 with their application. (2) The fees for examination of foreign-trained exiled professionals shall be determined by the cost to the Department for acquisition, preparation…

Rulemaking Authority 458.314(4), (5), (6) FS. Law Implemented 458.314(4), (5), (6) FS. History-New 8-19-87, Formerly 21-21.001, Repealed 5-2-17.

Rulemaking Authority 120.53, 458.314 FS. Law Implemented 120.53, 458.314 FS. History-New 8-19-87, Formerly 21-21.002, Repealed 5-2-17.

Rulemaking Authority 458.314(6), (7) FS. Law Implemented 458.314(6), (7) FS. History-New 8-19-87, Formerly 21-21.003, Repealed 5-2-17.

Rulemaking Authority 120.53(1)(a) FS. Law Implemented 120.53(1)(a), 458.314(4) FS. History-New 8-19-87, Formerly 21-21.004, Repealed 5-2-17.

Rulemaking Authority 458.314(5), (7) FS. Law Implemented 458.314(5), (7) FS. History-New 8-19-87, Formerly 21-21.005, Repealed 5-2-17.

(1) As used in section 565.045, F.S., the term "place of business" shall include all interior rooms, or areas which are directly connected by interior openings or doorways from the space where alcoholic beverages are sold, delivered, consumed, or stored. It shall not include comm…

(1) Industry members are prohibited from furnishing, supplying, giving, renting, or lending, to a vendor, any equipment, fixtures, furniture, furnishings, signs, supplies, credit, money, compensation, rebates, accumulated rebates, fees of any kind including slotting fees, service…

(1) Industry members may give, loan, or sell alcoholic beverage product displays to vendors, for use on a vendor's licensed premises, to include wine racks, bins, barrels, casks, shelving, or similar product display items which are separated from a vendor's ordinary shelves and u…

(1) When the specialties advertise wine or spirituous beverages, wine or spirituous beverages industry members may give or sell, and when the specialties advertise malt beverages, malt beverages industry members may sell, at a cost not less than the actual cost of the industry me…

(1) Durable retailer advertising specialties shall bear permanently inscribed, substantial advertising intended to promote the brand or industry member being advertised, and differ from inside signs in that they have a secondary function. Such secondary function is limited to pas…

(1) When the specialties advertise wine or spirituous beverages, wine or spirituous beverages industry members may give or sell to a vendor consumer advertising specialties of nominal value bearing substantial brand or industry member advertising designed to be carried away by th…

(1) Industry members may give, sell, lend, or furnish inside signs advertising brands to vendors such as neon or electric signs, window painting and decalcomanias, posters, placards, and other advertising material authorized by sections 561.42(1), (11), and (12), F.S., to be disp…

(1) Industry members may provide to any vendor without conditions copy-ready images of alcoholic beverage brands, brand logos, industry member logos, responsibility messages, or products in any format. (2) "Copy-ready" images are those images ready to be reproduced for immediate …

(1) If an advertisement includes two or more unaffiliated vendors, industry members may use vendors' names and addresses in brand advertisements to indicate vendors from whom consumers can purchase the advertised brands. Unaffiliated vendors are those vendors not affiliated throu…

Manufacturers and distributors may give vendors layouts or designs of the vendors' shelves or coolers. The shelf plans must be used solely for the purpose of providing vendors with information regarding placement of alcoholic beverage products on shelves and in coolers. There sha…