Chapter 455 — Chapter 455
62 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 455.2285 Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations
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The department is directed to prepare and submit a report to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives by November 1 of each year. In addition to finances and any other information the Legislature may require, the report shall include statistics and …
Fla. Stat. § 455.2286 Automated information system
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The department shall implement an automated information system for all certificateholders and registrants under part XII of chapter 468, chapter 471, chapter 481, or chapter 489. The system shall provide instant notification to local building departments and other interested part…
Fla. Stat. § 455.229 Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing
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(1) All information required by the department of any applicant shall be a public record and shall be open to public inspection pursuant to s. 119.07, except financial information, medical information, school transcripts, examination questions, answers, papers, grades, and gradin…
Fla. Stat. § 455.232 Disclosure of confidential information
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(1) No officer, employee, or person under contract with the department, or any board therein, or any subject of an investigation shall convey knowledge or information to any person who is not lawfully entitled to such knowledge or information about any public meeting or public re…
Fla. Stat. § 455.24 Advertisement by a veterinarian of free or discounted services; required statement
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In any advertisement for a free, discounted fee, or reduced fee service, examination, or treatment by a person licensed under chapter 474, the following statement shall appear in capital letters clearly distinguishable from the rest of the text: THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT…
Fla. Stat. § 455.242 Veterinarians; disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice
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Each board created under the provisions of chapter 474 shall provide by rule for the disposition, under that chapter, of the records that are in existence at the time the practitioner dies, terminates practice, or relocates and is no longer available and which records pertain to …
Fla. Stat. § 455.243 Authority to inspect
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Duly authorized agents and employees of the department shall have the power to inspect in a lawful manner at all reasonable hours any establishment at which the services of a licensee authorized to prescribe controlled substances specified in chapter 893 are offered, for the purp…
Fla. Stat. § 455.245 Veterinarians; immediate suspension of license
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The department shall issue an emergency order suspending the license of any person licensed under chapter 474 who pleads guilty to, is convicted or found guilty of, or who enters a plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a felony under chapter 409 or chapter 893 o…
Fla. Stat. § 455.271 Inactive and delinquent status
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(1) A licensee may practice a profession only if the licensee has an active status license. A licensee who practices a profession without an active status license is in violation of this section and s. 455.227, and the board, or the department when there is no board, may impose d…
Fla. Stat. § 455.273 Renewal and cancellation notices
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At least 90 days before the end of a licensure cycle, the department shall:(1) Forward a licensure renewal notification to an active or inactive licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record or e-mail address provided to the department.(2) Forward a notice of pending ca…
Fla. Stat. § 455.275 Address of record
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(1) Each licensee of the department is solely responsible for notifying the department in writing of the licensee’s current mailing address, e-mail address, and place of practice, as defined by rule of the board or the department when there is no board. A licensee’s failure to no…
Fla. Stat. § 455.32 Management Privatization Act
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(1) This section shall be known by the popular name the “Management Privatization Act.”(2) The purpose of this section is to create a model for contracting with nonprofit corporations to provide services for the regulation of Florida’s professionals which will ensure a consistent…