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Florida Statutes, Title XXXII

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Title XXXII, Regulation of Professions and Occupations

39 chapters · 1,524 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XXXII1,524 Ch 468, Miscellaneous Professions and Occupa…260 Ch 475, Real Estate Brokers, Sales Associate…102 Ch 456, Health Professions and Occupations: …101 Ch 489, Contracting81 Ch 455, Business and Professional Regulation…62 Ch 465, Pharmacy56 Ch 458, Medical Practice54 Ch 466, Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, and Denta…46 Ch 493, Private Investigative, Private Secur…45 Ch 459, Osteopathic Medicine43 Ch 472, Land Surveying and Mapping42 Ch 487, Pesticide Regulation and Safety40 Ch 464, Nursing37 Ch 481, Architecture, Interior Design, and L…35

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Fla. Stat. § 482.071 Licenses
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(1) The department may issue licenses to qualified businesses to engage in the business of pest control in this state. It is unlawful for any person to operate a pest control business that is not licensed by the department.(2)(a) Before entering business or upon transfer of busin…
Fla. Stat. § 482.072 Pest control customer contact centers
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1(1) The department may issue a license to a qualified business to operate a customer contact center, to solicit pest control business, or to provide services to customers for one or more business locations licensed under s. 482.071. A person may not operate a customer contact ce…
Fla. Stat. § 482.0815 Permit to perform preventive termite treatment services for new construction only
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(1) A licensee must have a permit to perform preventive termite treatments for new construction, except for preventive termite treatments on additions to existing structures for which the licensee has a current termite treatment contract.(2) A permit shall be automatically renewe…
Fla. Stat. § 482.091 Employee identification cards
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(1)(a) Each employee who performs pest control for a licensee must have an identification card.(b) Either the licensee or the licensee’s certified operator in charge must apply to the department for an identification card for each employee who will perform pest control therefor w…

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Fla. Stat. § 482.111 Pest control operator’s certificate

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(1) The department shall issue a pest control operator’s certificate to each individual who qualifies under this chapter. Before issuance of an original certificate, an individual must complete an application for examination, pay the examination fee required under s. 482.141, and…

Fla. Stat. § 482.121 Misuse of certificate

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(1) A certified operator may not allow her or his certificate to be used by a licensee to secure or keep a license unless:(a) She or he is in charge of the pest control activities of the licensee in the category or categories covered by her or his certificate;(b) She or he is a f…

Fla. Stat. § 482.132 Qualifications for examination and certification

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(1) The department may award a pest control operator’s certificate to an individual who has passed the examinations prescribed by the department and who submits to the department proof that she or he is not under the disability of minority and is qualified to be a certified opera…

Fla. Stat. § 482.141 Examinations

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(1) Each individual seeking certification must satisfactorily pass an examination which must be written but may include practical demonstration. The department shall provide in-person and remote testing through a third-party vendor. A third-party vendor may collect and retain a c…

Fla. Stat. § 482.151 Special identification card for performance of fumigation

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(1) Any individual who performs fumigation must be a special identification cardholder, unless such individual is a certified operator who is certified in the category of fumigation. When performing fumigation, a special identification cardholder or certified operator may act onl…

Fla. Stat. § 482.152 Duties of certified operator in charge of pest control activities of licensee

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A certified operator in charge of the pest control activities of a licensee shall have her or his primary occupation with the licensee and shall be a full-time employee of the licensee, and her or his principal duty shall include the responsibility for the personal supervision of…

Fla. Stat. § 482.155 Limited certification for governmental pesticide applicators or private applicators

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(1)(a) The department shall establish limited certification categories for:1. Persons who apply pesticides only as governmental employees.2. Persons who apply pesticides only to their own private property, and employees who apply pesticides to private property owned by their empl…

Fla. Stat. § 482.156 Limited certification for commercial landscape maintenance personnel

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(1) The department shall establish a limited certification category for individual commercial landscape maintenance personnel to authorize them to apply herbicides for controlling weeds in plant beds, driveways, sidewalks, and patios and to perform integrated pest management on o…

Fla. Stat. § 482.1562 Limited certification for urban landscape commercial fertilizer application

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(1) To provide a means of documenting and ensuring compliance with best management practices for commercial fertilizer application to urban landscapes, the department shall establish a limited certification for urban landscape commercial fertilizer application.(2) Beginning Janua…

Fla. Stat. § 482.157 Limited certification for commercial wildlife management personnel

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1(1) The department shall establish a limited certificate that authorizes a person who engages in the commercial trapping of wildlife to use nonchemical methods, including traps, mechanical or electronic devices, and exclusionary techniques to control commensal rodents.(2) The de…

Fla. Stat. § 482.161 Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement

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(1) The department may issue a written warning to or impose a fine against, or deny the application for licensure or licensure renewal of, a licensee, certified operator, limited certificateholder, identification cardholder, or special identification cardholder or any other perso…

Fla. Stat. § 482.163 Responsibility for pest control activities of employee

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Proper performance of pest control activities by a pest control business employee is the responsibility not only of the employee but also of the certified operator in charge, and the certified operator in charge may be disciplined pursuant to the provisions of s. 482.161 for the …

Fla. Stat. § 482.165 Unlicensed practice of pest control; cease and desist order; injunction; civil suit and penalty

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(1) It is unlawful for a person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business entity not licensed by the department to practice pest control.(2) If the department has probable cause to believe that a person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business entity not licens…

Fla. Stat. § 482.1821 Closing pest control business without providing for contracts and liabilities

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A licensee may not close its pest control business and open up a new pest control business under a different name without providing for meeting or satisfying its outstanding pest control contracts and liabilities. However, the department may waive this requirement if the licensee…

Fla. Stat. § 482.183 Limitations

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(1)(a) A person may not be charged with a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter more than 3 years after the date of the violation.(b) For the purpose of this subsection, a charge of violation is considered to have been made upon the issuance of a …

Fla. Stat. § 482.191 Violation and penalty

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(1) It is unlawful to do any of the following:(a) Solicit, practice, perform, or advertise in pest control except as provided by this chapter.(b) Swear to or affirm a false statement in an application for a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter. A false statement…

Fla. Stat. § 482.211 Exemptions

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This chapter does not apply to:(1) Pest control, except for fumigation, performed by a person upon her or his own individual residential property.(2) Pest control performed on a United States Department of Defense installation or other federal property, except as outlined in the …

Fla. Stat. § 482.226 Wood-destroying organism inspection report; notice of inspection or treatment; financial responsibility

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(1) When an inspection for wood-destroying organisms is made by a licensee for purposes of a real estate transaction and either a fee is charged for the inspection or a written report is requested by the customer, a wood-destroying organism inspection report shall be provided by …

Fla. Stat. § 482.2265 Consumer information; notice of application of pesticide

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(1) Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business entity that is licensed or certified under this chapter to engage in the business of pest control, or any other person who is a limited certificateholder under this chapter, shall, upon request, provide a customer …

Fla. Stat. § 482.2267 Registry of persons requiring prior notification of the application of pesticides

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(1) The department shall maintain a current registry of persons requiring prior notification of the application of pesticides. Upon request, the department shall register any person who pays an initial registration fee of $50 and submits to the department a certificate signed by …

Fla. Stat. § 482.227 Guarantees and warranties

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(1) The Legislature finds that the terms “guarantee” and “warranty” are common in contracts for the treatment of wood-destroying organisms. The purpose of this section is to assure that contract language describing a “guarantee” or “warranty” is clear and easily identifiable for …

Fla. Stat. § 482.231 Use of fogging machines

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Only a certified operator who is certified in the category of general household pest control, or an authorized employee of a licensee under the supervision of such an operator, may use a thermal-aerosol fogging machine in general household pest control.History.—s. 1, ch. 59-454; …

Fla. Stat. § 482.2401 Disposition and use of revenues from fees and fines

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(1) All moneys collected or received by the department under this chapter shall be deposited in the Pest Control Trust Fund and, except as provided in subsection (3), shall be used by the department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and in the education of the pest c…

Fla. Stat. § 482.241 Liberal interpretation

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The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectively carry them out in the interest of the public and its health, welfare, and safety.History.—s. 1, ch. 59-454; s. 1, ch. 65-295; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 20, ch. 78-292; ss. 2, 3, ch. 8…

Fla. Stat. § 482.242 Preemption

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(1) This chapter is intended as comprehensive and exclusive regulation of pest control in this state. The provisions of this chapter preempt to the state all regulation of the activities and operations of pest control services, including the pesticides used pursuant to labeling a…

Fla. Stat. § 482.243 Pest Control Enforcement Advisory Council

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(1) The Pest Control Enforcement Advisory Council is created within the department. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint all members of the council. The purpose of the council is to advise the Commissioner of Agriculture regarding the regulation of pest control practices…

Fla. Stat. § 483.800 Declaration of policy and statement of purpose

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The purpose of this part is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state from the hazards of improper performance by clinical laboratory personnel. Clinical laboratories provide essential services to practitioners of the healing arts by furnishing…

Fla. Stat. § 483.801 Exemptions

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This part applies to all clinical laboratories and clinical laboratory personnel within this state, except:(1) Clinical laboratories operated by the United States Government.(2) Laboratories operated and maintained exclusively for research and teaching purposes, involving no pati…

Fla. Stat. § 483.803 Definitions

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As used in this part, the term:(1) “Board” means the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.(2) “Clinical laboratory” means the physical location in which one or more of the following services are performed to provide information or materials for use in the diagnosis, prevention,…

Fla. Stat. § 483.805 Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

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(1) There is created within the department the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, composed of seven members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.(2)(a) Five members of the board shall be persons licensed under this part, as follows:1. At least one member sha…

Fla. Stat. § 483.807 Fees; establishment; disposition

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(1) The board, by rule, shall establish fees to be paid for application, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, registration, laboratory training program application, reinstatement, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. The board may also establish, by rule, a delinquen…

Fla. Stat. § 483.809 Licensure; examinations; registration of trainees; approval of curricula

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(1) LICENSING.—The department shall provide biennial licensure of all clinical laboratory personnel who the board certifies have met the requirements of this part. The license of any person who fails to pay a required fee or otherwise fails to qualify within 60 days after the dat…

Fla. Stat. § 483.811 Approval of laboratory personnel training programs

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(1) The board shall approve clinical laboratories for training programs upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that such laboratories are adequately staffed by qualified personnel and comply with rules adopted by the board to ensure that such laboratories provide training in …

Fla. Stat. § 483.812 Public health laboratory scientists; licensure

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(1) Applicants at the director level in the category of public health shall qualify under s. 483.824.(2) Applicants at the supervisor level in the category of public health who are certified by the National Registry in Clinical Chemistry or the American Society for Microbiology, …

Fla. Stat. § 483.813 Clinical laboratory personnel license

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A person may not conduct a clinical laboratory examination or report the results of such examination unless such person is licensed under this part to perform such procedures. However, this provision does not apply to any practitioner of the healing arts authorized to practice in…

Fla. Stat. § 483.815 Application for clinical laboratory personnel license

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(1) An application for a clinical laboratory personnel license must be made under oath on forms provided by the department and must be accompanied by payment of fees as provided by this part. Applicants for licensure must also submit to background screening in accordance with s. …

Fla. Stat. § 483.817 Renewal of clinical laboratory personnel license

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(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of a renewal application and fee and upon certification by the board that the licensee has demonstrated her or his competence.(2) The board shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of clinical labora…

Fla. Stat. § 483.819 Inactive status

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(1) A licensee may request that her or his license be placed in an inactive status by making application to the department and paying a fee in an amount set by the board.(2) A license that has been inactive for more than 1 year may be reactivated upon application to the departmen…

Fla. Stat. § 483.821 Periodic demonstration of competency; continuing education or reexamination

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(1) As part of the license renewal procedure, the board, by rule, shall require each licensee periodically to demonstrate her or his competency by completing, each 2 years, not less than 10 or more than 30 hours of continuing education in programs approved by the board.(2) The bo…

Fla. Stat. § 483.823 Qualifications of clinical laboratory personnel

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(1) The board shall prescribe minimal qualifications for clinical laboratory personnel and shall issue a license to any person who meets the minimum qualifications and who demonstrates that she or he possesses the character, training, and ability to qualify in those areas for whi…

Fla. Stat. § 483.824 Qualifications of clinical laboratory director

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A clinical laboratory director must have 4 years of clinical laboratory experience with 2 years of experience in the specialty to be directed or be nationally board certified in the specialty to be directed, and must meet one of the following requirements:(1) Be a physician licen…

Fla. Stat. § 483.825 Grounds for disciplinary action

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(1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2):(a) Attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing a license or registration under this part by bribery, by fraudulent misrepresentation, or through an error of t…

Fla. Stat. § 483.828 Penalties for violations

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(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:(a) Practicing as clinical laboratory personnel without an active license.(b) Using or attempting to use a license to practice as clinical labo…

Fla. Stat. § 483.901 Medical physicists; definitions; licensure

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(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida Medical Physicists Act.”(2) DECLARATION OF LEGISLATIVE POLICY.—The Legislature finds that the practice of medical physics by incompetent persons is a threat to the public health and safety. It is, therefore, the responsib…

Fla. Stat. § 483.911 Short title

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This part may be cited as the “Genetic Counseling Workforce Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 2021-133.

Fla. Stat. § 483.912 Legislative findings and intent

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The sole legislative purpose for enacting this part is to ensure that every genetic counselor practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice. The Legislature finds that the delivery of genetic counseling services by unskilled and incompetent persons present…