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Fla. Stat. § 467.0125 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 467 / Section 467.0125
467.0125 Licensed midwives; qualifications; endorsement; temporary certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall issue a license by endorsement to practice midwifery to an applicant who demonstrates to the department that she or he meets the requirements for licensure by endorsement under s. 456.0145, submits an application for licensure on a form approved by the department, and pays the appropriate fee.

(2) The department may issue a temporary certificate to practice in areas of critical need to an applicant qualifying for a midwifery license under subsection (1) who meets all of the following criteria: (a) Submits an application for a temporary certificate on a form approved by the department and pays the appropriate fee, which may not exceed $50 and is in addition to the fee required for licensure by endorsement under subsection (1). (b) Specifies on the application that he or she will practice only in one or more of the following locations: 1. A county health department. 2. A correctional facility. 3. A United States Department of Veterans Affairs clinic. 4. A community health center funded by s. 329, s. 330, or s. 340 of the Public Health Service Act. 5. Any other agency or institution that is approved by the State Surgeon General and provides health care to meet the needs of an underserved population in this state. (c) Will practice only under the supervision of a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a certified nurse midwife licensed under part I of chapter 464, or a midwife licensed under this chapter who has a minimum of 3 years’ professional experience.

(3) The department may issue a temporary certificate under this section with the following restrictions: (a) A requirement that a temporary certificateholder practice only in areas of critical need. The State Surgeon General shall determine the areas of critical need, which include, but are not limited to, health professional shortage areas designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (b) A requirement that if a temporary certificateholder’s practice area ceases to be an area of critical need, within 30 days after such change the certificateholder must either: 1. Report a new practice area of critical need to the department; or 2. Voluntarily relinquish the temporary certificate.

(4) The department shall review a temporary certificateholder’s practice at least annually to determine whether the certificateholder is meeting the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) and the rules adopted thereunder. If the department determines that a certificateholder is not meeting these requirements, the department must revoke the temporary certificate.

(5) A temporary certificate issued under this section is valid for 2 years and is not renewable.

History: ss. 7, 19, ch. 92-179; s. 264, ch. 97-103; s. 227, ch. 99-8; s. 132, ch. 2000-318; s. 79, ch. 2001-62; s. 55, ch. 2003-1; s. 35, ch. 2015-4; s. 15, ch. 2022-71; s. 9, ch. 2024-274.
Fla. Stat. § 458.326 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 458 / Section 458.326
458.326 Intractable pain; authorized treatment.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “intractable pain” means pain for which, in the generally accepted course of medical practice, the cause cannot be removed and otherwise treated.

(2) Intractable pain must be diagnosed by a physician licensed under this chapter and qualified by experience to render such diagnosis.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician may prescribe or administer any controlled substance under Schedules II-V, as provided for in s. 893.03, to a person for the treatment of intractable pain, provided the physician does so in accordance with that level of care, skill, and treatment recognized by a reasonably prudent physician under similar conditions and circumstances.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, and no treatment authorized by this section may be used for such purpose.

History: s. 3, ch. 94-96; s. 100, ch. 97-264; s. 4, ch. 99-186; s. 6, ch. 2002-78; s. 17, ch. 2016-105.
Fla. Stat. § 373.243 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 373 / Part II / Section 373.243
373.243 Revocation of permits.
Status: in_force

The governing board or the department may revoke a permit as follows:

(1) For any material false statement in an application to continue, initiate, or modify a use, or for any material false statement in any report or statement of fact required of the user pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the governing board or the department may revoke the user’s permit, in whole or in part, permanently.

(2) For willful violation of the conditions of the permit, the governing board or the department may permanently or temporarily revoke the permit, in whole or in part.

(3) For violation of any provision of this chapter, the governing board or the department may revoke the permit, in whole or in part, for a period not to exceed 1 year.

(4) For nonuse of the water supply allowed by the permit for a period of 2 years or more, the governing board or the department may revoke the permit permanently and in whole unless the user can prove that his or her nonuse was due to extreme hardship caused by factors beyond the user’s control. For a permit issued pursuant to s. 373.236(7), the governing board or the department may revoke the permit only if the nonuse of the water supply allowed by the permit is for a period of 4 years or more.

(5) The governing board or the department may revoke a permit, permanently and in whole, with the written consent of the permittee.

History: s. 9, part II, ch. 72-299; s. 14, ch. 78-95; s. 600, ch. 95-148; s. 11, ch. 2009-243.
Fla. Stat. § 630.041 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 630 / Section 630.041
630.041 Purpose and duration.
Status: in_force

The deposit required by s. 630.021 shall be for the benefit, security, and protection of the policyholders, or policyholders and creditors, of the insurer in the United States. It shall be maintained as long as there is outstanding any liability of the insurer arising out of its insurance transactions in the United States.

History: s. 704, ch. 59-205; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 736.0705 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 736 / Part VII / Section 736.0705
736.0705 Resignation of trustee.
Status: in_force

(1) A trustee may resign in accordance with the procedure set forth in the trust instrument and upon notice to the cotrustees or, if none, to the successor trustee who has accepted the appointment, or, if none, to the person or persons who have the authority to appoint a successor trustee. Notwithstanding any provision of the terms of the trust, a trustee may also resign: (a) Upon at least 30 days’ notice to the qualified beneficiaries, the settlor, if living, and all cotrustees; or (b) With the approval of the court.

(2) In approving a resignation, the court may issue orders and impose conditions reasonably necessary for the protection of the trust property.

(3) Any liability of a resigning trustee or of any sureties on the trustee’s bond for acts or omissions of the trustee is not discharged or affected by the trustee’s resignation.

History: s. 7, ch. 2006-217; s. 3, ch. 2022-101.
Fla. Stat. § 157.24 — Florida Code / Title XI / Chapter 157 / Section 157.24
157.24 Commissioners may issue interest-bearing scrip against land to borrow money or pay for work; lien on land assessed.
Status: in_force

When any assessments under the provision of this chapter have been ordered by the county commissioners they may issue scrip bearing 6 percent interest against the lands assessed, redeemable in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 years, as the case may be, upon which they may borrow money with which to pay for the work aforesaid, or shall have the right to pay said scrip when issued for the cost of the work contracted for, direct to the contractor at its face value, and such scrip shall be a lien upon the lands assessed as aforesaid until such scrip shall be redeemed, and the indebtedness fully satisfied; provided, that no lien shall lie or be enforced against any tract of land for more than the amount so assessed against said tract.

History: s. 10, ch. 5378, 1905; RGS 1761; CGL 2812; s. 43, ch. 77-104.
Fla. Stat. § 673.4101 — Florida Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 673 / Part IV / Section 673.4101
673.4101 Acceptance varying draft.
Status: in_force

(1) If the terms of a drawee’s acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the draft as dishonored. In that case, the drawee may cancel the acceptance.

(2) The terms of a draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at a particular bank or place in the United States, unless the acceptance states that the draft is to be paid only at that bank or place.

(3) If the holder assents to an acceptance varying the terms of a draft, the obligation of each drawer and indorser who does not expressly assent to the acceptance is discharged.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-82.
Fla. Stat. § 634.318 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part II / Section 634.318
634.318 License and appointment of sales representatives.
Status: in_force

Sales representatives for home warranty associations and insurers shall be licensed, appointed, renewed, continued, reinstated, or terminated in the same manner as prescribed in chapter 626 for insurance representatives in general, except they shall be exempt from the fingerprinting, photo identification card, education, and examination provisions. License, appointment, and other fees shall be those as prescribed in s. 624.501. No employee or sales representative of a home warranty association or insurer may directly or indirectly solicit or negotiate insurance contracts, or hold herself or himself out in any manner to be an insurance agent, unless so qualified, licensed, and appointed therefor under the insurance code. A home warranty association is not required to be licensed as a sales representative to solicit, sell, issue, or otherwise transact the home warranty agreements issued by the home warranty association.

History: s. 1, ch. 77-339; s. 3, ch. 78-255; s. 3, ch. 81-148; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 17, 32, 33, 34, ch. 83-323; s. 1, ch. 84-94; s. 19, ch. 85-208; s. 37, ch. 91-106; s. 143, ch. 91-108; s. 20, ch. 93-195; s. 469, ch. 97-102; s. 19, ch. 2001-281; s. 69, ch. 2002-206.
Fla. Stat. § 713.11 — Florida Code / Title XL / Chapter 713 / Part I / Section 713.11
713.11 Liens for improving land in which the contracting party has no interest.
Status: in_force

When the person contracting for improving real property has no interest as owner in the land, no lien shall attach to the land, except as provided in s. 713.12, but if removal of such improvement from the land is practicable, the lien of a lienor shall attach to the improvement on which he or she has performed labor or services or for which he or she has furnished materials. The court, in the enforcement of such lien, may order such improvement to be separately sold and the purchaser may remove it within such reasonable time as the court may fix. The purchase price for such improvement shall be paid into court. The owner of the land upon which the improvement was made may demand that the land be restored substantially to its condition before the improvement was commenced, in which case the court shall order its restoration and the reasonable charge therefor shall be first paid out of such purchase price and the remainder shall be paid to lienors and other encumbrancers in accordance with their respective rights.

History: s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 807, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 636.056 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 636 / Part I / Section 636.056
636.056 Rehabilitation, conservation, liquidation, or reorganization; exclusive methods of remedy.
Status: in_force

(1) A delinquency proceeding under part I of chapter 631 or supervision pursuant to ss. 624.80-624.87 constitute the sole and exclusive means of liquidating, reorganizing, rehabilitating, or conserving a prepaid limited health service organization.

(2) No prepaid limited health service organization is subject to the laws and regulations governing insurance or health maintenance organization insolvency guaranty funds. No insurance insolvency guaranty fund may provide protection to any individuals entitled to receive limited health services from a prepaid limited health service organization for services related to a prepaid limited health service contract.

History: s. 45, ch. 93-148; s. 1547, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 380.26 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 380 / Part II / Section 380.26
380.26 Establishment of coastal building zone for certain counties.
Status: in_force

The coastal building zone for counties not subject to s. 161.053 shall be as described in s. 161.54(1), after a public hearing is held in the affected county by the state land planning agency or its designee. The state land planning agency shall furnish the clerk of the circuit court in each county affected a survey of such line with references made to permanently installed monuments at such intervals and locations as may be necessary.

History: s. 37, ch. 85-55.
Fla. Stat. § 743.065 — Florida Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 743 / Section 743.065
743.065 Unwed pregnant minor or minor mother; consent to medical services for minor or minor’s child valid.
Status: in_force

(1) An unwed pregnant minor may consent to the performance of medical or surgical care or services relating to her pregnancy by a hospital or clinic or by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, and such consent is valid and binding as if she had achieved her majority.

(2) An unwed minor mother may consent to the performance of medical or surgical care or services for her child by a hospital or clinic or by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, and such consent is valid and binding as if she had achieved her majority.

(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of chapter 390.

History: s. 1, ch. 79-302; s. 83, ch. 99-3; s. 4, ch. 2020-147.
Fla. Stat. § 828.43 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 828 / Section 828.43
828.43 Injunction.
Status: in_force

In a case of ongoing animal enterprise disruption, the aggrieved animal enterprise may obtain injunctive relief.

History: s. 12, ch. 93-13.
Fla. Stat. § 425.045 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 425 / Section 425.045
425.045 Meetings of trustees; records.
Status: in_force

(1) All meetings of any board of trustees of a cooperative organized pursuant to this chapter, or the board of any affiliated company or subsidiary thereof, at which official acts are to be taken, are declared to be meetings open to the membership of such cooperative at all times, and no formal action shall be considered binding except as taken or made at an open meeting. The minutes of a meeting of any such cooperative board or board of any affiliated company or subsidiary thereof shall be promptly recorded, and such records shall be open to inspection by any cooperative member. Reasonable notice of meetings shall be provided to the membership. The circuit courts of this state shall have jurisdiction to issue injunctions to enforce the purposes of this section upon application by any cooperative member.

(2) Every person who has custody of the records of a cooperative organized pursuant to this chapter, or any affiliated company or subsidiary thereof, shall permit the records to be inspected and examined by any member of such cooperative desiring to do so, at any reasonable time, under reasonable conditions, and under supervision by the custodian of the records or the custodian’s designee. The custodian shall furnish a copy of the records upon payment of the actual cost of duplication of the records. This section shall not apply to records which constitute proprietary confidential business information as defined in s. 366.093.

(3) If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared severable.

History: s. 17, ch. 89-292; s. 24, ch. 95-144; s. 91, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 288.035 — Florida Code / Title XIX / Chapter 288 / Part I / Section 288.035
288.035 Economic development activities.
Status: in_force

(1) The Florida Public Service Commission may authorize public utilities to recover reasonable economic development expenses. For purposes of this section, recoverable “economic development expenses” are those expenses described in subsection (2) which are consistent with criteria to be established by rules adopted by the department.

(2) Such rules shall provide that authorized economic development expenses shall be limited to the following: (a) Expenditures for operational assistance, including the participation in trade shows and prospecting missions with state and local entities. (b) Expenditures for assisting the state and local governments in the design of strategic plans for economic development activities. (c) Expenditures for marketing and research services, including assisting local governments in marketing specific sites for business and industry development or recruitment, and assisting local governments in responding to inquiries from business and industry concerning the development of specific sites.

(3) The Florida Public Service Commission shall adopt rules for the recovery of economic development expenses by public utilities, including the sharing of expenses by shareholders.

History: s. 1, ch. 94-136; s. 35, ch. 96-320; s. 136, ch. 2011-142; s. 13, ch. 2011-213.
Fla. Stat. § 113.06 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 113 / Section 113.06
113.06 Record of commission, oath, and acceptance.
Status: in_force

Every commission issued by the Governor shall be recorded in the office of the Secretary of State in a book of commissions and an index made thereof, and the oath of office of the person named in said commission shall be endorsed on said commission, and accompanying the commission there shall be transmitted to each officer a printed acceptance of said commission, and his or her oath of office, which shall be subscribed and taken by such officer, and returned to the office of the Secretary of State and filed therein, and a note thereof made on the record of said commission by the Secretary of State.

History: s. 2, ch. 12, 1845; RS 213; GS 297; RGS 395; CGL 460; s. 727, ch. 95-147.
Fla. Stat. § 731.155 — Florida Code / Title XLII / Chapter 731 / Part I / Section 731.155
731.155 Applicability.
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect January 1, 2002. The substantive rights of all persons that have vested prior to January 1, 2002, shall be determined as provided in former chapters 63, 215, 409, 660, and 731-737 as they existed prior to January 1, 2002. The procedures for the enforcement of substantive rights which have vested prior to January 1, 2002, shall be as provided in this act, except that any Family Administration filed before January 1, 2002, may be completed as a Family Administration.

History: s. 195, ch. 2001-226.
Fla. Stat. § 641.25 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.25
641.25 Administrative penalty in lieu of suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

If the office finds that one or more grounds exist for the revocation or suspension of a certificate issued under this part, the office may, in lieu of revocation or suspension, impose a fine upon the health maintenance organization. With respect to any nonwillful violation, the fine must not exceed $2,500 per violation. Such fines may not exceed an aggregate amount of $25,000 for all nonwillful violations arising out of the same action. With respect to any knowing and willful violation of a lawful order or rule of the office or commission or a provision of this part, the office may impose upon the organization a fine in an amount not to exceed $20,000 for each such violation. Such fines may not exceed an aggregate amount of $250,000 for all knowing and willful violations arising out of the same action. The commission must adopt by rule penalty categories that specify varying ranges of monetary fines for willful violations and for nonwillful violations.

History: s. 9, ch. 72-264; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 78-95; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 786, 804, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 6, ch. 83-198; s. 7, ch. 87-236; s. 10, ch. 88-388; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 21, ch. 96-199; s. 1567, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 381.00785 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 381 / Section 381.00785
381.00785 Criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not: (a) Operate a tattoo establishment or temporary establishment in this state without a license. (b) Practice tattooing in this state without a tattoo artist license or guest tattoo artist registration, except as provided in s. 381.00773. (c) Practice tattooing in this state at any place other than a tattoo establishment or temporary establishment, except as provided in s. 381.00773. (d) Obtain or attempt to obtain a license or registration by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment.

(2) A person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 8, ch. 2010-220.
Fla. Stat. § 471.027 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 471 / Section 471.027
471.027 Engineers authorized to enter lands of third parties under certain conditions.
Status: in_force

Engineers are hereby granted permission and authority to go on, over, and upon the lands of others when necessary to make engineering surveys and, in so doing, to carry with them their agents and employees necessary for that purpose. Entry under the right hereby granted shall not constitute trespass, and engineers and their duly authorized agents or employees so entering shall not be liable to arrest or a civil action by reason of such entry; however, nothing in this section shall be construed as giving authority to said licensees, agents, or employees to destroy, injure, damage, or move anything on lands of another without the written permission of the landowner.

History: ss. 17, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 89-30; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 27, ch. 2002-299.