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Fla. Stat. § 430.81 — Florida Code / Title XXX / Chapter 430 / Section 430.81
430.81 Implementation of a teaching agency for home and community-based care.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term “teaching agency for home and community-based care” means a home health agency licensed under part III of chapter 400 that has access to a resident population of sufficient size to support education, training, and research relating to geriatric care.

(2) The Department of Elderly Affairs may designate a home health agency as a teaching agency for home and community-based care if the home health agency: (a) Has been a not-for-profit, designated community care for the elderly lead agency for home and community-based services for more than 10 consecutive years. (b) Participates in a nationally recognized accreditation program and holds a valid accreditation, such as the accreditation awarded by the Community Health Accreditation Program. (c) Has been in business in this state for a minimum of 20 consecutive years. (d) Demonstrates an active program in multidisciplinary education and research that relates to gerontology. (e) Has a formalized affiliation agreement with at least one established academic research university with a nationally accredited health professions program in this state. (f) Has salaried academic faculty from a nationally accredited health professions program. (g) Is a Medicare and Medicaid certified home health agency that has participated in the nursing home diversion program for a minimum of 5 consecutive years. (h) Maintains insurance coverage pursuant to s. 400.141(1)(q) or proof of financial responsibility in a minimum amount of $750,000. Such proof of financial responsibility may include: 1. Maintaining an escrow account consisting of cash or assets eligible for deposit in accordance with s. 625.52; or 2. Obtaining and maintaining, pursuant to chapter 675, an unexpired, irrevocable, nontransferable, and nonassignable letter of credit issued by any bank or savings association authorized to do business in this state. This letter of credit shall be used to satisfy the obligation of the agency to the claimant upon presentation of a final judgment indicating liability and awarding damages to be paid by the facility or upon presentment of a settlement agreement signed by all parties to the agreement when such final judgment or settlement is a result of a liability claim against the agency.

(3) A teaching agency for home and community-based care may be affiliated with an academic health center in this state. The purpose of such affiliation is to foster the development of methods for improving and expanding the capability of home health agencies to respond to the medical, health care, psychological, and social needs of frail and elderly persons by providing the most effective and appropriate services. A teaching agency for home and community-based care shall serve as a resource for research and for training health care professionals in providing health care services in home and community-based settings to frail and elderly persons.

History: s. 1, ch. 2011-172; s. 81, ch. 2013-15.
Fla. Stat. § 663.314 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 663 / Part II / Section 663.314
663.314 Lending limits.
Status: in_force

(1) An international development bank shall be subject to the provisions of s. 658.48, relating to loans, in the same manner and to the same extent as a state bank.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), an international development bank organized under chapter 617 as a corporation not for profit may extend credit to a single borrower in any amount up to 20 percent of its capital accounts for loans and lines of credit, or any portions thereof, which are unsecured and in any amount up to 100 percent of its capital account for loans and lines of credit all components of which are amply and entirely secured.

History: ss. 1, 5, ch. 86-82; s. 6, ch. 89-110; s. 1, ch. 91-307; s. 1, ch. 92-303.
Fla. Stat. § 765.544 — Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 765 / Part V / Section 765.544
765.544 Fees; organ and tissue donor education and procurement.
Status: in_force

(1) In accordance with s. 408.805, an applicant or a certificateholder shall pay a fee for each application submitted under this part, part II of chapter 408, and applicable rules. The amount of the fee shall be as follows: (a) An initial application fee of $1,000 from organ procurement organizations and tissue banks and $500 from eye banks. (b) Annual fees to be used, in the following order of priority, for the certification program, the advisory board, maintenance of the donor registry, and the organ and tissue donor education program, which may not exceed $35,000 per organization: 1. Each organ procurement organization shall pay the greater of $1,000 or 0.25 percent of its total revenues produced from procurement activity in this state by the certificateholder during its most recently completed fiscal or operational year. 2. Each tissue procurement organization shall pay the greater of $1,000 or 0.25 percent of its total revenues from procurement and processing activity in this state by the certificateholder during its most recently completed fiscal or operational year. 3. Each eye bank shall pay the greater of $500 or 0.25 percent of its total revenues produced from procurement activity in this state by the certificateholder during its most recently completed fiscal or operational year.

(2) The agency shall specify by rule the administrative penalties for the purpose of ensuring adherence to the standards of quality and practice required by this chapter, part II of chapter 408, and applicable rules of the agency for continued certification.

(3)(a) Proceeds from fees, administrative penalties, and surcharges collected pursuant to this section must be deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund. (b) Moneys deposited in the trust fund pursuant to this section must be used exclusively for the implementation, administration, and operation of the certification program and the advisory board, for maintaining the donor registry, and for organ and tissue donor education.

(4) As used in this section, the term “procurement activity in this state” includes the bringing into this state for processing, storage, distribution, or transplantation of organs or tissues that are initially procured in another state or country.

History: s. 5, ch. 91-271; s. 8, ch. 94-305; s. 32, ch. 96-418; ss. 3, 4, ch. 98-68; s. 54, ch. 2002-1; s. 33, ch. 2003-1; s. 203, ch. 2007-230; s. 19, ch. 2008-9; s. 16, ch. 2009-218.
Fla. Stat. § 607.0625 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 607 / Part I / Section 607.0625
607.0625 Form and content of certificates.
Status: in_force

(1) Shares may but need not be represented by certificates. Unless this chapter or another statute expressly provides otherwise, the rights and obligations of shareholders are identical, regardless of whether their shares are represented by certificates.

(2) At a minimum, each share certificate must state on its face: (a) The name of the corporation and that the corporation is organized under the laws of this state; (b) The name of the person to whom issued; and (c) The number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents.

(3) If the corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series of shares within a class, the designations, relative rights, preferences, and limitations applicable to each class and the variations in rights, preferences, and limitations determined for each series (and the authority of the board of directors to determine variations for future series) must be summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate may state conspicuously on its front or back that the corporation will furnish the shareholder a full statement of this information on request and without charge.

(4) Each share certificate: (a) Must be signed (either manually or in facsimile) by an officer or officers designated in the bylaws or designated by the board of directors, and (b) May bear the corporate seal or its facsimile.

(5) If the person who signed (either manually or in facsimile) a share certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate is nevertheless valid.

(6) Nothing in this section may be construed to invalidate any share certificate validly issued and outstanding under the general corporation law on July 1, 1990.

History: s. 42, ch. 89-154; s. 46, ch. 2019-90.
Fla. Stat. § 634.4385 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 634 / Part III / Section 634.4385
634.4385 Unauthorized entities; gifts and grants.
Status: in_force

A governmental unit, public agency, institution, person, firm, or legal entity may provide money to the department to enable the department to pursue unauthorized entities operating in violation of this part. The department may transfer funds to the office to investigate, discipline, sanction, and take all action consistent with this part relative to unauthorized entities. All donations or grants of moneys to the department shall be deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund and shall be separately accounted for in accordance with this section. Moneys deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund pursuant to this section may be appropriated by the Legislature, pursuant to chapter 216, for the purpose of enabling the department or the office to carry out the provisions of this section. Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance of moneys deposited into the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund pursuant to this section remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall be available for carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the department or the office.

History: s. 10, ch. 2012-77.
Fla. Stat. § 516.12 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 516 / Section 516.12
516.12 Records to be kept by licensee.
Status: in_force

(1) The licensee shall keep and use in her or his business such books, accounts, and records in accordance with sound and accepted accounting practices to enable the office to determine whether such licensee is complying with the provisions of this chapter and with the rules lawfully made by the commission. Every licensee shall preserve such books, accounts, and records, including cards used in the card system, if any, for at least 2 years after making the final entry on any loan recorded therein.

(2) A licensee, operating two or more licensed places of business in this state, may maintain the books, accounts, and records of all such offices at any one of such offices, or at any other office maintained by such licensee, upon the filing of a written request with the office designating in the written request the office at which such records are maintained. However, the licensee shall make all books, accounts, and records available at a convenient location in this state upon request of the office.

(3) The commission may prescribe by rule the minimum information to be shown in the books, accounts, records, and documents of licensees for purposes of enabling the office to determine the licensee’s compliance with ss. 516.001-516.36. In addition, the commission may prescribe by rule the requirements for the destruction of books, accounts, records, and documents retained by the licensee after completion of the time period specified in subsection (1).

History: s. 11, ch. 10177, 1925; CGL 4009; s. 5, ch. 20728, 1941; s. 7, ch. 57-201; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 73-192; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 85-27; ss. 16, 17, ch. 88-342; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 3, ch. 94-108; s. 679, ch. 97-103; s. 5, ch. 99-164; s. 576, ch. 2003-261; s. 30, ch. 2006-213.
Fla. Stat. § 620.1804 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 620 / Part I / Section 620.1804
620.1804 Power of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to bind partnership after dissolution.
Status: in_force

(1) A limited partnership is bound by a general partner’s act after dissolution which: (a) Is appropriate for winding up the limited partnership’s activities; or (b) Would have bound the limited partnership under s. 620.1402 before dissolution, if, at the time the other party enters into the transaction, the other party does not have notice of the dissolution.

(2) A person dissociated as a general partner binds a limited partnership through an act occurring after dissolution if: (a) At the time the other party enters into the transaction: 1. Less than 2 years have passed since the dissociation. 2. The other party does not have notice of the dissociation and reasonably believes that the person is a general partner. (b) The act: 1. Is appropriate for winding up the limited partnership’s activities; or 2. Would have bound the limited partnership under s. 620.1402 before dissolution and at the time the other party enters into the transaction the other party does not have notice of the dissolution.

History: s. 17, ch. 2005-267.
Fla. Stat. § 573.122 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 573 / Section 573.122
573.122 Inspections.
Status: in_force

Any authorized inspector or other authorized person discharging his or her duties in the checking of compliance with the provisions of any marketing order may enter and inspect any premises, enclosure, building, or conveyance where he or she has reason to believe any agricultural commodities subject to a marketing order are produced, stored, being prepared for market, or marketed and may inspect or cause to be inspected the representative samples of the commodities as may be necessary to determine whether or not any lot of agricultural commodities is in compliance with applicable regulations of any marketing order.

History: ss. 22, 26, ch. 87-171; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 903, ch. 97-103.
Fla. Stat. § 624.4432 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 624 / Part III / Section 624.4432
624.4432 Assets, liabilities, and investments.
Status: in_force

Each arrangement that obtains or maintains a certificate of authority is subject to parts I and II of chapter 625 as they apply to domestic insurers.

History: ss. 37, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
Fla. Stat. § 316.2956 — Florida Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 316 / Section 316.2956
316.2956 Violation of provisions relating to windshields, windows, and sunscreening material; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle on which, after June 20, 1984, material was installed in violation of ss. 316.2951-316.2954 commits a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

(2) The replacement or repair of any material legally installed is not a violation of ss. 316.2951-316.2954.

(3) Any person who sells or installs sunscreening material in violation of any provision of ss. 316.2951-316.2955 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-296; s. 15, ch. 86-185; s. 211, ch. 99-248.
Fla. Stat. § 943.1758 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 943 / Section 943.1758
943.1758 Curriculum revision for diverse populations; skills training.
Status: in_force

(1) The Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission shall revise its standards and training for basic recruits and its requirements for continued employment by integrating instructions on interpersonal skills relating to diverse populations into the criminal justice standards and training curriculum. The curriculum shall include standardized proficiency instruction relating to high-risk and critical tasks which include, but are not limited to, stops, use of force and domination, and other areas of interaction between officers and members of diverse populations.

(2) The commission shall develop and implement, as part of its instructor training programs, standardized instruction in the subject of interpersonal skills relating to diverse populations.

(3) Culturally sensitive lesson plans, up-to-date videotapes, and other demonstrative aids developed for use in diverse population-related training shall be used as instructional materials.

(4) The instruction in the subject of interpersonal skills relating to diverse populations shall consist of a module developed by the commission on the topic of discriminatory profiling.

History: ss. 9, 14, ch. 91-74; s. 11, ch. 97-225; s. 1, ch. 2001-264; s. 111, ch. 2019-3.
Fla. Stat. § 655.955 — Florida Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 655 / Section 655.955
655.955 Liability of financial institution to third parties.
Status: in_force

A financial institution is not civilly liable to a third party for the actions or operations of a person solely by virtue of extending a loan or a line of credit to such person. This section does not modify, limit, or restrict the authority of a state agency under applicable law to conduct an investigation, bring a civil or administrative action, or otherwise enforce state or federal laws against a financial institution.

History: s. 17, ch. 2014-91.
Fla. Stat. § 468.8415 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part XVI / Section 468.8415
468.8415 Renewal of license.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee and upon certification by the department that the licensee has satisfactorily completed the continuing education requirements of s. 468.8416.

(2) The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.

History: s. 3, ch. 2007-235.
Fla. Stat. § 903.131 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 903 / Section 903.131
903.131 Bail on appeal, revocation; recommission.
Status: in_force

If a person admitted to bail on appeal commits and is convicted of a separate felony while free on appeal, the bail on appeal shall be revoked and the defendant committed forthwith.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-2.
Fla. Stat. § 497.467 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 497 / Part IV / Section 497.467
497.467 Acceptability of funeral and burial merchandise.
Status: in_force

Each person who engages in preneed sales of funeral or burial merchandise shall determine, and notify the purchaser in writing prior to the completion of the contract, that the merchandise being considered for purchase will be accepted in the cemetery of the purchaser’s choice. The failure to comply with this chapter shall nullify the agreement, and all moneys paid in shall be returned, notwithstanding the existence of any liquidated damages provision otherwise applicable by contract or statute.

History: s. 13, ch. 77-438; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 21, 31, 32, ch. 83-316; ss. 108, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 116, ch. 2004-301.
Fla. Stat. § 397.96 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 397 / Part IX / Section 397.96
397.96 Case management for complex substance abuse cases.
Status: in_force

(1) Contingent upon specific appropriations, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a more intensive level of case management for complex cases involving children who need substance abuse services. Such services shall be directed toward children receiving services from several agencies or programs to address the complex problems created by substance abuse, dependency, or addiction.

(2) The department shall determine when a child receiving children’s substance abuse services under this part shall have a case manager.

(3) For the purposes of this section, “case management” means those activities aimed at: (a) Implementing a treatment plan; (b) Advocacy; (c) Linking services providers to a child and family; (d) Monitoring services delivery; and (e) Collecting information to determine the effect of services and treatment.

(4) The case manager shall periodically review services utilization to ascertain compliance with plans approved by the planning team.

(5) In the attempt to minimize duplication, it is the intent of the Legislature that a child have no more than one case manager.

History: s. 12, ch. 99-396; s. 13, ch. 2015-4.
Fla. Stat. § 921.244 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 921 / Section 921.244
921.244 Order of no contact; penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) At the time of sentencing an offender convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 847.0135(5), or any offense in s. 775.084(1)(b)1.a.-o., the court shall order that the offender be prohibited from having any contact with the victim, directly or indirectly, including through a third person, for the duration of the sentence imposed. The court may reconsider the order upon the request of the victim if the request is made at any time after the victim has attained 18 years of age. In considering the request, the court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a change of circumstances has occurred which warrants a change in the court order prohibiting contact and whether it is in the best interest of the victim that the court order be modified or rescinded.

(2) Any offender who violates a court order issued under this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3) The punishment imposed under this section shall run consecutive to any former sentence imposed for a conviction for any offense under s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 847.0135(5), or any offense in s. 775.084(1)(b)1.a.-o.

History: s. 2, ch. 2004-256; s. 24, ch. 2008-172; s. 1, ch. 2008-251.
Fla. Stat. § 215.835 — Florida Code / Title XIV / Chapter 215 / Section 215.835
215.835 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

The Division of Bond Finance and the State Board of Administration may adopt rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions and intent of this act, including, but not limited to, reporting of debt service accounts.

History: s. 11, ch. 89-287; s. 6, ch. 98-47; s. 1, ch. 98-124.