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Fla. Stat. § 455.24 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 455 / Section 455.24
455.24 Advertisement by a veterinarian of free or discounted services; required statement.
Status: in_force

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 HAS A RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CANCEL PAYMENT, OR BE REIMBURSED FOR PAYMENT FOR ANY OTHER SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREATMENT THAT IS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF AND WITHIN 72 HOURS OF RESPONDING TO THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE FREE, DISCOUNTED FEE, OR REDUCED FEE SERVICE, EXAMINATION, OR TREATMENT. However, the required statement shall not be necessary as an accompaniment to an advertisement of a licensed health care provider defined by this section if the advertisement appears in a classified directory the primary purpose of which is to provide products and services at free, reduced, or discounted prices to consumers and in which the statement prominently appears in at least one place.

History: s. 1, ch. 84-161; s. 1, ch. 85-7; s. 6, ch. 86-90; s. 13, ch. 89-124; s. 31, ch. 92-149; s. 29, ch. 97-261.
Fla. Stat. § 335.091 — Florida Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 335 / Section 335.091
335.091 Blue Star Memorial Highway designation.
Status: in_force

(1) The head of the department, in cooperation with the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., is authorized to designate certain roads in this state as Blue Star Memorial highways in honor of those individuals who have served or are serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(2) It is the duty of the executive board of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., to submit to the head of the department routes on certain roads in the state for designation as Blue Star Memorial highways. Upon designation of a route as a “Blue Star Memorial Highway,” any member club of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., may, with the advice, cooperation, and approval of the department, erect suitable markers and beautify such memorial highway.

(3) The department shall file with the Department of State a record of such roads so designated as Blue Star Memorial highways.

History: ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 59-77; s. 5, ch. 67-461; ss. 10, 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 43, ch. 84-309.
Fla. Stat. § 627.4233 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part II / Section 627.4233
627.4233 Total disability defined.
Status: in_force

(1) If an individual or group policy of disability income insurance provides for the waiver of premiums or payment of claims upon total disability: (a) The policy must, at a minimum, provide that for the first 12 months of the disability, a person is totally disabled if the person is unable to perform the material and substantial duties of the person’s regular occupation, or must include a provision at least as favorable to the insured. (b) The policy may provide that after the first 12 months of disability as described in paragraph (a), the insurer may predicate the continuance of benefits on the person’s ability to perform any work or occupation for which the person is reasonably qualified or trained.

(2) If an individual or group policy of life insurance provides for the waiver of premiums or payment of claims upon total disability, the definition of total disability may not be more restrictive than the person’s inability to perform any work or occupation for which the person is reasonably qualified or trained.

(3) If an individual or group policy of medical expense insurance provides for extension of benefits for persons who are totally disabled on the date their insurance terminates, the definition of totally disabled may not be more restrictive than: (a) For an employee, the person’s inability to perform any work or occupation for which the person is reasonably qualified or trained; or (b) For a dependent, the person’s inability to engage in most normal activities of a person of like age and sex in good health.

History: s. 119, ch. 92-33; s. 1, ch. 95-364.
Fla. Stat. § 477.0263 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 477 / Section 477.0263
477.0263 Cosmetology services to be performed in licensed salon; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Cosmetology services shall be performed only by licensed cosmetologists in licensed salons, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(2) Pursuant to rules established by the board, cosmetology services may be performed by a licensed cosmetologist in a location other than a licensed salon, including, but not limited to, a nursing home, hospital, or residence, when a client for reasons of ill health is unable to go to a licensed salon. Arrangements for the performance of such cosmetology services in a location other than a licensed salon shall be made only through a licensed salon.

(3) Any person who holds a valid cosmetology license in any state or who is authorized to practice cosmetology in any country, territory, or jurisdiction of the United States may perform cosmetology services in a location other than a licensed salon when such services are performed in connection with the motion picture, fashion photography, theatrical, or television industry; a photography studio salon; a manufacturer trade show demonstration; or an educational seminar.

(4) Pursuant to rules adopted by the board, any cosmetology or specialty service may be performed in a location other than a licensed salon when the service is performed in connection with a special event and is performed by a person who holds the proper license or specialty registration.

(5) Hair shampooing, hair cutting, hair arranging, nail polish removal, nail filing, nail buffing, and nail cleansing may be performed in a location other than a licensed salon when the service is performed by a person who holds the proper license.

History: ss. 75, 117, ch. 83-329; ss. 35, 36, ch. 85-297; s. 48, ch. 89-374; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 15, ch. 98-323; s. 14, ch. 2012-72; s. 37, ch. 2020-160.
Fla. Stat. § 641.2018 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 641 / Part I / Section 641.2018
641.2018 Limited coverage for home health care authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a health maintenance organization may issue a contract that limits coverage to home health care services only. The organization and the contract shall be subject to all of the requirements of this part that do not require or otherwise apply to specific benefits other than home care services. To this extent, all of the requirements of this part apply to any organization or contract that limits coverage to home care services, except the requirements for providing comprehensive health care services as provided in ss. 641.19(4), (11), and (12), and 641.31(1), except ss. 641.31(9), (12), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), and (24) and 641.31095.

(2) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, a health maintenance organization may apply for and obtain a certificate of authority from the office pursuant to this part and a health care provider certificate pursuant to part III, which certificate limits the authority of the organization to the issuance of contracts that limit coverage to home health care services pursuant to subsection (1). In addition to all applicable requirements of this part, as specified in subsection (1), all of the requirements of part III apply to an organization applying for such a limited certificate, except to the extent that such requirements directly conflict with the limited nature of the coverage provided.

(3) Any contract that limits coverage to home health care benefits as provided in this section must also meet all of the requirements of ss. 627.9403-627.9408 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, except s. 627.9407(3)(c) and (9).

History: s. 6, ch. 96-275; s. 51, ch. 99-3; s. 1557, ch. 2003-261; s. 10, ch. 2006-254.
Fla. Stat. § 627.6572 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part VII / Section 627.6572
627.6572 Pharmacy benefit manager contracts.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Maximum allowable cost” means the per-unit amount that a pharmacy benefit manager reimburses a pharmacist for a prescription drug, excluding dispensing fees, prior to the application of copayments, coinsurance, and other cost-sharing charges, if any. (b) “Pharmacy benefit manager” means a person or entity doing business in this state which contracts to administer or manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of a health insurer to residents of this state.

(2) In addition to the requirements of part VII of chapter 626, a contract between a health insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager must require that the pharmacy benefit manager: (a) Update maximum allowable cost pricing information at least every 7 calendar days. (b) Maintain a process that will, in a timely manner, eliminate drugs from maximum allowable cost lists or modify drug prices to remain consistent with changes in pricing data used in formulating maximum allowable cost prices and product availability.

(3) This section applies to contracts entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2018.

History: s. 5, ch. 2018-91; s. 17, ch. 2023-29.
Fla. Stat. § 468.3065 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 468 / Part IV / Section 468.3065
468.3065 Certification by endorsement.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may issue a certificate by endorsement to practice as a radiologist assistant to an applicant who, upon applying to the department and remitting a nonrefundable fee not to exceed $50, demonstrates to the department that he or she holds a current certificate or registration as a radiologist assistant granted by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

(2) The department may issue a certificate by endorsement to practice radiologic technology to an applicant who, upon applying to the department and remitting a nonrefundable fee not to exceed $50, demonstrates to the department that he or she holds a current certificate, license, or registration to practice radiologic technology, provided that the requirements for such certificate, license, or registration are deemed by the department to be substantially equivalent to those established under this part and rules adopted under this part.

(3) The department may issue a certificate by endorsement to practice as a specialty technologist to an applicant who, upon applying to the department and remitting a nonrefundable fee not to exceed $100, demonstrates to the department that he or she holds a current certificate or registration from a national organization in a particular advanced, postprimary, or specialty area of radiologic technology, such as computed tomography or positron emission tomography.

History: ss. 7, 19, ch. 84-269; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 285, ch. 97-103; s. 41, ch. 2004-350; s. 6, ch. 2006-139; s. 5, ch. 2012-168.
Fla. Stat. § 1003.29 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1003 / Part II / Section 1003.29
1003.29 Notice to schools of court action.
Status: in_force

If a court takes action that directly involves a student’s school, including, but not limited to, an order that a student attend school, attend school with his or her parent, perform at grade level, or perform community service hours at the school, the office of the clerk of the court shall provide notice to the school of the court’s action.

History: s. 124, ch. 2002-387.
Fla. Stat. § 17.10 — Florida Code / Title IV / Chapter 17 / Section 17.10
17.10 Record of warrants and of state funds and securities.
Status: in_force

The Chief Financial Officer shall cause to be entered in the warrant register a record of the warrants issued during the previous month, and shall make such entry in the record so required to be kept as shall show the number of each warrant issued, in whose favor drawn, and the date it was issued. He or she shall account for all state funds and securities.

History: s. 1, ch. 1536, 1866; RS 103; GS 107; ch. 7270, 1917; RGS 119; CGL 149; s. 4, ch. 83-132; s. 27, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 35.22 — Florida Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.22
35.22 Clerk of district court; assistants; filing fees; teleconferencing.
Status: in_force

(1) The clerk may employ deputies and clerical assistants as may be necessary. Their number and compensation shall be approved by the court, and paid from the annual appropriation for the district courts of appeal.

(2)(a) The clerk, upon the filing of a certified copy of a notice of appeal or petition, shall charge and collect a filing fee of $300 for each case docketed, and service charges as provided in s. 28.24 for copying, certifying or furnishing opinions, records, papers or other instruments and for other services. The state or its agencies, when appearing as appellant or petitioner, is exempt from the filing fee required in this subsection. The clerk shall collect from each attorney appearance pro hac vice a fee of $100 for deposit as provided in this section. (b) Upon the filing of a notice of cross-appeal, or a notice of joinder or motion to intervene as an appellant, cross-appellant, or petitioner, the clerk shall charge and collect a filing fee of $295. The clerk shall remit the fee to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. The state and its agencies are exempt from the filing fee required by this paragraph.

(3) The opinions of the district court of appeal may not be recorded, but the original as filed shall be preserved with the record in each case.

(4) The clerk may immediately, after a case is disposed of, supply the judge who tried the case and from whose order, judgment, or decree, appeal or other review is taken, a copy of all opinions, orders, or judgments filed in such case. Copies of opinions, orders, and decrees shall be furnished in all cases to each attorney of record and for publication in Florida reports to the authorized publisher without charge, and copies furnished to other law book publishers at one-half the regular statutory fee.

(5) The clerk of each district court of appeal shall deposit all fees collected in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund, except that $50 of each $300 filing fee collected shall be deposited into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund to fund court operations as authorized in the General Appropriations Act. The clerk shall retain an accounting of each such remittance.

(6) The clerk of the district court of appeal may collect a fee from the parties to an appeal reflecting the actual cost of conducting the proceeding through teleconferencing if the parties have requested that an oral argument or mediation be conducted through teleconferencing. The fee collected for this purpose shall be used to offset the expenses associated with scheduling the teleconference and shall be deposited in the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund.

History: s. 1, ch. 57-248; s. 1, ch. 73-305; s. 4, ch. 75-124; s. 1, ch. 78-349; s. 2, ch. 85-222; s. 3, ch. 85-249; s. 7, ch. 89-290; s. 1, ch. 93-161; s. 202, ch. 95-147; s. 16, ch. 95-312; s. 35, ch. 2004-265; s. 5, ch. 2006-23; s. 13, ch. 2008-111; s. 18, ch. 2010-162; s. 3, ch. 2011-133; s. 13, ch. 2014-182.
Fla. Stat. § 627.986 — Florida Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 627 / Part XXI / Section 627.986
627.986 Replacement rules.
Status: in_force

Group-to-group consolidations shall be exempt from any rule of the commission relating to the replacement of existing life or health insurance. Nothing in this part shall be interpreted as creating an exemption for consolidations which involve individual policies.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 90-149; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1256, ch. 2003-261.
Fla. Stat. § 77.055 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 77 / Section 77.055
77.055 Service of garnishee’s answer and notice of right to dissolve writ.
Status: in_force

Within 5 days after service of the garnishee’s answer on the plaintiff or after the time period for the garnishee’s answer has expired, the plaintiff shall serve, by mail, the following documents: a copy of the garnishee’s answer, and a notice advising the recipient that he or she must move to dissolve the writ of garnishment within 20 days after the date indicated on the certificate of service in the notice if any allegation in the plaintiff’s motion for writ of garnishment is untrue. The plaintiff shall serve these documents on the defendant at the defendant’s last known address and any other address disclosed by the garnishee’s answer and on any other person disclosed in the garnishee’s answer to have any ownership interest in the deposit, account, or property controlled by the garnishee. The plaintiff shall file in the proceeding a certificate of such service.

History: s. 1, ch. 85-272; s. 2, ch. 88-295; s. 386, ch. 95-147; s. 23, ch. 2000-258.
Fla. Stat. § 112.352 — Florida Code / Title X / Chapter 112 / Part IV / Section 112.352
112.352 Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases as used in this act shall have the following meaning unless a different meaning is required by the context:

(1) “Base year” means the year in which a retired member actually retired from a system or the year in which the member attained age 65, if later.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Management Services.

(3) “Funds” shall mean the special trust funds in the State Treasury created under each of the retirement laws covered by this act.

(4) “Joint annuitant” means any person named by a retired member under the applicable system to receive any retirement benefits due and payable from the system after the member’s death.

(5) “Retired member” shall mean any person who had both attained age 65 and retired prior to January 1, 1966, and is receiving benefits under any of the following systems: (a) State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System, created by authority of chapter 122. (b) Supreme Court Justices, District Courts of Appeal Judges and Circuit Judges Retirement System, created by authority of former chapter 123. (c) Teachers’ Retirement System of the state, created by authority of chapter 238; or (d) Highway Patrol Pension Trust Fund, created by authority of chapter 321.

(6) “Retirement benefit” means the monthly benefit which a retired member or joint annuitant is receiving from a system.

(7) “Social security benefit” shall mean the monthly primary insurance amount, computed in accordance with the Social Security Act from which is derived the monthly benefit amount, which the retired member is receiving, entitled to receive, or would be entitled to receive upon application to the Social Security Administration, without taking into account any earned income which would cause a reduction in such amount. For purposes of this act, the social security benefit of: (a) A retired member who is not insured under the Social Security Act shall be zero, and (b) A deceased retired member who was insured under the Social Security Act shall be the primary insurance amount from which is derived the monthly benefit amount which the member was receiving or entitled to receive in the month immediately preceding his or her date of death.

(8) “System” shall mean any of the retirement systems specified in subsection (5).

History: s. 2, ch. 67-276; ss. 31, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 35, ch. 71-377; s. 1, ch. 73-326; s. 45, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 706, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 95-154; s. 44, ch. 99-2; s. 14, ch. 99-255; s. 38, ch. 2023-8.
Fla. Stat. § 509.506 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 509 / Part II / Section 509.506
509.506 Trust accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) All funds or other properties received from or on behalf of a purchaser in connection with the execution of the membership camping contract shall be deposited by the offeror within 3 days after receipt by the offeror or a salesperson into a trust account with a financial institution located in this state, established by a trustee solely for the purpose of refunds. The funds or other properties shall be maintained in the trust account until 5 days after the purchaser’s cancellation period has expired. If the purchaser delivers a written cancellation of the purchaser’s contract to the trustee within the time period described in s. 509.504(1)(a), the purchaser’s funds or other properties shall be refunded by the trustee pursuant to s. 509.504(1)(b). If the purchaser does not timely cancel the contract in the required manner, all funds or other properties received from the purchaser may be released by the trustee to the offeror on the 6th day after the expiration of the cancellation period. If the trustee receives conflicting demands for any funds or other properties held in the trust account, the trustee shall immediately either submit the matter to arbitration with the consent of the parties or, by interpleader or otherwise, seek an adjudication of the matter by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) All trustees shall be independent of the offeror, and neither the offeror nor any officer, director, affiliate, subsidiary, or employee of the offeror may serve as trustee; however, an attorney who represents an offeror but who is not an officer, director, or employee of the offeror may serve as trustee for the offeror.

(3) The moneys held in trust pursuant to subsection (1) may be invested only in securities of the United States Government or any agency thereof or in savings or time deposits in institutions insured by an agency of the United States Government. The interest generated by the investments, if any, shall be paid to the party to whom the escrowed moneys are paid unless otherwise specified in the contract.

(4) Any offeror, trustee, or other person who intentionally fails to comply with the provisions of this section concerning the establishment of a trust account and the deposit and disbursement of funds and other properties received from a purchaser is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The proof of failure to establish a trust account or to deposit funds therein as required by this section constitutes prima facie proof of the intent required by this subsection.

History: s. 6, ch. 88-157.
Fla. Stat. § 610.107 — Florida Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 610 / Section 610.107
610.107 Buildout.
Status: in_force

No franchising authority, state agency, or political subdivision may impose any buildout, system construction, or service deployment requirements on a certificateholder.

History: s. 7, ch. 2007-29.