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FL Stat § 455.232 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions|455.232 - Disclosure of Confidential Information.

455.232 Disclosure of confidential information.—(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 record, which at the time such knowledge or information is conveyed is exempt from the provisions of s. 119.01, s. 119.07(1), or s. 286.011.(2) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and may be subject to discipline pursuant to s. 455.227, and, if applicable, shall be removed from office, employment, or the contractual relationship.History.—s. 2, ch. 85-311; s. 5, ch. 91-140; s. 83, ch. 91-224; s. 61, ch. 92-33; s. 30, ch. 92-149; s. 23, ch. 93-129; s. 10, ch. 94-119; s. 88, ch. 94-218; s. 28, ch. 97-261.
FL Stat § 455.24 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions|455.24 - Advertisement by a Veterinarian of Free or Discounted Services; Required Statement.

455.24 Advertisement by a veterinarian of free or discounted services; required statement.—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.
FL Stat § 455.242 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions|455.242 - Veterinarians; Disposition of Records of Deceased Practitioners or Practitioners Relocating or Terminating Practice.

455.242 Veterinarians; disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice.—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 the practitioner’s patients. The rules shall provide that the records be retained for at least 2 years after the practitioner’s death, termination of practice, or relocation. In the case of the death of the practitioner, the rules shall provide for the disposition of such records by the estate of the practitioner.History.—s. 1, ch. 79-302; s. 11, ch. 88-1; s. 11, ch. 88-392; s. 15, ch. 89-124; s. 16, ch. 91-137; s. 34, ch. 92-149; s. 30, ch. 97-261.
FL Stat § 455.243 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions|455.243 - Authority to Inspect.

455.243 Authority to inspect.—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 purpose of determining if any of the provisions of this chapter or any practice act of a profession or any rule adopted thereunder is being violated; or for the purpose of securing such other evidence as may be needed for prosecution.History.—s. 2, ch. 82-22; s. 63, ch. 92-33; s. 35, ch. 92-149; s. 23, ch. 93-129; s. 92, ch. 94-218; s. 31, ch. 97-261; s. 35, ch. 2000-160.
FL Stat § 455.245 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions|455.245 - Veterinarians; Immediate Suspension of License.

455.245 Veterinarians; immediate suspension of license.—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 or under 21 U.S.C. ss. 801-970 or under 42 U.S.C. ss. 1395-1396.History.—s. 1, ch. 86-91; s. 12, ch. 88-1; s. 16, ch. 89-124; s. 64, ch. 92-33; s. 36, ch. 92-149; s. 23, ch. 93-129; s. 93, ch. 94-218; s. 192, ch. 97-103; s. 32, ch. 97-261.
FL Stat § 455.273 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions|455.273 - Renewal and Cancellation Notices.

455.273 Renewal and cancellation notices.—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 cancellation of licensure to a delinquent status licensee at the licensee’s last known address of record or e-mail address provided to the department.History.—s. 15, ch. 94-119; s. 6, ch. 2012-72.
FL Stat § 455.275 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 455 - Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions|455.275 - Address of Record.

455.275 Address of record.—(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 notify the department of a change of address constitutes a violation of this section, and the licensee may be disciplined by the board or the department when there is no board.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service by regular mail or e-mail to a licensee’s last known mailing address or e-mail address of record with the department constitutes adequate and sufficient notice to the licensee for any official communication to the licensee by the board or the department except when other service is required pursuant to s. 455.225.(3)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, when an administrative complaint is served on a licensee of the department, the department shall provide service by regular mail to the licensee’s last known address of record, by certified mail to the last known address of record, and, if possible, by e-mail.(b) If service, as provided in paragraph (a), does not provide the department with proof of service, the department shall call the last known telephone number of record and cause a short, plain notice to the licensee to be posted on the front page of the department’s website and shall send notice via e-mail to all newspapers of general circulation and all news departments of broadcast network affiliates in the county of the licensee’s last known address of record.History.—s. 16, ch. 94-119; s. 14, ch. 2010-106; s. 7, ch. 2012-72; s. 15, ch. 2012-212.
FL Stat § 456.001 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.001 - Definitions.

456.001 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Board” means any board or commission, or other statutorily created entity to the extent such entity is authorized to exercise regulatory or rulemaking functions, within the department, except that, for ss. 456.003-456.018, 456.022, 456.023, 456.025-456.033, and 456.039-456.082, “board” means only a board, or other statutorily created entity to the extent such entity is authorized to exercise regulatory or rulemaking functions, within the Division of Medical Quality Assurance.(2) “Consumer member” means a person appointed to serve on a specific board or who has served on a specific board, who is not, and never has been, a member or practitioner of the profession, or of any closely related profession, regulated by such board.(3) “Department” means the Department of Health.(4) “Health care practitioner” means any person licensed under chapter 457; chapter 458; chapter 459; chapter 460; chapter 461; chapter 462; chapter 463; chapter 464; chapter 465; chapter 466; chapter 467; part I, part II, part III, part V, part X, part XIII, or part XIV of chapter 468; chapter 478; chapter 480; part I, part II, or part III of chapter 483; chapter 484; chapter 486; chapter 490; or chapter 491.(5) “License” means any permit, registration, certificate, or license, including a provisional license, issued by the department.(6) “Licensee” means any person or entity issued a permit, registration, certificate, or license, including a provisional license, by the department.(7) “Profession” means any activity, occupation, profession, or vocation regulated by the department in the Division of Medical Quality Assurance.History.—s. 33, ch. 97-261; s. 72, ch. 99-397; s. 36, ch. 2000-160; s. 2, ch. 2002-199; s. 116, ch. 2014-17; s. 90, ch. 2018-24; s. 57, ch. 2020-156; s. 2, ch. 2021-133.Note.—Former s. 455.501.
FL Stat § 456.002 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.002 - Applicability.

456.002 Applicability.—This chapter applies only to the regulation by the department of professions.History.—s. 34, ch. 97-261; s. 37, ch. 2000-160.Note.—Former s. 455.504.
FL Stat § 456.003 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.003 - Legislative Intent; Requirements.

456.003 Legislative intent; requirements.—(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that persons desiring to engage in any lawful profession regulated by the department shall be entitled to do so as a matter of right if otherwise qualified.(2) The Legislature further believes that such professions shall be regulated only for the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the public under the police powers of the state. Such professions shall be regulated when:(a) Their unregulated practice can harm or endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and when the potential for such harm is recognizable and clearly outweighs any anticompetitive impact which may result from regulation.(b) The public is not effectively protected by other means, including, but not limited to, other state statutes, local ordinances, or federal legislation.(c) Less restrictive means of regulation are not available.(3) It is further legislative intent that the use of the term “profession” with respect to those activities licensed and regulated by the department shall not be deemed to mean that such activities are not occupations for other purposes in state or federal law.(4)(a) Neither the department nor any board may create unreasonably restrictive and extraordinary standards that deter qualified persons from entering the various professions. Neither the department nor any board may take any action that tends to create or maintain an economic condition that unreasonably restricts competition, except as specifically provided by law.(b) Neither the department nor any board may create a regulation that has an unreasonable effect on job creation or job retention in the state or that places unreasonable restrictions on the ability of individuals who seek to practice or who are practicing a profession or occupation to find employment.(c) The Legislature shall evaluate proposals to increase the regulation of regulated professions or occupations to determine the effect of increased regulation on job creation or retention and employment opportunities.(5) Policies adopted by the department shall ensure that all expenditures are made in the most cost-effective manner to maximize competition, minimize licensure costs, and maximize public access to meetings conducted for the purpose of professional regulation. The long-range planning function of the department shall be implemented to facilitate effective operations and to eliminate inefficiencies.(6) Unless expressly and specifically granted in statute, the duties conferred on the boards do not include the enlargement, modification, or contravention of the lawful scope of practice of the profession regulated by the boards. This subsection shall not prohibit the boards, or the department when there is no board, from taking disciplinary action or issuing a declaratory statement.History.—s. 38, ch. 97-261; s. 135, ch. 99-251; s. 38, ch. 2000-160; s. 57, ch. 2001-277.Note.—Former s. 455.517.
FL Stat § 456.005 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.005 - Long-Range Policy Planning.

456.005 Long-range policy planning.—To facilitate efficient and cost-effective regulation, the department and the board, if appropriate, shall develop and implement a long-range policy planning and monitoring process that includes recommendations specific to each profession. The process shall include estimates of revenues, expenditures, cash balances, and performance statistics for each profession. The period covered may not be less than 5 years. The department, with input from the boards and licensees, shall develop and adopt the long-range plan. The department shall monitor compliance with the plan and, with input from the boards and licensees, shall annually update the plans. The department shall provide concise management reports to the boards quarterly. As part of the review process, the department shall evaluate:(1) Whether the department, including the boards and the various functions performed by the department, is operating efficiently and effectively and if there is a need for a board or council to assist in cost-effective regulation.(2) How and why the various professions are regulated.(3) Whether there is a need to continue regulation, and to what degree.(4) Whether or not consumer protection is adequate, and how it can be improved.(5) Whether there is consistency between the various practice acts.(6) Whether unlicensed activity is adequately enforced.The plans shall include conclusions and recommendations on these and other issues as appropriate.History.—s. 40, ch. 97-261; s. 40, ch. 2000-160; s. 61, ch. 2008-6; s. 148, ch. 2010-102.Note.—Former s. 455.524.
FL Stat § 456.006 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.006 - Contacting Boards Through Department.

456.006 Contacting boards through department.—Each board under the jurisdiction of the department may be contacted through the headquarters of the department in the City of Tallahassee.History.—s. 41, ch. 97-261; s. 40, ch. 2000-160.Note.—Former s. 455.527.
FL Stat § 456.007 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.007 - Board Members.

456.007 Board members.—Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who otherwise meets the requirements of law for board membership and who is connected in any way with any medical college, dental college, or community college may be appointed to any board so long as that connection does not result in a relationship wherein such college represents the person’s principal source of income. However, this section shall not apply to the physicians required by s. 458.307(2) to be on the faculty of a medical school in this state or on the full-time staff of a teaching hospital in this state.History.—s. 2, ch. 84-161; s. 1, ch. 84-271; s. 3, ch. 88-392; s. 42, ch. 97-261; s. 17, ch. 97-264; s. 40, ch. 2000-160.Note.—Former s. 455.206; s. 455.531.
FL Stat § 456.008 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.008 - Accountability and Liability of Board Members.

456.008 Accountability and liability of board members.—(1) Each board member shall be accountable to the Governor for the proper performance of duties as a member of the board. The Governor shall investigate any legally sufficient complaint or unfavorable written report received by the Governor or by the department or a board concerning the actions of the board or its individual members. The Governor may suspend from office any board member for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform his or her official duties, or commission of a felony.(2) Each board member and each former board member serving on a probable cause panel shall be exempt from civil liability for any act or omission when acting in the member’s official capacity, and the department shall defend any such member in any action against any board or member of a board arising from any such act or omission. In addition, the department may defend the member’s company or business in any action against the company or business if the department determines that the actions from which the suit arises are actions taken by the member in the member’s official capacity and were not beyond the member’s statutory authority. In providing such defense, the department may employ or utilize the legal services of the Department of Legal Affairs or outside counsel retained pursuant to s. 287.059. Fees and costs of providing legal services provided under this subsection shall be paid from a trust fund used by the department to implement this chapter, subject to the provisions of s. 456.025.History.—s. 45, ch. 97-261; s. 21, ch. 99-7; s. 153, ch. 99-251; s. 41, ch. 2000-160.Note.—Former s. 455.541.
FL Stat § 456.009 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.009 - Legal and Investigative Services.

456.009 Legal and investigative services.—(1) The department shall provide board counsel for boards within the department by contracting with the Department of Legal Affairs, by retaining private counsel pursuant to s. 287.059, or by providing department staff counsel. The primary responsibility of board counsel shall be to represent the interests of the citizens of the state. A board shall provide for the periodic review and evaluation of the services provided by its board counsel. Fees and costs of such counsel shall be paid from a trust fund used by the department to implement this chapter, subject to the provisions of s. 456.025. All contracts for independent counsel shall provide for periodic review and evaluation by the board and the department of services provided.(2) The department may employ or use the legal services of outside counsel and the investigative services of outside personnel. However, no attorney employed or utilized by the department shall prosecute a matter and provide legal services to the board with respect to the same matter.(3) Any person retained by the department under contract to review materials, make site visits, or provide expert testimony regarding any complaint or application filed with the department relating to a profession under the jurisdiction of the department shall be considered an agent of the department in determining the state insurance coverage and sovereign immunity protection applicability of ss. 284.31 and 768.28.History.—s. 60, ch. 97-261; s. 154, ch. 99-251; s. 42, ch. 2000-160.Note.—Former s. 455.594.
FL Stat § 456.012 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations|Chapter 456 - Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions|456.012 - Board Rules; Final Agency Action; Challenges.

456.012 Board rules; final agency action; challenges.—(1) The State Surgeon General shall have standing to challenge any rule or proposed rule of a board under its jurisdiction pursuant to s. 120.56. In addition to challenges for any invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, the administrative law judge, upon such a challenge by the State Surgeon General, may declare all or part of a rule or proposed rule invalid if it:(a) Does not protect the public from any significant and discernible harm or damages;(b) Unreasonably restricts competition or the availability of professional services in the state or in a significant part of the state; or(c) Unnecessarily increases the cost of professional services without a corresponding or equivalent public benefit.However, there shall not be created a presumption of the existence of any of the conditions cited in this subsection in the event that the rule or proposed rule is challenged.(2) In addition, either the State Surgeon General or the board shall be a substantially interested party for purposes of s. 120.54(7). The board may, as an adversely affected party, initiate and maintain an action pursuant to s. 120.68 challenging the final agency action.(3) No board created within the department shall have standing to challenge a rule or proposed rule of another board. However, if there is a dispute between boards concerning a rule or proposed rule, the boards may avail themselves of the provisions of s. 456.011(5).History.—s. 46, ch. 97-261; s. 44, ch. 2000-160; s. 63, ch. 2008-6.Note.—Former s. 455.544.