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1997 Florida Statutes
PART II
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(ss. 455.501-455.717)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(ss. 455.501-455.717)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
455.501
Definitions.
455.504
Applicability of part.
455.507
Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards.
455.511
Restriction on requirement of citizenship.
455.514
Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation.
455.517
Professions and occupations regulated by department; legislative intent; requirements.
455.521
Department; powers and duties.
455.524
Long-range policy planning; plans, reports, and recommendations.
455.527
Contacting boards through department.
455.531
Board members.
455.534
Boards; organization; meetings; compensation and travel expenses.
455.537
Publication of information.
455.541
Accountability and liability of board members.
455.544
Board rules; final agency action; challenges.
455.547
Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements.
455.551
Education; accreditation.
455.554
Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements.
455.561
Limited licenses.
455.564
Department; general licensing provisions.
455.565
Designated healthcare professionals; information required for licensure.
455.5651
Practitioner profile; creation.
455.5652
Practitioner profiles; update.
455.5653
Practitioner profiles; data storage.
455.5654
Practitioner profiles; rules; workshops.
455.5655
Practitioner profiles; maintenance of superseded information.
455.5656
Practitioner's profiles; confidentiality.
455.567
Sexual misconduct; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration.
455.571
Use of professional testing services.
455.574
Department of Health; examinations.
455.577
Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination.
455.581
Foreign-trained professionals; special examination and license provisions.
455.584
Exemption for certain out-of-state or foreign professionals; limited practice permitted.
455.587
Fees; receipts; disposition for boards within the department.
455.594
Legal and investigative services.
455.597
Requirement for instruction on domestic violence.
455.601
Hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency carriers.
455.604
Requirement for instruction for certain licensees on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
455.607
Athletic trainers and massage therapists; requirement for instruction on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
455.611
Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas.
455.614
Mediation.
455.617
Authority to issue citations.
455.621
Disciplinary proceedings.
455.624
Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.
455.627
Disciplinary guidelines.
455.631
Penalty for giving false information.
455.634
Prosecution of criminal violations.
455.637
Unlicensed practice of a profession; cease and desist notice; civil penalty; enforcement; citations; allocation of moneys collected.
455.641
Unlicensed activities; fees; disposition.
455.644
Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations.
455.647
Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing.
455.651
Disclosure of confidential information.
455.654
Financial arrangements between referring health care providers and providers of health care services.
455.657
Kickbacks prohibited.
455.661
Designated health care services; licensure required.
455.664
Advertisement by a health care provider of free or discounted services; required statement.
455.667
Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished.
455.671
Communications confidential; exceptions.
455.674
Practitioner disclosure of confidential information; immunity from civil or criminal liability.
455.677
Disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice.
455.681
Authority to inspect.
455.684
Chiropractic and podiatric health care; denial of payment; limitation.
455.687
Certain health care practitioners; immediate suspension of license.
455.691
Treatment of Medicare beneficiaries; refusal, emergencies, consulting physicians.
455.694
Boards regulating certain health care practitioners.
455.697
Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions.
455.698
Reports of professional liability actions; bankruptcies; Department of Health's responsibility to provide.
455.699
Toll-free telephone number for reporting of complaints.
455.701
Disclosure of financial interest by production.
455.704
Impaired Practitioners Committee; duties.
455.707
Treatment programs for impaired practitioners.
455.711
Inactive and delinquent status.
455.714
Renewal and cancellation notices.
455.717
Address of record.