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2010 Florida Statutes
                        Chapter 455
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS Entire Chapter
    
    BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS Entire Chapter
CHAPTER 455
                BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS
            
                        455.01
                        
                    Definitions.
                    
                        455.017
                        
                    Applicability of this chapter.
                    
                        455.02
                        
                    Licensure of members of the Armed Forces in good standing and their spouses with administrative boards.
                    
                        455.10
                        
                    Restriction on requirement of citizenship.
                    
                        455.11
                        
                    Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation.
                    
                        455.116
                        
                    Regulation trust funds.
                    
                        455.117
                        
                    Sale of services and information by department.
                    
                        455.201
                        
                    Professions and occupations regulated by department; legislative intent; requirements.
                    
                        455.203
                        
                    Department; powers and duties.
                    
                        455.2035
                        
                    Rulemaking authority for professions not under a board.
                    
                        455.204
                        
                    Long-range policy planning; plans, reports, and recommendations.
                    
                        455.205
                        
                    Contacting boards through department.
                    
                        455.207
                        
                    Boards; organization; meetings; compensation and travel expenses.
                    
                        455.208
                        
                    Publication of information.
                    
                        455.209
                        
                    Accountability and liability of board members.
                    
                        455.211
                        
                    Board rules; final agency action; challenges.
                    
                        455.212
                        
                    Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements.
                    
                        455.2121
                        
                    Education; accreditation.
                    
                        455.2122
                        
                    Education.
                    
                        455.2123
                        
                    Continuing education.
                    
                        455.2124
                        
                    Proration of or not requiring continuing education.
                    
                        455.2125
                        
                    Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements.
                    
                        455.213
                        
                    General licensing provisions.
                    
                        455.214
                        
                    Limited licenses.
                    
                        455.217
                        
                    Examinations.
                    
                        455.2171
                        
                    Use of professional testing services.
                    
                        455.2175
                        
                    Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination.
                    
                        455.2177
                        
                    Monitoring of compliance with continuing education requirements.
                    
                        455.2178
                        
                    Continuing education providers.
                    
                        455.2179
                        
                    Continuing education provider and course approval; cease and desist orders.
                    
                        455.218
                        
                    Foreign-trained professionals; special examination and license provisions.
                    
                        455.2185
                        
                    Exemption for certain out-of-state or foreign professionals; limited practice permitted.
                    
                        455.219
                        
                    Fees; receipts; disposition; periodic management reports.
                    
                        455.221
                        
                    Legal and investigative services.
                    
                        455.2228
                        
                    Barbers and cosmetologists; instruction on HIV and AIDS.
                    
                        455.223
                        
                    Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas.
                    
                        455.2235
                        
                    Mediation.
                    
                        455.224
                        
                    Authority to issue citations.
                    
                        455.225
                        
                    Disciplinary proceedings.
                    
                        455.2255
                        
                    Classification of disciplinary actions.
                    
                        455.227
                        
                    Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.
                    
                        455.2273
                        
                    Disciplinary guidelines.
                    
                        455.2274
                        
                    Criminal proceedings against licensees; appearances by department representatives.
                    
                        455.2275
                        
                    Penalty for giving false information.
                    
                        455.2277
                        
                    Prosecution of criminal violations.
                    
                        455.228
                        
                    Unlicensed practice of a profession; cease and desist notice; civil penalty; enforcement; citations; allocation of moneys collected.
                    
                        455.2281
                        
                    Unlicensed activities; fees; disposition.
                    
                        455.2285
                        
                    Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations.
                    
                        455.2286
                        
                    Automated information system.
                    
                        455.229
                        
                    Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing.
                    
                        455.232
                        
                    Disclosure of confidential information.
                    
                        455.24
                        
                    Advertisement by a veterinarian of free or discounted services; required statement.
                    
                        455.242
                        
                    Veterinarians; disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice.
                    
                        455.243
                        
                    Authority to inspect.
                    
                        455.245
                        
                    Veterinarians; immediate suspension of license.
                    
                        455.271
                        
                    Inactive and delinquent status.
                    
                        455.273
                        
                    Renewal and cancellation notices.
                    
                        455.275
                        
                    Address of record.
                    
                        455.32
                        
            Management Privatization Act.