Senate Bill sb1012

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1012

    By Senator Argenziano





    3-625-05                                            See HB 253

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to professions regulated by the

  3         Department of Business and Professional

  4         Regulation; amending s. 455.271, F.S.;

  5         providing for the reinstatement of certain

  6         voided licenses; providing requirements for

  7         application and reinstatement of voided

  8         licenses, including fees, continuing education,

  9         and eligibility; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 455.271, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         455.271  Inactive and delinquent status.--

16         (6)(a)  A delinquent status licensee must affirmatively

17  apply with a complete application, as defined by rule of the

18  board, or the department if when there is no board, for active

19  or inactive status during the licensure cycle in which a

20  licensee becomes delinquent. Failure by a delinquent status

21  licensee to become active or inactive before the expiration of

22  the current licensure cycle shall render the license void null

23  without any further action by the board or the department. Any

24  subsequent licensure shall be as a result of applying for and

25  meeting all requirements imposed on an applicant for new

26  licensure.

27         (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of the professional

28  practice acts administered by the department, the board, or

29  the department if there is no board, may, at its discretion,

30  reinstate the license of an individual whose license has

31  become void if the board or department, as applicable,

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1012
    3-625-05                                            See HB 253




 1  determine that the individual has made a good-faith effort to

 2  comply with this section but has failed to comply because of

 3  illness or unusual hardship. The individual must apply to the

 4  board, or the department if there is no board, for

 5  reinstatement in a manner prescribed by rules of the board or

 6  the department, as applicable, and shall pay an applicable fee

 7  in an amount determined by rule. The board, or the department

 8  if there is no board, shall require that such individual meet

 9  all continuing education requirements prescribed by law, pay

10  appropriate licensing fees, and otherwise be eligible for

11  renewal of licensure under this chapter.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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