Florida Senate - 2024                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1600
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Collins moved the following:
       
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    4         Before line 66
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Present subsection (15) of section 455.213,
    7  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (16), and a new
    8  subsection (15) is added to that section, to read:
    9         455.213 General licensing provisions.—
   10         (15)(a) Before the board, or the department if there is no
   11  board, may deny an application for licensure by reciprocity or
   12  by endorsement, the board, or the department if there is no
   13  board, must make a finding that the basis license in another
   14  jurisdiction is or is not substantially equivalent to or is
   15  otherwise insufficient for a license in this state.
   16         (b) If the board, or the department if there is no board,
   17  finds that the basis license in another jurisdiction is not
   18  substantially equivalent to or is otherwise insufficient for a
   19  license in this state and there are no other grounds to deny the
   20  application for licensure, within 7 business days after being
   21  notified of such finding, the applicant may request that the
   22  finding be submitted to the secretary for review. Within 7
   23  business days after receiving such request, the secretary must
   24  review the finding and either agree or disagree with the
   25  finding. If the secretary agrees with the finding, the
   26  application for licensure may be denied. If the secretary
   27  disagrees with the finding, the application for licensure must
   28  be approved unless other grounds for denial exist. The decision
   29  must be entered according to the secretary’s finding, unless
   30  other grounds for denial exist.
   31         (c) If the secretary finds that the requirements of a basis
   32  license in another jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to
   33  or are otherwise sufficient for a license in this state, the
   34  board, or the department if there is no board, must make the
   35  same finding for similar applicants from the same jurisdiction,
   36  unless the requirements of the basis license change.
   37         (d) As used in this subsection, the term “basis license”
   38  means the license or the licensure requirements of another
   39  jurisdiction which are used to meet the requirements for a
   40  license in this state.
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   42  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   43  And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete line 2
   45  and insert:
   46         An act relating to interstate mobility; amending s.
   47         455.213, F.S.; providing requirements for the
   48         applicable board, or the Department of Business and
   49         Professional Regulation if there is no board, relating
   50         to licensure by reciprocity and by endorsement;
   51         defining the term “basis license”; creating s.