The Florida Senate

461.007  Renewal of license.--

(1)  The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and a fee not to exceed $350 set by the board. An applicant for a renewed license must also submit the information required under ¹s. 455.565 to the department on a form and under procedures specified by the department, along with payment in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the Department of Health for the statewide criminal background check of the applicant. The applicant must submit a set of fingerprints to the Department of Health on a form and under procedures specified by the department, along with payment in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department for a national criminal background check of the applicant for the initial renewal of his or her license after January 1, 2000. If the applicant fails to submit either the information required under ¹s. 455.565 or a set of fingerprints to the department as required by this section, the department shall issue a notice of noncompliance, and the applicant will be given 30 additional days to comply. If the applicant fails to comply within 30 days after the notice of noncompliance is issued, the department or board, as appropriate, may issue a citation to the applicant and may fine the applicant up to $50 for each day that the applicant is not in compliance with the requirements of ¹s. 455.565. The citation must clearly state that the applicant may choose, in lieu of accepting the citation, to follow the procedure under s. 455.225. If the applicant disputes the matter in the citation, the procedures set forth in s. 455.225 must be followed. However, if the applicant does not dispute the matter in the citation with the department within 30 days after the citation is served, the citation becomes a final order and constitutes discipline. Service of a citation may be made by personal service or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the subject at the applicant's last known address. If an applicant has submitted fingerprints to the department for a national criminal history check upon initial licensure and is renewing his or her license for the first time, then the applicant need only submit the information and fee required for a statewide criminal history check.

(2)  The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.

(3)  The board may by rule prescribe continuing education, not to exceed 40 hours biennially, as a condition for renewal of a license. The criteria for such programs or courses shall be approved by the board.

History.--ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-229; s. 1, ch. 80-291; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 7, 12, 13, ch. 86-71; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 169, ch. 94-119; s. 141, ch. 97-237; s. 17, ch. 97-273.

¹Note.--Substituted by the editors for a reference to "section 1." The reference to "section 1" in s. 141, ch. 97-237, and s. 17, ch. 97-273, is incorrect; the correct references, "section 127," and "section 3," were redesignated as s. 455.565 by the reviser.