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Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 455
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS
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455.01 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) “Board” means any board or commission, or other statutorily created entity to the extent such entity is authorized to exercise regulatory or rulemaking functions, within the department, including the Florida Real Estate Commission; except that, for ss. 455.201-455.245, “board” means only a board, or other statutorily created entity to the extent such entity is authorized to exercise regulatory or rulemaking functions, within the Division of Certified Public Accounting, the Division of Professions, or the Division of Real Estate.
(2) “Consumer member” means a person appointed to serve on a specific board or who has served on a specific board, who is not, and never has been, a member or practitioner of the profession, or of any closely related profession, regulated by such board.
(3) “Department” means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
(4) “License” means any permit, registration, certificate, or license issued by the department.
(5) “Licensee” means any person issued a permit, registration, certificate, or license by the department.
(6) “Profession” means any activity, occupation, profession, or vocation regulated by the department in the Divisions of Certified Public Accounting, Professions, Real Estate, and Regulation.
History.—s. 1, ch. 21885, 1943; s. 1, ch. 28215, 1953; s. 12, ch. 63-195; s. 2, ch. 65-170; s. 27, ch. 67-248; s. 3, ch. 67-409; s. 1, ch. 67-596; s. 121, ch. 71-355; s. 122, ch. 73-333; s. 5, ch. 79-36; s. 123, ch. 79-164; s. 2, ch. 84-70; s. 9, ch. 91-220; s. 4, ch. 92-149; s. 5, ch. 93-220; s. 1, ch. 96-291; s. 3, ch. 97-261; s. 109, ch. 2000-153; s. 23, ch. 2000-160.
Note.—Former s. 485.01.

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Howard F. Ransom & Hazel B. Ransom, Cross-Appellants v. S & S Food Ctr., Inc. Of Florida, D/B/A Rich Plan of Pensacola, Defendant- Cross-Appellee, 700 F.2d 670 (11th Cir. 1983).

Cited 20 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Fifth Circuit’s interpretation of 28 U.S.C. § 455 1 in Potashnick v. Port City Construction
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State Ex Rel. Veale v. City of Boca Raton, 353 So. 2d 1194 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977).

Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16909

and Occupational Regulations. Fla. Stat. Ann. § 455.001 (1976 Supp.). The fact that the Legislature did
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Junco v. State Bd. of Acct., 390 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 1980).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1980 Fla. LEXIS 4346

preserve the public health, safety and welfare. § 455.001(2), Fla. Stat. (1977). In Mercer v. Hemmings this
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2004).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...1 You have asked whether the division is subject to the provisions of Chapter 455 , Florida Statutes. Chapter 455 , Florida Statutes, contains general provisions relating to the regulation of businesses and professions. 2 Applicability of this chapter is specifically limited by section 455.017 , Florida Statutes: "The provisions of this chapter apply only to the regulation by the department of professions." "Department" is defined in section 455.01 (3), Florida Statutes, as "the Department of Business and Professional Regulation." "Profession" is defined for purposes of this chapter as "any activity, occupation, profession, or vocation regulated by the department in the Divisions...
...Sincerely, Charlie Crist Attorney General CC/tgh 1 Section 561.02 , Fla. Stat. 2 See Morgan v. State ex rel. Shevin, 383 So.2d 744 , 745 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980), in which the court makes the observation that "Chapter 455, Florida Statutes (1977), . . . contains general provisions applicable to Administrative Boards[.]" 3 Section 455.01 (6), Fla....
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Palm Harbor Special Fire Control Dist. v. Kelly, 500 So. 2d 1382 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 346, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 6419

...(a) does control. In 1977 it was clear that the legislature intended the citizenship requirement of section 447.04(l)(a) to apply to labor organization business agents notwithstanding the general proscription against such a requirement then found in section 455.012(1), the predecessor to section 455.10. (As further explained below, section 455.012, enacted in 1972, contained a prohibition against a citizenship requirement which was similar to the prohibition now contained in 455.10)....
...the case at hand and being reenacted in virtually the same language as that which had existed in 1977. *1385 In 1979 section 455.10 was given its present wording which is quoted above. Prior to 1979, as we have said, section 455.10 had been numbered section 455.012. Section 455.012 provided: 455.012 Restrictions on requirement of citizenship.— (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall be disqualified from practicing an occupation or profession regulated by the state solely because he is not a United States citizen....
...a ground for revocation of the license. (3) Any complaints concerning the violation of this section shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 120. The District argues that the change to former section 455.012 made by the 1979 enactment of section 455.10 simply represented an omission of surplus words and did not indicate a substantive change. We disagree. In that 1979 enactment the legislature omitted much of the above quoted wording from prior section 455.012(1) which had created at least potential doubt as to whether persons described .in that section could not be disqualified because they were not citizens....
...on of intention to become a citizen is required as a prerequisite for occupational or professional practice, failure to become a citizen within 5 years after the license is granted shall be a ground for revocation of the license.” We conclude that section 455.012(1) was therefore internally inconsistent or at best ambiguous and unclear....
...ofessional Regulation under the provisions of chapter 455, none of which, the District argues, have had business agents subject to licensing like those under section 447.04. In opposition to this reasoning is the rebuttal that in a 1974 enactment of section 455.012 the legislature had omitted language which had been contained in the previous version of that section which had specifically stated that the application of chapter 455 was restricted to administrative boards defined in section 455.01 which did not include any board which regulated labor organization business agents....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1975).

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approval agency for veterans' training? SUMMARY: Section 455.01, F.S., is a reliable reference source for the

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