Florida Statute 468.1635 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 468
MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

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468.1635 Purpose.—The sole legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every nursing home administrator practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that nursing home administrators who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public shall be prohibited from practicing in this state.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 79-227; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 16, 17, ch. 86-223; s. 61, ch. 91-137; s. 10, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Magnolias Nursing & Convalescent Ctr. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., Off. of Licensure & Certification, 438 So. 2d 421 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 21637

...Section 468.1645 reiterates the requirements of Section 400.021(2), above quoted, by prohibiting the operation of a nursing home “unless it is under the management of a currently valid licensed administrator or holder of a provisional license.” Finally, Section 468.1635, which sets forth the legislative “purpose” with respect to enactment of the licensing requirements for nursing home administrators, strongly supports the Department’s interpretation of the statutes and their enforcement by means of the action taken in this case....

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