Chapter 456
Health Professions and Occupations: General Provisions

Sections

456.001
Definitions
456.002
Applicability
456.003
Legislative intent; requirements
456.004
Department; powers and duties
456.005
Long-range policy planning
456.006
Contacting boards through department
456.007
Board members
456.008
Accountability and liability of board members
456.009
Legal and investigative services
456.011
Boards; organization; meetings; compensation and travel expenses
456.012
Board rules; final agency action; challenges
456.013
Department; general licensing provisions
456.014
Public inspection of information required from applicants; exceptions; examination hearing
456.015
Limited licenses
456.016
Use of professional testing services
456.017
Examinations
456.018
Penalty for theft or reproduction of an examination
456.019
Restriction on requirement of citizenship
456.021
Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation
456.022
Foreign-trained professionals; special examination and license provisions
456.023
Exemption for certain out-of-state or foreign professionals; limited practice permitted
456.024
Members of Armed Forces and veterans; spouses; licensure
456.025
Fees; receipts; disposition
456.026
Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations
456.027
Education; accreditation
456.028
Consultation with postsecondary education boards prior to adoption of changes to training requirements
456.029
Education; substituting demonstration of competency for clock-hour requirements
456.031
Requirement for instruction on domestic violence
456.032
Hepatitis B or HIV carriers
456.033
Requirement for instruction for certain licensees on HIV and AIDS
456.035
Address of record
456.36
Health care professionals; exemption from disqualification from employment or contracting
456.036
Licenses; active and inactive status; delinquency
456.037
Business establishments; requirements for active status licenses; delinquency; discipline; applicability
456.38
Practitioner registry for disasters and emergencies
456.038
Renewal and cancellation notices
456.039
Designated health care professionals; information required for licensure
456.41
Complementary or alternative health care treatments
456.041
Practitioner profile; creation
456.42
Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs
456.042
Practitioner profiles; update
456.43
Electronic prescribing for medicinal drugs
456.043
Practitioner profiles; data storage
456.44
Controlled substance prescribing
456.044
Practitioner profiles; rules; workshops
456.045
Practitioner profiles; maintenance of superseded information
456.046
Practitioner profiles; confidentiality
456.47
Use of telehealth to provide services
456.048
Financial responsibility requirements for certain health care practitioners
456.049
Health care practitioners; reports on professional liability claims and actions
456.50
Repeated medical malpractice
456.51
Consent for pelvic examinations
456.051
Reports of professional liability actions; bankruptcies; Department of Health’s responsibility to provide
456.52
Sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures; prohibitions; informed consent
456.052
Disclosure of financial interest by production
456.053
Financial arrangements between referring health care providers and providers of health care services
456.054
Kickbacks prohibited
456.055
Chiropractic and podiatric health care; denial of payment; limitation
456.056
Treatment of Medicare beneficiaries; refusal, emergencies, consulting physicians
456.057
Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished; disclosure of information
456.058
Disposition of records of deceased practitioners or practitioners relocating or terminating practice
456.059
Communications confidential; exceptions
456.61
Use of free speech by a health care practitioner; prohibition
456.061
Practitioner disclosure of confidential information; immunity from civil or criminal liability
456.62
Communication of COVID-19 treatment alternatives
456.062
Advertisement by a health care practitioner of free or discounted services; required statement
456.063
Sexual misconduct; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration
456.065
Unlicensed practice of a health care profession; intent; cease and desist notice; penalties; enforcement; citations; fees; allocation and disposition of moneys collected
456.066
Prosecution of criminal violations
456.067
Penalty for giving false information
456.068
Toll-free telephone number for reporting of complaints
456.069
Authority to inspect
456.071
Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas
456.072
Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement
456.073
Disciplinary proceedings
456.074
Certain health care practitioners; immediate suspension of license
456.075
Criminal proceedings against licensees; appearances by department representatives
456.076
Impaired practitioner programs
456.077
Authority to issue citations
456.078
Mediation
456.079
Disciplinary guidelines
456.081
Publication of information
456.082
Disclosure of confidential information
456.0135
General background screening provisions
456.0145
Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement (MOBILE) Act
456.0241
Temporary certificate for active duty military health care practitioners
456.0242
Office of Veteran Licensure Services
456.0301
Requirement for instruction on controlled substance prescribing
456.0341
Requirements for instruction on human trafficking
456.0361
Compliance with continuing education requirements
456.0391
Advanced practice registered nurses; information required for licensure
456.0392
Prescription labeling
456.0495
Reporting adverse incidents occurring in planned out-of-hospital births
456.0496
Provision of information on eye and vision disorders to parents during planned out-of-hospital births
456.0575
Duty to notify patients
456.0635
Health care fraud; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration
456.4501
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
456.4502
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; disciplinary proceedings
456.4503
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission; public records and meetings exemptions
456.4504
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact rules

Current through Fall 2025

Chap. 456. Health Professions & Occ.: Gen. Provisions's source at flsenate​.gov