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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to fees; amending s. 462.005, F.S.; 2
requiring the Board of Naturopathic Medicine to 3
establish certain fees; amending ss. 462.007 and 4
462.008, F.S.; providing for fees for licensure by 5
examination and licensure by endorsement, 6
respectively, of naturopathic physicians; amending s. 7
462.009, F.S.; providing for licensure renewal fees; 8
amending s. 462.011, F.S.; conforming a provisions to 9
changes made by the act; amending s. 462.012, F.S.; 10
authorizing the board to set by rule certain fees 11
related to inactive licenses and reactivation of 12
licensure; providing a contingent effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Section 462.023, Florida Statutes, as 17
renumbered as section 462.005, Florida Statutes, and amended by 18
HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 19
462.005 Rulemaking authority; powers and duties of the 20
board.—The board may adopt rules p ursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 21
120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter conferring 22
duties upon it and to carry out the purposes of this chapter, 23
and may initiate disciplinary action as provided by this 24
chapter, and shall establish fees based on it s estimates of the 25
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revenue required to administer this chapter, which fees may not 26
exceed the fee amounts provided in this chapter . 27
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 462.007, Florida 28
Statutes, as created by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended 29
to read: 30
462.007 Licensure by examination. — 31
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a naturopathic 32
physician must apply to the department on forms furnished by the 33
department. The department shall license each applicant who 34
completes the application f orm and remits a nonrefundable fee 35
not to exceed $2,000, as set by the board, and who the board 36
certifies has met all of the following criteria: 37
(a) Is at least 21 years of age. 38
(b) Has received a bachelor's degree from one of the 39
following: 40
1. A college or university accredited by an accrediting 41
agency recognized by the United States Department of Education 42
or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or its 43
successor entity. 44
2. A college or university in Canada which is a member of 45
Universities Canada. 46
3. A college or university in a foreign country and has 47
provided evidence that her or his educational credentials are 48
deemed equivalent to those provided in this country. To have 49
educational credentials deemed equivalent, the applicant must 50
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provide her or his foreign educational credentials, including 51
transcripts, course descriptions or syllabi, and diplomas, to a 52
nationally recognized educational credential evaluating agency 53
approved by the board for the evaluation and determination of 54
equivalency of the foreign educational credentials. 55
(c) Has received a naturopathic doctoral degree from a 56
college or program accredited by the Council on Naturopathic 57
Medical Education or another accrediting agency recognized by 58
the United States Department of Education. 59
(d) Is physically and mentally fit to practice as a 60
naturopathic physician. 61
(e) Is of good moral character and has not: 62
1. Committed any act or offense in this or any other 63
jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for disciplining a 64
naturopathic physician pursuant to s. 462.017. 65
2. Had an application for licensure in any profession 66
denied or had her or his license to practice any profession 67
revoked or suspended by any other state, district, or territory 68
of the United States or anoth er country for reasons that relate 69
to her or his ability to practice skillfully and safely as a 70
naturopathic physician. 71
3. Been found guilty of a felony. 72
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The board and the department shall ensure that applicants for 74
licensure meet the criteria of this p aragraph by independently 75
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verifying the provided information through the department's 76
investigative process. 77
(f) Has submitted to the department a set of fingerprints 78
on a form and in accordance with procedures specified by the 79
department under s. 456.03 9(4), along with payment in an amount 80
equal to the costs incurred by the department for the criminal 81
background check of the applicant. 82
(g) Has demonstrated compliance with the financial 83
responsibility requirements imposed under s. 462.015. 84
(h) Has obtained a passing score, as determined by board 85
rule, on Part I - Biomedical Science Examination, Part II - Core 86
Clinical Science Examination, and Part II - Clinical Elective 87
Pharmacology Examination of the competency -based national 88
Naturopathic Physician Li censing Examination administered by the 89
North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners, or an equivalent 90
examination offered by an equivalent or successor entity, as 91
approved by the board. 92
Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 462.008, Florida 93
Statutes, as created by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended 94
to read: 95
462.008 Licensure by endorsement. — 96
(1) Any person licensed to practice naturopathic medicine 97
in another state or territory of the United States or in Canada 98
who desires to be licensed as a naturopathic physician in this 99
state must apply to the department on forms furnished by the 100
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department. The department shall issue a license by endorsement 101
to any applicant who completes the application form and remits a 102
nonrefundable fee not to exceed $ 2,000, as determined by the 103
board, and who the board certifies has met all of the following 104
criteria: 105
(a) Has met the qualifications for licensure established 106
in s. 462.007(1)(a)-(g). 107
(b)1. Has submitted evidence of holding an active license 108
to practice naturopathic medicine in another state or territory 109
of the United States or in Canada for at least the 5 years 110
immediately preceding the filing of her or his application; or 111
2. If an applicant has held an active license to practice 112
naturopathic medicin e in another state or territory of the 113
United States or in Canada for less than the 5 years immediately 114
preceding the filing of her or his application, has obtained a 115
passing score on the national licensing examination, as 116
specified in s. 462.007(1)(h), wi thin the year immediately 117
preceding the filing of the application. 118
Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 462.08, Florida 119
Statutes, as renumbered as section 462.009, Florida Statutes, 120
and amended by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 121
462.009 Renewal of license to practice naturopathic 122
medicine.— 123
(1) In order to continue practicing naturopathic medicine 124
in this state, each licensed naturopathic physician must 125
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biennially renew her or his license to practice naturopathic 126
medicine. The applicant for license renewal must furnish to the 127
board such evidence as it requires of the applicant's compliance 128
with s. 462.011, relating to continuing education requirements, 129
and s. 462.015, relating to financial responsibility 130
requirements. The biennial renewal fee, the amount of which 131
shall be determined by the board but may not exceed $1,000, must 132
be paid at the time the application for license renewal is 133
filed. 134
Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 462.18, Florida 135
Statutes, as renumbered as section 4 62.011, Florida Statutes, 136
and amended by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 137
462.011 Continuing education requirements. — 138
(1) At the time each licensee renews her or his license as 139
provided in s. 462.009, each licensee must , in addition to the 140
payment of the regular renewal fee, furnish to the board 141
satisfactory evidence that, in the preceding biennial period, 142
the licensee has completed the continuing education requirements 143
of this section. 144
Section 6. Section 462.19, Florida Statutes, a s renumbered 145
as section 462.012, Florida Statutes, and amended by HB 843, 146
2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 147
462.012 Inactive status; reactivation of license. — 148
(1) A licensee may reactivate an inactive license by 149
applying to the department , paying any applicable fees, and 150
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submitting proof of compliance with the financial responsibility 151
requirements of s. 462.015. 152
(2) The board shall adopt rules relating to reactivation 153
of licenses that have become inactive and for the renewal of 154
inactive licenses. The rules must include continuing education 155
requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The 156
continuing education requirements for reactivating a license may 157
not be fewer than 20 classroom hours for each year the license 158
was inactive. The board may also adopt rules to set fees, 159
including a fee for placing a license into inactive status, a 160
biennial renewal fee for licenses in inactive status, a 161
delinquency fee, and a fee for the reactivation of a license. 162
None of these fees may exceed the bienn ial renewal fee 163
established by the board in s. 462.009. 164
(3) The department may not reactivate a license unless the 165
applicable fees have been paid and the financial responsibility 166
requirements of s. 462.015 have been satisfied. 167
Section 7. This act sha ll take effect on the same date 168
that HB 843 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 169
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 170
extension thereof and becomes a law. 171