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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to reciprocity or endorsement of 2
licensure; amending s. 455.213, F.S.; providing 3
requirements for the applicable board, or the 4
Department of Business and Professional Regulation if 5
there is no board, relating to licensure by 6
reciprocity and by endorsement; defining the term 7
"basis license"; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (15) of section 455.213, Florida 12
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (16), and a new subsection 13
(15) is added to that section to read: 14
455.213 General licensing provisions. — 15
(15)(a) Before the board, or the department if t here is no 16
board, enters a final order to deny an application for licensure 17
by reciprocity or by endorsement based on a finding that the 18
requirements of the basis license in another jurisdiction are 19
not substantially equivalent or otherwise insufficient fo r a 20
license in this state, the board, or the department if there is 21
no board, must submit the finding to the secretary for review. 22
The secretary may agree with the finding and deny the 23
application for licensure or disagree with the finding and issue 24
the license. The final order must be entered according to the 25
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secretary's decision. 26
(b) If the secretary makes a finding that the requirements 27
of a basis license in another jurisdiction are substantially 28
equivalent to or otherwise sufficient for a license in t his 29
state, the board, or the department if there is no board, must 30
make the same finding for similar applicants from the same 31
jurisdiction, unless the requirements of the basis license are 32
changed. 33
(c) As used in this subsection, the term "basis license" 34
means the license or the licensure requirements of another 35
jurisdiction which are used to meet the requirements for a 36
license in this state. 37
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 38