Bill > H1193

Introduced Session

An act relating to the deregulation of professions and occupations; providing a short title; amending s. 322.57, F.S.; defining the term "servicemember"; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to waive the requirement to pass the Commercial Driver License Skills Tests for certain servicemembers and veterans; requiring an applicant who receives such waiver to complete certain requirements within a specified time; requiring the department to adopt rules; amending s. 326.004, F.S.; deleting the requirement that a yacht broker maintain a separate license for each branch office; deleting the requirement that the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes establish a fee; amending s. 447.02, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; repealing s. 447.04, F.S., relating to licensure and permit requirements for business agents; repealing s. 447.041, F.S., relating to hearings for persons or labor organizations denied licensure as a business agent; repealing s. 447.045, F.S., relating to confidential information obtained during the application process; repealing s. 447.06, F.S., relating to required registration of labor organizations; amending s. 447.09, F.S.; deleting hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature certain prohibited actions relating to the right of franchise of a member of a labor organization; repealing s. 447.12, F.S., relating to registration fees; repealing s. 447.16, F.S., relating to applicability; amending s. 447.305, F.S.; deleting a provision that requires notification of registrations and renewals to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; amending s. 455.213, F.S.; requiring the department or a board to enter into reciprocal licensing agreements with other states under certain circumstances; providing requirements; creating s. 455.2278, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting the department or a board from suspending or revoking a person's license solely on the basis of a delinquency or default in the payment of his or her student loan; prohibiting the department or a board from suspending or revoking a person's license solely on the basis of a default in satisfying the requirements of his or her work-conditional scholarship; amending s. 456.072, F.S.; specifying that the failure to repay certain student loans is not considered a failure to perform a statutory or legal obligation for which certain disciplinary action can be taken; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; repealing s. 456.0721, F.S., relating to health hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature care practitioners who are in default on student loan or scholarship obligations; amending s. 456.074, F.S.; deleting a provision relating to the suspension of a license issued by the Department of Health for defaulting on certain student loans; amending s. 468.505, F.S.; providing that certain unlicensed persons are not prohibited or restricted from their practice, services, or activities in dietetics and nutrition under certain circumstances; amending s. 468.603, F.S.; revising which inspectors are included in the definition of the term "categories of building code inspectors"; amending s. 468.609, F.S.; revising certain experience requirements for a person to take the examination for certification; revising the time period a provisional certificate is valid; amending s. 468.613, F.S.; providing for waiver of specified requirements for certification under certain circumstances; amending s. 468.8314, F.S.; requiring an applicant for a license by endorsement to maintain a specified insurance policy; requiring the department to certify an applicant who holds a specified license issued by another state or territory of the United States under certain circumstances; amending s. 471.015, F.S.; revising licensure requirements for engineers who hold specified licenses in another hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature state; amending s. 473.308, F.S.; deleting continuing education requirements for license by endorsement for certified public accountants; amending s. 474.202, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "limited- service veterinary medical practice" to include certain procedures; amending s. 474.203, F.S.; providing an exemption for certain persons whose work is solely confined to microchip implantation in dogs and cats; amending s. 474.207, F.S.; revising education requirements for licensure by examination; amending s. 474.217, F.S.; requiring the department to issue a license by endorsement to certain applicants who successfully complete a specified examination; amending s. 476.114, F.S.; revising training requirements for licensure as a barber; amending s. 476.144, F.S.; requiring the department to certify as qualified for licensure by endorsement an applicant who is licensed to practice barbering in another state; amending s. 477.013, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "hair braiding"; repealing s. 477.0132, F.S., relating to registration for hair braiding, hair wrapping, and body wrapping; amending s. 477.0135, F.S.; providing additional exemptions from license or registration requirements for specified occupations or practices; amending s. hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature 477.019, F.S.; deleting a provision prohibiting the Board of Cosmetology from asking for proof of certain educational hours under certain circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 477.0201, F.S.; providing requirements for registration as a specialist; amending s. 477.026, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 477.0263, F.S.; providing that certain cosmetology services may be performed in a location other than a licensed salon under certain circumstances; amending ss. 477.0265 and 477.029, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.201, F.S.; deleting legislative findings relating to the practice of interior design; amending s. 481.203, F.S.; revising and deleting definitions; amending s. 481.205, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.207, F.S.; revising certain fees for interior designers; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.209, F.S.; providing requirements for a certificate of registration and a seal for interior designers; specifying that certain persons who are already licensed as interior designers are eligible to obtain a certificate of registration; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature amending s. 481.213, F.S.; revising requirements for certification of licensure by endorsement for a certain licensee to engage in the practice of architecture; providing that a certificate of registration is not required for specified persons to practice; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.2131, F.S.; revising who may perform interior design; requiring certain interior designers to include a specified seal when submitting documents for the issuance of a building permit under certain circumstances; amending s. 481.215, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; revising the number of hours of specified courses the board must require for the renewal of a license or certificate of registration; authorizing licensees to complete certain courses online; amending s. 481.217, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.219, F.S.; deleting provisions permitting the practice of or offer to practice interior design through certain business organizations; deleting provisions requiring certificates of authorization for certain business organizations offering interior design services to the public; requiring a licensee or applicant in the practice of architecture to qualify as a business hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature organization; providing requirements; amending s. 481.221, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; requiring registered architects and certain business organizations to display certain license numbers in specified advertisements; amending s. 481.223, F.S.; providing construction; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.2251, F.S.; revising the acts that constitute grounds for disciplinary actions relating to interior designers; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 481.229 and 481.231, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.303, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term "certificate of authorization"; amending s. 481.310, F.S.; providing that an applicant who holds certain degrees is not required to demonstrate 1 year of practical experience for licensure; amending s. 481.311, F.S.; revising requirements for certification of licensure by endorsement for a certain applicant to engage in the practice of landscape architecture; amending s. 481.313, F.S.; authorizing a landscape architect to receive hour-for-hour credit for certain approved continuing education courses under certain circumstances; amending s. 481.317, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature 481.319, F.S.; deleting the requirement for a certificate of authorization; authorizing landscape architects to practice in the name of a corporation or partnership; amending s. 481.321, F.S.; requiring a landscape architect to display a certain certificate number in specified advertisements; amending s. 481.329, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 489.103, F.S.; revising certain contract prices for exemption; amending s. 489.111, F.S.; revising provisions relating to eligibility for licensure; amending s. 489.113, F.S.; providing that applicants who meet certain requirements are not required to pass a specified examination; amending s. 489.115, F.S.; requiring the Construction Industry Licensing Board to certify any applicant who holds a specified license to practice contracting issued by another state or territory of the United States under certain circumstances; requiring certain applicants to complete certain training; amending s. 489.511, F.S.; requiring the board to certify as qualified for certification by endorsement any applicant who holds a specified license to practice electrical or alarm system contracting issued by another state or territory of the United States under certain circumstances; requiring certain applicants to hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature complete certain training; amending s. 489.517, F.S.; providing a reduction in certain continuing education hours required for certain contractors; amending s. 489.518, F.S.; requiring a person to have completed a specified amount of training within a certain time period to perform the duties of an alarm system agent; amending s. 492.104, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending 492.108, F.S.; requiring the department to issue a license by endorsement to any applicant who has held a specified license to practice geology in another state, trust, territory, or possession of the United States for a certain period of time; providing that an applicant may take the examination required by the board if they have not met the specified examination requirement; amending s. 492.111, F.S.; deleting the requirements for a certificate of authorization for a professional geologist; amending ss. 492.113 and 492.115, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; creating s. 509.102, F.S.; defining the term "mobile food dispensing vehicle"; preempting certain regulation of mobile food dispensing vehicles to the state; prohibiting certain entities from prohibiting mobile food dispensing vehicles from operating within the entirety of such entities' jurisdictions; hb1193-05-er ENROLLED , Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature providing construction and applicability; amending s. 548.003, F.S.; deleting the requirement that the Florida State Boxing Commission adopt rules relating to a knockdown timekeeper; amending s. 548.017, F.S.; deleting the licensure requirement for a timekeeper or an announcer; amending s. 553.5141, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 553.74, F.S.; revising the membership and qualifications of the Florida Building Commission; amending s. 823.15, F.S.; authorizing certain persons to implant dogs and cats with specified microchips under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to contact the owner of record listed on radio frequency identification microchips under certain circumstances; amending ss. 287.055, 558.002, and 725.08, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing effective dates.

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Blaise Ingoglia (R)*,  James Buchanan (R),  Juan Fernandez-Barquin (R),  Walter Hill (R),  Tyler Sirois (R), 

Other Sponsors (1)

Chapter No. 2020-160 (on 07/01/2020)

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