Bill > S1452

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; repealing ss. 468.399, 468.521, 468.523, 476.054, 477.015, 481.2131, 481.2251, 481.305, 492.103, 499.01211, and 713.79, F.S., relating to expenditure of excess funds; the Board of Employee Leasing Companies, membership, appointments, and terms; rules of the board; the Barbers’ Board; the Board of Cosmetology; interior design, practice requirements, disclosure of compensation for professional services; disciplinary proceedings against registered interior designers; the Board of Landscape Architecture; the Board of Professional Geologists; the Drug Wholesale Distributor Advisory Council; and liens for interior design services, respectively; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; renaming, deleting, and redesignating specified boards, commissions, and councils established under the Division of Professions within the department; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 339.035, F.S.; revising the requirements for accessibility of elevators for the physically handicapped; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; providing that the department may request copies of certain documentation relied upon by employers to verify an employee’s employment eligibility; requiring the department to notify the Department of Commerce and the Department of Law Enforcement of any violations within a specified timeframe; reenacting and amending s. 455.02, F.S.; specifying that certain license application requirements apply only to certain professions; amending s. 455.2124, F.S.; revising applicability regarding continuing education; amending s. 455.213, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the board regulating a cosmetologist or cosmetology specialist review an applicant’s criminal record; requiring specified persons or entities to create and maintain an account with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s online system; requiring such persons or entities to provide specified information on the department’s online system; requiring such persons to use forms furnished by the department’s online system; prohibiting the department from processing an application not submitted through its online system; amending ss. 468.382 and 476.034, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term “board”; reordering and amending ss. 468.520, 477.013, and 492.102, F.S.; deleting definitions; amending s. 471.015, F.S.; revising who the board must certify as qualified for a license by endorsement for the practice of engineering; amending s. 473.3065, F.S.; renaming the Certified Public Accountant Education Minority Assistance Advisory Council as the Certified Public Accountant Education Opportunity Assistance Advisory Council; revising the purpose of the Clay Ford Scholarship Program; revising eligibility criteria for receipt of the scholarship; revising the criteria for sitting on and filling a vacancy on the council; amending s. 476.064, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 476.184, F.S.; requiring the department to adopt rules; requiring a mobile barbershop to comply with all licensure and operating requirements that apply to a barbershop at a fixed location; providing an exception; requiring a mobile barbershop to have a permanent business address in a specified location; requiring that certain records be kept at the permanent business address; requiring a mobile barbershop licenseholder to file with the department a written monthly itinerary that provides certain information; requiring that a licenseholder comply with certain laws and ordinances; amending s. 476.188, F.S.; providing that a barbershop must be licensed with the department, rather than registered; authorizing the practice of barbering to be performed in a location other than a licensed barbershop under certain circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 477.019 and 477.0201, F.S.; requiring an initial applicant for certain cosmetology licenses to submit a complete set of fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state processing of a background check; requiring the department to forward such fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for national processing of a background screening; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to review the results of such background screenings before issuing a license; providing that the costs for such background screenings be borne by the applicant; requiring the authorized agencies or vendors to pay the processing costs to the Department of Law Enforcement; conforming cross-references; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; renaming ch. 481, F.S., as “Architecture and Landscape Architecture”; renaming part I of ch. 481, F.S., as “Architecture”; amending s. 481.203, F.S.; revising and deleting terms; amending s. 481.205, F.S.; renaming the Board of Architecture and Interior Design as the Board of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; revising the number of members on the board; revising the criteria to sit on the board; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; making technical changes; amending s. 481.207, F.S.; deleting the fees regarding registered interior designers; amending s. 481.209, F.S.; deleting examination requirements for persons seeking to obtain a certificate and seal of registration as a registered interior designer; amending s. 481.213, F.S.; deleting a provision that licensure as an architect is deemed to include all the rights and privileges of registration as an interior designer; deleting a requirement that the board certify registration by endorsement of an interior designer who meets certain criteria; revising who the board shall certify as qualified for a license by endorsement in the practice of architecture; conforming a cross-reference; deleting a provision that a certificate of registration is not required for a person providing interior decorator or interior design services; amending s. 481.215, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.217, F.S.; deleting certain continuing education requirements for inactive interior designers; amending s. 481.219, F.S.; deleting a provision that an interior designer who signs and seals the interior design drawings, plans, or specifications for a project is liable for the professional services performed; revising construction; amending s. 481.221, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the board adopt rules; deleting a requirement that a registered interior designer obtain a seal as prescribed by the board for filing public records; deleting a requirement that such filings bear the interior designer’s seal and signature; deleting the provision that such seal and signature bear evidence of the authenticity of that to which they are affixed; deleting a provision that certain documents may be transmitted and signed and sealed electronically; deleting a prohibition against a registered interior designer affixing his or her seal or signature to work that he or she is not competent or registered to perform; deleting a prohibition against a registered interior designer affixing his or her signature or seal to certain documents that were not prepared by him or her; deleting a requirement that certain documents prepared by a registered interior designer be of a sufficiently high standard; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.222, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 481.223, F.S.; deleting prohibitions against any person using the title “registered interior designer” or attempting to use an interior design certificate of registration when he or she is not a holder of such certificate of registration or when such certificate has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive or delinquent status; amending s. 481.229, F.S.; deleting exceptions and exemptions from licensure; reenacting and amending s. 481.231, F.S.; deleting a provision that part I of ch. 481, F.S., does not repeal, amend, limit, or otherwise affect specific provisions with respect to registered interior designers; amending s. 481.303, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “board”; amending s. 489.107, F.S.; revising the quorum requirements of the Construction Industry Licensing Board; making a technical change; amending s. 489.111, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the department ensure a sensitivity review committee is established; reenacting and amending s. 499.012, F.S.; deleting permit application requirements for a prescription drug wholesale distributor to include a designated representative; amending s. 499.0121, F.S.; deleting a designated representative as a responsible person who must be listed by a wholesale distributor; amending s. 499.041, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the department assess each person applying for certification as a designated representative a fee, plus the cost of processing a criminal history record check; amending s. 509.098, F.S.; prohibiting an operator of a public lodging establishment from offering, charging, or discounting or rebating a room at an hourly rate; amending s. 509.261, F.S.; prohibiting a lodging establishment or a public food service establishment from selling hemp in violation of the state hemp program; amending s. 553.73, F.S.; making technical changes; reordering and amending s. 569.002, F.S; making technical changes; amending s. 569.006, F.S.; revising the violations for which retail tobacco products dealers are penalized; amending s. 581.217, F.S.; defining the term “division”; authorizing the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco to assist any agent of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in enforcing the state hemp program; authorizing the division to enter any public or private premises during a specified timeframe in the performance of its duties; amending s. 713.03, F.S.; deleting interior designers as professionals who may place a lien on real property for money owed them for services rendered; amending ss. 326.002, 326.006, 468.384, 468.385, 468.3852, 468.3855, 468.386, 468.387, 468.388, 468.389, 468.392, 468.393, 468.395, 468.396, 468.397, 468.398, 468.522, 468.524, 468.5245, 468.525, 468.526, 468.527, 468.5275, 468.529, 468.530, 468.531, 468.532, 476.074, 476.114, 476.134, 476.144, 476.154, 476.155, 476.192, 476.204, 476.214, 476.234, 477.016, 477.018, 477.0212, 477.022, 477.025, 477.026, 477.0263, 477.028, 477.029, 492.104, 492.105, 492.106, 492.107, 492.108, 492.1101, 492.111, 492.113, and 558.002, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; making technical changes; deleting obsolete language; amending ss. 125.01, 125.56, 212.08, 440.02, 477.0135, 448.26, 489.103, 553.775, 553.79, 553.844, 569.34, 569.35, 604.50, and 627.192, F.S.; conforming cross-references; making technical changes; reenacting ss. 120.54(3)(c), 120.74(2)(b) and (3)(a), 468.4315(3), and 468.523, F.S., relating to rulemaking; agency annual rulemaking and regulatory plans, reports; the Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers; and applicability of s. 20.165 and ch. 455, F.S., respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 20.165, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 448.09(2), F.S., relating to prohibited employment of unauthorized aliens, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 448.095, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 287.055(2)(h), F.S., relating to definitions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 481.219, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 481.225(1)(a), F.S., relating to disciplinary proceedings against registered architects, to incorporate the amendment made to ss. 481.221 and 481.223, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 1013.45(4), F.S., relating to educational facilities contracting and construction techniques for school districts and Florida College System institutions, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 481.229, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. 499.067(1)(b), F.S., relating to denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit, certification, or registration, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 499.012, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting ss. 458.3265(3)(f), 459.0137(3)(f), and 499.01(2)(a), (c), (h), (j)-(m), and (q), F.S., relating to pain management clinics, pain-management clinics, and permits, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 499.0121, F.S., in references thereto; reenacting s. 499.015(1)(a), F.S., relating to registration of drugs and devices and issuance of certificates of free sale, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 499.041, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 713.01(19) and 713.02(1), F.S., relating to definitions and types of lienors and exemptions, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 713.03, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Keith Truenow (R)*, 

Died in Regulated Industries (on 06/16/2025)

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