4
Jun

New Policies from the “Public Company Accounting Oversight Board” (PCAOB)

The following is information released by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:  “POLICY STATEMENT REGARDING CREDIT FOR EXTRAORDINARY COOPERATION IN CONNECTION WITH BOARD INVESTIGATIONS PCAOB Release No. 2013-003 April 24, 2013 Summary The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “Board”) is issuing this policy statement to provide guidance to registered public accounting firms (“firms”) […]

2
May

Disciplinary Actions in Florida Related to Pharmacy

The following are the statutes found on Florida’s Department of Health’s website under, “2012 Statutes and Rules. Pharmacy.” 465.023 Pharmacy permittee; disciplinary action.— (1) The department or the board may revoke or suspend the permit of any pharmacy permittee, and may fine, place on probation, or otherwise discipline any pharmacy permittee if the permittee, or any affiliated person, partner, officer, […]

29
Apr

Florida Statutes for Licensed Dentists Regarding Disciplinary Action

The following are just a small sampling (this is only one of three pages) of the statutes regarding grounds for disciplinary actions found on Florida’s Department of Health’s website under Dentistry. 466.028 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board.— (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072 […]

5
Mar

Florida Licensed CPAs

In the State of Florida, The Uniform CPA Exam, administered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is a prerequisite for earning the CPA certificate in Florida, as well as throughout the rest of the United States and its territories. The Uniform CPA Exam allows state boards of accountancy to determine a CPA […]

31
Jan

Discipline Actions Against Florida Nurses

The following information was obtained from the Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature, “The 2012 Florida Statutes.”  This is a listing of the Statutes from the State of Florida regarding the discipline of nurses. “464.018 Disciplinary actions.— (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s.456.072(2): (a) Procuring, […]

14
Jan

All Florida Engineers Must Renew Licenses by February 28, 2012

The following appeared on the (FBPE) Florida Board of Professional Engineers’ website.   “All current and active licenses for Florida engineers are set to expire on February 28, 2013.  Licensure renewal officially opened on November 5, 2012.”   The FBPE has provided valuable information, guidelines and explanations of changes that have been made.  We highly recommend visiting […]

9
Jan

Florida Veterinary Medicine

The following information was obtained from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s website listed under Board of Veterinary Medicine.  This is just a fraction of the Florida Statutes listed under Disciplinary proceedings. “474.214 Disciplinary proceedings.— (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for which the disciplinary actions in subsection (2) may be taken: (a) Attempting to […]

8
Jan

Florida CPA License Requirements

On the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s website under “Division of Certified Public Accounting,” the requirements for obtaining a CPA are listed as the following:  This information can be found on the DBPR’s website.   “REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE PASS ALL FOUR PARTS OF CPA EXAMINATION: with at least a 75%   within 18 month […]

18
Dec

Disciplinary Actions in Osteopathic Medicine

The following was found on Florida’ Legislature website, which is the official custodian of the statutes. These were listed under OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE statutes.  This is an example only and by no means complete. “459.016 Reports of disciplinary actions by medical organizations.— (1) The department shall be notified when any osteopathic physician: (a) Has been removed or suspended or has […]