CPAs in Florida On Florida’s DBPR’s website the definition of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is someone who has passed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Uniform CPA examination, met educational, and licensure requirements in the state of Florida and have been issued a license to practice public accounting. CPAs provide accounting, auditing, tax, […]
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Feb
Licensed Florida Landscape Architecture
On Florida’s Department of Business and Professional website, they describe Landscape Architecture as including consultation, planning, design, and preparation of drawings, specifications, contract documents and reports, responsible construction supervision, or landscape management in connection with the planning and development of land and incidental water areas, where the dominant purpose is the preservation, conservation, enhancement, or […]
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Feb
Florida Interior Designers
This information was obtained from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s website. An Interior Designer is someone who designs, or provides consultation, drawings, specifications and administration of design construction contracts relating to nonstructural interior elements of a commercial building or structure. Interior design includes reflected ceiling plans (a scale diagram of a room […]
9
Feb
What Requires Licensing for Contractors in the State of Florida?
This information was found on Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s website. A Contractor is someone who demolishes, subtracts from, builds or improves any building or structure for compensation. Examples of compensation are cash, goods, services, etc. Essentially, if you pay someone to construct a building or a structure, make structural alterations to load […]
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Feb
SUMMARY OF UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF LAW CASES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
In order to determine whether an activity constitutes the unlicensed practice of law, a two part analysis must be made. First, it must be determined whether the activity is the practice of law. The second question is whether the practice is authorized. If an activity is the practice of law but the activity is authorized, […]
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Feb
The 2010 Florida Statutes Regarding Health Professions and Occupations
Title XXXIIREGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS Chapter 456 HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS 456.0635 Medicaid fraud; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration. — (1)Medicaid fraud in the practice of a health care profession is prohibited. (2)Each board within the jurisdiction of the department, or the department if there is no board, shall refuse to […]
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Feb
Fraud Law in Florida May Curtail Some Medical Careers
TALLAHASSEE – A Florida state law designed mainly to crack down on Medicaid fraud is having unexpected consequences by keeping some health care professionals from getting or keeping their licenses at a time when the state is suffering a shortage. This little-noticed provision in the 160-page measure is preventing doctors, nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians from working […]
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Jan
Qualifications for a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida
This information was obtained from the Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature, Online Sunshine. 471.003 Qualifications for practice; exemptions. (1) No person other than a duly licensed engineer shall practice engineering or use the name or title of “licensed engineer,” “professional engineer,” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, or device tending to […]
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Jan
Continuing Education for Florida Dentists
The following information was found on the Florida Department of Health’s website: As a condition of the biennial renewal of a license, each licensee shall be required to complete continuing education courses as stated in Rule 64B5-12.013, Florida Administrative Code, which are relevant to, and which enhance the licensee’s ability to practice. Licensees shall not […]
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Jan
Requirements for Auctioneers in the State of Florida
On the website Online Sunshine, The Official Website for the Florida Legislature, the following requirements were listed for Florida Auctioneers: 1) The department shall license any applicant who the board certifies is qualified to practice auctioneering. (2) No person shall auction or offer to auction any property in this state unless he or she is […]