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Florida Regulation Of Professions And Occupations Code Section 455.02 - Business And Professional Regulation: General Provisions - Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards.

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Title XXXII   REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 455   BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS

455.02  Members of Armed Forces in good standing with administrative boards.--

(1)  Any member of the Armed Forces of the United States now or hereafter on active duty who, at the time of becoming such a member, was in good standing with any administrative board of the state and was entitled to practice or engage in his or her profession or vocation in the state shall be kept in good standing by such administrative board, without registering, paying dues or fees, or performing any other act on his or her part to be performed, as long as he or she is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty and for a period of 6 months after discharge from active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, provided he or she is not engaged in his or her licensed profession or vocation in the private sector for profit.

(2)  The boards listed in s. 20.165 shall promulgate rules exempting the spouses of members of the Armed Forces of the United States from licensure renewal provisions, but only in cases of absence from the state because of their spouses' duties with the Armed Forces.

History.--s. 2, ch. 21885, 1943; s. 5, ch. 79-36; s. 95, ch. 83-329; s. 1, ch. 84-15; s. 71, ch. 85-81; s. 6, ch. 93-220; s. 186, ch. 97-103.

Note.--Former s. 485.02.

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Last modified: November 21, 2006