§ 456.026, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 456. HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Annual report concerning finances, administrative complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) The department is directed to prepare and submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by November 1 of each year. In addition to finances and any other information the Legislature may require, the report shall include statistics and relevant information, profession by profession, detailing:
(a) The revenues, expenditures, and cash balances for the prior year, and a review of the adequacy of existing fees.
(b) The number of complaints received and investigated.
(c) The number of findings of probable cause made.
(d) The number of findings of no probable cause made.
(e) The number of administrative complaints filed.
(f) The disposition of all administrative complaints.
(g) A description of disciplinary actions taken.
(h) A description of any effort by the department to reduce or otherwise close any investigation or disciplinary proceeding not before the Division of Administrative Hearings under chapter 120 or otherwise not completed within 1 year after the initial filing of a complaint under this chapter.
(i) The status of the development and implementation of rules providing for disciplinary guidelines pursuant to s. 456.079.
(j) Such recommendations for administrative and statutory changes necessary to facilitate efficient and cost-effective operation of the department and the various boards.
(2) The report shall separately categorize all complaints, investigations, probable cause, and disciplinary actions against a massage therapist or massage establishment licensed under chapter 480 related to a violation of:
(a) Section 480.043(12).
(b) Section 480.043(13).
(c) Section 480.043(14)(a)-(f).
(d) Section 480.0465.
(e) Section 480.0475.
(f) Section 480.0485.
(g) Section 480.0535.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 75, ch. 97-261; s. 56, ch. 2000-160; s. 4, ch. 2002-254; s. 1, ch. 2024-148.
Note
Note.—Former s. 455.644.
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