Florida Statute 455.11 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 455
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 455.11

455.11 Qualification of immigrants for examination to practice a licensed profession or occupation.—

(1) It is the declared purpose of this section to encourage the use of foreign-speaking Florida residents duly qualified to become actively qualified in their professions so that all Florida citizens may receive better services.

(2) Any person who has successfully completed, or is currently enrolled in, an approved course of study created pursuant to chapters 74-105 and 75-177, Laws of Florida, shall be deemed qualified for examination and reexaminations for a professional or occupational license which shall be administered in the English language unless 15 or more such applicants request that said reexamination be administered in their native language. In the event that such reexamination is administered in a foreign language, the full cost to the board of preparing and administering same shall be borne by said applicants.

(3) Each board within the department shall adopt and implement programs designed to qualify for examination all persons who were resident nationals of the Republic of Cuba and who, on July 1, 1977, were residents of this state.

History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 77-255; s. 5, ch. 79-36; s. 194, ch. 79-400; s. 5, ch. 92-149; s. 61, ch. 94-218.

Note.—Former s. 455.016.

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Amendments to 455.11

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 455.11

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 455.11.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 455.11

Total Results: 10

MW v. Davis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-01-05T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 722 So. 2d 966

Snippet: x27;s person if the ward is a minor." § 394.455(11). When a child has been declared dependent and

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1995-09-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Constitution, except as otherwise provided in s.112.0455(11). h. Information relating to negotiations for financing

Florida Bar v. Rosetti

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1986-09-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 493 So. 2d 455, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 464, 1986 Fla. LEXIS 2588

Snippet: McDonald, Oyer, Shaw, Ton 4 September 1986 493 So. 2d 455, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 464, 1986 Fla. LEXIS 2588 John

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1985-05-16T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: subsection (1) and (11) of s 394.459 is defined by s 394.455(11) as `any mentally ill person who seeks treatment

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1981-12-08T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: expressed in ss. 455.10 and 455.11(1), F.S. While ss. 455.10 and 455.11(1), F.S., pertain to foreign …because he is not a United States Citizen. 455.11(1) It is the declared purpose of this section to…receive the protection afforded by ss.455.10 and 455.11(1), F.S., quoted above. Read together, these two

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1981-11-01T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: implemented by a regulatory board pursuant to s. 455.11(3), F.S., to qualify such person for licensure …established by a regulatory board pursuant to s. 455.11(3), F.S., must take the licensure examination in…unless he also meets the criteria set out in s. 455.11(2), F.S., for taking the examination in another…English . . . . As pointed out in your letter, s. 455.11(3), F.S., charges every board and commission within…examination in a language other than English.See s. 455.11(2), F.S. Since the law (ch. 470, F.S.) governing

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1980-05-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Tallahassee QUESTION: Under the provisions of s. 455.11, F. S., who is entitled to take a professional …1, 1977, were residents of this state. [Section 455.11, F. S.] You state that several problems have…appears to me to be clear and unequivocal. Section 455.11(2), F. S., describes those persons who are entitled… take foreign language examinations. Neither s. 455.11(1) or (3) expressly states that any other person…undertaken to trace the legislative history of s. 455.11, F. S., and in the process have discovered the

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-10-27T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: found at s. 455.01, F.S., the provisions of s. 455.011, F.S., could be utilized to require licensing boards… of the 2-year recordkeeping requirement of s. 455.011 is to allow an examination candidate ". .

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-03-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: been destroyed contrary to the provisions of s. 455.011, F.S.? SUMMARY: Unless an examinee asserts the …not such acts have, in fact, occurred. Section 455.011, F.S., provides in pertinent part that: . . . An…such records. . . . The principle embodied in s. 455.011, F.S., has more recently found judicial interpretation… had been denied the protection afforded by s. 455.011, F.S., and was therefore entitled to reexamination… disposed of examination papers contrary to s. 455.011, F.S., it is clear that an unsuccessful examinee

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1975-02-10T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: requirements of s. 455.011, F.S. If proper procedural protections are followed, s. 455.011 recognizes proper…violate the anonymity requirement of s. 455.011. Section 455.011, F.S., requires a board to conduct "…in violation of s. 455.011, F.S. The court recognized the compatibility of s. 455.011 and oral examinations…anonymity of the applicant as is provided in s. 455.011, F.S.? 2. More specifically, does an oral examination…proper oral and practical examinations. Section 455.011, F.S., enacted by Ch. 61-47, Laws of Florida, provides