Florida Statute 456.071 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 456
HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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456.071 Power to administer oaths, take depositions, and issue subpoenas.—For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding conducted by the department, the department shall have the power to administer oaths, take depositions, make inspections when authorized by statute, issue subpoenas which shall be supported by affidavit, serve subpoenas and other process, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence. The department shall exercise this power on its own initiative or whenever requested by a board or the probable cause panel of any board. Challenges to, and enforcement of, the subpoenas and orders shall be handled as provided in s. 120.569.

History.—s. 65, ch. 97-261; s. 89, ch. 2000-160.

Note.—Former s. 455.611.

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Doe v. Dep't of Health, 948 So. 2d 803 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 21558, 2006 WL 3780681

...Apparently, the parties have agreed to defer compliance with or enforcement of the subpoena until this court decides this petition. [5] The Department is entitled to issue subpoenas as part of its investigation in physician disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section 456.071, which provides: For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding conducted by the department, the department shall have the power to administer oaths, take depositions, make inspections when authorized by statute, issue subpoenas w...

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