Florida Statute 460.401 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 460
CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE

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460.401 Legislative findings; intent.—The sole legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every chiropractic physician practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that chiropractic physicians who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public health be prohibited from practicing in this state.

History.—ss. 1, 7, ch. 79-211; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 1, 17, 18, ch. 86-285; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Merritt v. Dep't of Bus. & Prof'l Reg., Bd. of Chiropractic, 654 So. 2d 1051 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 5453, 1995 WL 307029

...The challenged rule and the implemented statute regulate the practice of chiropractic in the state of Florida. “The sole legislative intent for enacting [Chapter 460] is to ensure that every chiropractic physician practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice.” Section 460.401, Florida Statutes (1993)....

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