Florida Statute 463.008 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 463
OPTOMETRY

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463.008 Inactive status.—

(1) The board shall adopt rules relating to application procedures for inactive status, for the biennial renewal of inactive licenses, and for the reactivation of licenses. The board shall prescribe by rule an application fee for inactive status, a renewal fee for inactive status, a delinquency fee, and a fee for the reactivation of a license. None of these fees may exceed the biennial renewal fee established by the board for an active license.

(2) The department may not reactivate a license unless the inactive or delinquent licensee has paid any applicable biennial renewal or delinquency fee, or both, and a reactivation fee.

History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-194; s. 316, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 100, ch. 83-329; ss. 9, 20, 21, ch. 86-289; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 174, ch. 94-119.

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State v. Yanes

231 So. 2d 212, 1970 Fla. LEXIS 2854

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 4, 1970 | Docket: 64513093

Published

a final judgment of the trial court holding Section 463.08, Florida Statutes 1967, F.S.A., unconstitutional

Weber v. Florida State Board of Optometry

73 So. 2d 408, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1541

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 15, 1954 | Docket: 64485672

Published

and that the exemption to “physicians” under Section 463.08, F.S.A. included and authorized him to practice

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