Florida Statute 486.085 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 486
PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE

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F.S. 486.085

486.085 Physical therapist; renewal of license; inactive status; reactivation of license; fees.—

(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and the fee set by the board not to exceed $200.

(2) The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.

(3) A license that has become inactive may be reactivated upon application to the department and completion of the requirements for reactivation under this section. The board shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license may not exceed 10 classroom hours for each year the license was inactive.

(4)(a) The board shall adopt rules relating to application procedures for inactive status, for 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.

(b) 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.

(c) The department may not reactivate a license unless the inactive licensee has met the continuing education requirements of subsection (3) or has fulfilled one of the following requirements for reactivation of a license:

1. Provides evidence satisfactory to the board that she or he has actively engaged in the practice of physical therapy in good standing in another state for the 4 years immediately preceding the filing of an application for reactivation; or

2. Makes application for and passes the examination as provided by s. 486.051 and pays the fee therefor as provided in s. 486.041.

History.—s. 4, ch. 67-537; s. 4, ch. 73-354; s. 4, ch. 78-278; s. 2, ch. 79-116; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 24, ch. 83-86; ss. 9, 17, 18, ch. 86-31; s. 32, ch. 88-205; s. 30, ch. 91-220; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 253, ch. 94-119; s. 463, ch. 97-103.

Note.—Former s. 486.052.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 486.085

Total Results: 6

Enoch v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-07-27

Citation: 95 So. 3d 344, 2012 WL 3047313, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 12275

Snippet: specificity.” Dombrowski v. Pfister, 380 U.S. 479, 486, 85 S.Ct. 1116, 14 L.Ed.2d 22 (1965). The justification

Griffin v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-03-12

Citation: 396 So. 2d 152, 21 A.L.R. 4th 225

Snippet: specificity." Dombrowski v. Pfister, 380 U.S. 479 at 486 [85 S.Ct. 1116 at 1120, 14 L.Ed.2d 22]. [1965] [Citations

Department of Corrections v. Roseman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-11-04

Citation: 390 So. 2d 394

Snippet: protection. See Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 486, 85 S.Ct. 1678, 1682, 14 L.Ed.2d 510 (1965). For the

State v. Keaton

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-05-10

Citation: 371 So. 2d 86

Snippet: specificity." Dombrowski v. Pfister, 380 U.S. 479, 486, 85 S.Ct. 1116, 1121, 14 L.Ed.2d 22 (1965); accord

Pace v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-02-01

Citation: 368 So. 2d 340

Snippet: specificity." Dombrowski v. Pfister, 380 U.S. 479, 486, 85 S.Ct. 1116, 1121, 14 L.Ed.2d 22, 28 (1965). This

Laird v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-02-10

Citation: 342 So. 2d 962

Snippet: intimate to the degree of being sacred." Id. at 486, 85 S.Ct. at 1682. Griswold's protection of the privacy