Florida Statute 490.002 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 490
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

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490.002 Intent.—The Legislature finds that as society becomes increasingly complex, emotional survival is equal in importance to physical survival. Therefore, in order to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public, the Legislature must provide privileged communication for members of the public or those acting on their behalf to encourage needed or desired psychological services to be sought out. The Legislature further finds that, since such psychological services assist the public primarily with emotional survival, which in turn affects physical and psychophysical survival, the practice of psychology and school psychology by unqualified persons presents a danger to public health, safety, and welfare.

History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 81-235; ss. 1, 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 1, 18, 19, ch. 87-252; s. 36, ch. 88-392; ss. 12, 13, ch. 89-70; s. 10, ch. 90-192; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Judith Abramson, Donald Airey v. Larry Gonzalez, as Secretary of the Florida Department of Professional Regulation

949 F.2d 1567, 21 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1021, 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 14, 1992 WL 8

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 3, 1992 | Docket: 642868

Cited 55 times | Published

public health, safety and welfare. Fla.Stat. § 490.002. As the Parker court indicated, however, the state’s

Sulman v. Sulman

510 So. 2d 908, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1709

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 15, 1987 | Docket: 1754261

Cited 29 times | Published

physical survival." Psychological Services Act, section 490.002, Florida Statutes (1986). This statute regulates

Marrero v. DEPT. OF PRO. REGULATION

622 So. 2d 1109, 1993 WL 299508

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 10, 1993 | Docket: 1528945

Cited 4 times | Published

mistakenly cites section 490.002(2). There is no subsection (2) to section 490.002, and the parties agree

Moorehead v. DEPT, PROFESSIONAL REG.

503 So. 2d 1318, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 713

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 5, 1987 | Docket: 1452709

Cited 2 times | Published

the danger of unqualified psychologists. See section 490.002, Fla. Stat. The fact that the rule might work

ROBERTO ESTAPE v. STANLEY B. SEIDMAN, PH.D. and STANLEY B. SEIDMAN PH.D., P.A.

269 So. 3d 565

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 24, 2019 | Docket: 14988989

Published

consistent with the legislative intent expressed in section 490.002, Florida Statutes, that “in order to preserve

Abramson v. FLA. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASS'N

610 So. 2d 447, 1992 WL 160193

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 11, 1993 | Docket: 1414146

Published

plain statutory educational requirements. See Section 490.002, F.S.

Moorehead v. Department of Professional Regulation, Board of Psychological Examiners

503 So. 2d 1318, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 713, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 12005

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 5, 1987 | Docket: 64625855

Published

the danger of unqualified psychologists. See section 490.002, Fla.Stat. The fact that the rule might work

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