Florida Statute 490.004 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

490.004 Board of Psychology.—

(1) There is created within the department the Board of Psychology, composed of seven members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.

(2) Five members of the board must be psychologists licensed pursuant to this chapter in good standing in this state. The remaining two members must be citizens of the state who are not and have never been licensed psychologists and who are in no way connected with the practice of psychology. At least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older.

(3) Members shall be appointed for terms of 4 years and shall serve until their successors are appointed.

(4) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter.

(5) All applicable provisions of chapter 456 relating to activities of regulatory boards shall apply to the board.

(6) The board shall maintain its official headquarters in the City of Tallahassee.

(7) The board shall appoint an individual to serve as the state’s commissioner on the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission, as required under s. 490.0075.

History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 81-235; ss. 1, 3, ch. 83-265; s. 25, ch. 87-172; ss. 3, 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; s. 191, ch. 94-218; s. 4, ch. 95-279; s. 148, ch. 98-166; s. 162, ch. 98-200; s. 207, ch. 2000-160; s. 4, ch. 2023-140.

Cases Citing F.S. 490.004

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·Judith Abramson, Donald Airey v. Larry Gonzalez, as Sec'y of the Florida Dep't of Prof'l Reg., 949 F.2d 1567 (11th Cir. 1992).
Cited 55 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 21 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1021, 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 14, 1992 WL 8
...Within that department, Florida has established a Board of Psychological Examiners to implement the licensing and disciplinary provisions of Chapter 490, and a Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, which administers Chapter 491. See Fla.Stat. §§ 490.004, 491.004....
...Similarly, three of the nine members of the Board created under Chapter 491 must be unconnected with the practice of any of the allied fields. Fla.Stat. § 491.004. Members of the two boards serve four-year terms and are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate. Fla.Stat. §§ 490.004, 491.004....
...Any alleged irregularities in the denial of licenses to specific plaintiffs should be challenged through these available channels, however, not in this proceeding. 51 As for the alleged unfair role of the APA in the profession generally, Fla.Stat. § 490.004 indicates that members of the defendant Board of Psychological Examiners are not required to be members of the APA, and in fact two board members must be lay persons not associated with the profession or the APA....
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·Florida State Bd. of Arch. v. Wasserman, 377 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 1979).
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legislative safe guards in the form of limitations. Section 490.04(1)(c) is objectionable for the same reason
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·Husband v. Cassel, 130 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 1961).
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reference to Sections 490.04(1) and 490.04(1) (c). Section 490.04[1] specifically *71 provides that before the
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·Wasserman v. Florida State Bd. of Architecture, 361 So. 2d 792 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).
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*794 safe guards in the form of limitations. "Section 490.04(1)(c) is objectionable for the same reason
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·William Kale, Ph.D. v. Dep't of Health, 175 So. 3d 815 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2015 WL 3516737
...490.001, 490.002, Fla. Stat. (2013). The Board of Psychology shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of the chapter, and “[a]ll applicable provisions of chapter 456 relating to activities of regulatory boards shall apply to the board.” § 490.004(4)-(5), Fla....
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Cases Citing F.S. 490.004

·Judith Abramson, Donald Airey v. Larry Gonzalez, as Sec'y of the Florida Dep't of Prof'l Reg., 949 F.2d 1567 (11th Cir. 1992).

·Florida State Bd. of Arch. v. Wasserman, 377 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 1979).

·Husband v. Cassel, 130 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 1961).

·Wasserman v. Florida State Bd. of Architecture, 361 So. 2d 792 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978).

·William Kale, Ph.D. v. Dep't of Health, 175 So. 3d 815 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).