The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 490
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES

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F.S. 490.006

490.006 Licensure by endorsement.—

(1) The department shall license a person as a psychologist or school psychologist who, upon applying to the department and remitting the appropriate fee, demonstrates to the department or, in the case of psychologists, to the board that the applicant:

(a) Is a diplomate in good standing with the American Board of Professional Psychology, Inc.; or

(b) Possesses a doctoral degree in psychology and has at least 10 years of experience as a licensed psychologist in any jurisdiction or territory of the United States within the 25 years preceding the date of application.

(2) In addition to meeting the requirements for licensure set forth in subsection (1), an applicant must pass that portion of the psychology or school psychology licensure examinations pertaining to the laws and rules related to the practice of psychology or school psychology in this state before the department may issue a license to the applicant.

(3) The department shall not issue a license by endorsement to any applicant who is under investigation in this or another jurisdiction for an act which would constitute a violation of this chapter until such time as the investigation is complete, at which time the provisions of s. 490.009 shall apply.

(4) A person licensed as a psychologist in another state who is practicing pursuant to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact under s. 490.0075, and only within the scope provided therein, is exempt from the licensure requirements of this section.

History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 81-235; ss. 1, 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 5, 18, 19, ch. 87-252; s. 36, ch. 88-392; ss. 4, 12, 13, ch. 89-70; s. 10, ch. 90-192; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 6, ch. 95-279; s. 163, ch. 99-397; s. 42, ch. 2020-133; s. 6, ch. 2023-140.

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Amendments to 490.006

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 490.006

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 490.006.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

C. PREVOR, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY,, 201 So. 3d 97 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . Prevor filed an Application for Li-censure by Endorsement pursuant to section 490.006(l)(c), Florida . . . We find no error in the Board’s interpretation of sections 490.006(l)(c) and 490.003(3)(b). Dr. . . . study, and thereafter, the Board approved his application for licensure by endorsement under section 490.006 . . . c) or 490,003(3)(b) that provides that an applicant seeking licen-sure by endorsement under section 490.006 . . . to accept comparability studies for future applications for licensure by endorsement under section 490.006 . . .

ABRAMSON, v. GONZALEZ,, 949 F.2d 1567 (11th Cir. 1992)

. . . Florida Statutes sections 490.005 and 490.006 spell out the requirements for licensure, vesting little . . .