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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 491.002491.002 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 counseling, clinical and psychotherapy services, or certain other services of a psychological nature to be sought out. The Legislature further finds that, since such services assist the public primarily with emotional survival, which in turn affects physical and psychophysical survival, the practice of clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, and mental health counseling by persons not qualified to practice such professions presents a danger to public health, safety, and welfare. The Legislature finds that, to further secure the health, safety, and welfare of the public and also to encourage professional cooperation among all qualified professionals, the Legislature must assist the public in making informed choices of such services by establishing minimum qualifications for entering into and remaining in the respective professions.History.—ss. 15, 19, ch. 87-252; ss. 19, 20, ch. 90-263; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 491.002
Total Results: 6
837 So. 2d 348, 2002 WL 31833835
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 19, 2002 | Docket: 537509
Cited 140 times | Published
is equal in importance to physical survival." § 491.002, Fla. Stat. (2001). To preserve the health, safety
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
, and the Clinical Counseling Act, Fla.Stat. § 491.002 et seq., place an unconstitutional burden on commercial
155 So. 2d 353
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 17, 1963 | Docket: 12774
Cited 17 times | Published
was enacted as Chapter 59-191, Laws of 1959. Section 491.02, defines various terms including a description
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 20, 2022 | Docket: 63655670
Published
public health, safety, and welfare.” Fla. Stat. § 491.002.
No wonder. The difference between skilled
671 So. 2d 230, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 3470, 1996 WL 159346
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 8, 1996 | Docket: 64763702
Published
choices regarding mental health services. See § 491.002, Fla.Stat. (“intent” section of chapter 491).
148 So. 2d 744, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3748
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 22, 1963 | Docket: 60209467
Published
shall pay to the board a fee of ten dollars.”
Section 491.02, captioned “Definitions”, provides:
“In this
