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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 491
CLINICAL, COUNSELING, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
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F.S. 491.0149
491.0149 Display of license; use of professional title on promotional materials.—
(1)(a) A person licensed under this chapter as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health counselor, or certified as a master social worker shall conspicuously display the valid license issued by the department or a true copy thereof at each location at which the licensee practices his or her profession.
(b)1. A licensed clinical social worker shall include the words “licensed clinical social worker” or the letters “LCSW” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the licensee.
2. A licensed marriage and family therapist shall include the words “licensed marriage and family therapist” or the letters “LMFT” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the licensee.
3. A licensed mental health counselor shall include the words “licensed mental health counselor” or the letters “LMHC” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the licensee.
(2)(a) A person registered under this chapter as a clinical social worker intern, marriage and family therapist intern, or mental health counselor intern shall conspicuously display the valid registration issued by the department or a true copy thereof at each location at which the registered intern is completing the experience requirements.
(b) A registered clinical social worker intern shall include the words “registered clinical social worker intern,” a registered marriage and family therapist intern shall include the words “registered marriage and family therapist intern,” and a registered mental health counselor intern shall include the words “registered mental health counselor intern” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the registered intern.
(3)(a) A person provisionally licensed under this chapter as a provisional clinical social worker licensee, provisional marriage and family therapist licensee, or provisional mental health counselor licensee shall conspicuously display the valid provisional license issued by the department or a true copy thereof at each location at which the provisional licensee is providing services.
(b) A provisional clinical social worker licensee shall include the words “provisional clinical social worker licensee,” a provisional marriage and family therapist licensee shall include the words “provisional marriage and family therapist licensee,” and a provisional mental health counselor licensee shall include the words “provisional mental health counselor licensee” on all promotional materials, including cards, brochures, stationery, advertisements, and signs, naming the provisional licensee.
History.—ss. 15, 20, ch. 90-263; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 516, ch. 97-103; s. 19, ch. 97-198; s. 211, ch. 97-264.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 491.0149
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 491.0149.

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Cases Citing Statute 491.0149

Total Results: 6

Sherman v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-08-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 100 So. 3d 95, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13900, 2012 WL 3586613

Snippet: 885 (1933); see also Brannon v. Hills, 111 Fla. 491, 149 So. 556, 557 (1933); Eastern Nat’l Bank v. Glendale

Velazquez v. Serrano

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-07-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 43 So. 3d 82, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 10863, 2010 WL 2925402

Snippet: 885 (1933); see also Brannon v. Hills, 111 Fla. 491, 149 So. 556, 557 (1933); Eastern Nat'l Bank v

Harris v. Agency for Health Care Administration

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-04-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 671 So. 2d 230, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 3470, 1996 WL 159346

Snippet: promotional material constituted a violation of section 491.0149(3), Florida Statutes (1991). Appellant asserts…asserts that the requirement in section 491.0149(3) that “licensed mental health counselor” or “LMHC” be included…office and practice in Sarasota, Florida. Section 491.0149(3) provides that “[a], licensed mental health …R. Cave, found that Appellant violated section 491.0149(3) and, therefore, discipline was warranted pursuant

Risk v. Barnett Bank of St. Petersburg, N. A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-12-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 343 So. 2d 855, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 15803

Snippet: So. 883 (1933); see Brannon v. Hills, 111 Fla. 491, 149 So. 556 (1933). HOBSON, A. C. J., and BOARDMAN

Neal v. State Ex reL. Neal

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1961-12-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 135 So. 2d 891

Snippet: judgment, citing Minick v. Minick, 111 Fla. 469, 490, 491, 149 So. 483, 492. On that predicate it sustained a

State Ex Rel. Woman's Catholic Order v. City of Fort Myers

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1940-06-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 196 So. 705, 143 Fla. 304

Snippet: holder." See also Duncan v. Cady, 109 Fla. 491, 149 So. 11. It, therefore, follows that the bonds