Bill Text: FL S0160 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Licensure Fee Exemptions for Military Veterans

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-10 - Chapter No. 2013-123 [S0160 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S0160-Enrolled.html

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    2         An act relating to licensure fee exemptions for
    3         military veterans; amending s. 456.013, F.S.;
    4         requiring that the Department of Health waive certain
    5         licensure fees for veterans; requiring the department
    6         to prescribe the format of the fee waivers; limiting
    7         the time period a veteran can apply to 24 months after
    8         honorable discharge; amending s. 468.304, F.S.;
    9         requiring that the department waive the initial
   10         application fee for veterans who apply for a
   11         radiological personnel certification; requiring the
   12         department to prescribe the form of the fee waiver;
   13         limiting the time period a veteran can apply to 24
   14         months after honorable discharge; excluding a specific
   15         fee from the waiver; providing an effective date.
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   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Subsection (13) is added to section 456.013,
   20  Florida Statutes, to read:
   21         456.013 Department; general licensing provisions.—
   22         (13) The department shall waive the initial licensing fee,
   23  the initial application fee, and the initial unlicensed activity
   24  fee for a military veteran who applies to the department for an
   25  initial license within 24 months after being honorably
   26  discharged from any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
   27  The applicant must apply for the fee waiver using a form
   28  prescribed by the department and must submit supporting
   29  documentation as required by the department.
   30         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 468.304, Florida
   31  Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         468.304 Certification.—The department shall certify any
   33  applicant who meets the following criteria:
   34         (1) Pays to the department a nonrefundable fee that may not
   35  exceed $100, plus the actual per-applicant cost to the
   36  department for purchasing the examination from a national
   37  organization. The department shall waive the initial application
   38  fee for a military veteran who applies to the department for an
   39  initial certification within 24 months after being honorably
   40  discharged from any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
   41  The applicant must apply for the fee waiver using a form
   42  prescribed by the department and must submit supporting
   43  documentation as required by the department. This waiver does
   44  not include the fee for purchasing the examination from a
   45  national organization.
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   47  The department may not certify any applicant who has committed
   48  an offense that would constitute a violation of any of the
   49  provisions of s. 468.3101 or applicable rules if the applicant
   50  had been certified by the department at the time of the offense.
   51  An application for a limited computed tomography certificate may
   52  not be accepted. A person holding a valid computed tomography
   53  certificate as of October 1, 1984, is subject to s. 468.309.
   54         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.