The Florida Senate

455.567  Sexual misconduct; disqualification for license, certificate, or registration.--Each board within the jurisdiction of the department, or the department if there is no board, shall refuse to admit a candidate to any examination and refuse to issue a license, certificate, or registration to any applicant if the candidate or applicant has:

(1)  Had any license, certificate, or registration to practice any profession or occupation revoked or surrendered based on a violation of sexual misconduct in the practice of that profession under the laws of any other state or any territory or possession of the United States and has not had that license, certificate, or registration reinstated by the licensing authority of the jurisdiction that revoked the license, certificate, or registration; or

(2)  Committed any act in any other state or any territory or possession of the United States which if committed in this state would constitute sexual misconduct.

A licensing authority's acceptance of a candidate's relinquishment of a license which is offered in response to or in anticipation of the filing of administrative charges against the candidate's license constitutes the surrender of the license.

History.--s. 1, ch. 95-183; s. 52, ch. 97-261.

Note.--Former s. 455.2142.