Fla. Stat. § 464.001
Short title
This part may be cited as the “Nurse Practice Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 464 — NURSING
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Provisions
Fla. Stat. § 464.002
Purpose
The sole legislative purpose in enacting this part is to ensure that every nurse practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that nurses who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public shall be prohibited from practicing in this s…
Fla. Stat. § 464.003
Definitions
As used in this part, the term:(1) “Accredited program” means a program for the prelicensure education of professional or practical nurses that is conducted in the United States at an educational institution, whether in this state, another state, or the District of Columbia, and that is accredited by a specialized nurs…
Fla. Stat. § 464.004
Board of Nursing; membership; appointment; terms
(1) The Board of Nursing is created within the department and shall consist of 13 members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.(2) Seven members of the board must be registered nurses who are residents of this state and who have been engaged in the practice of professional nursing for at least 4…
Fla. Stat. § 464.005
Board headquarters
The board shall maintain its official headquarters in Tallahassee.
Fla. Stat. § 464.006
Rulemaking authority
The board has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this part conferring duties upon it.
Fla. Stat. § 464.008
Licensure by examination
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall examine each applicant who:(a) Has completed the application form and remitted a fee set by the board not to exceed $150 and has remitted an exam…
Fla. Stat. § 464.009
Licensure by endorsement
(1) The department shall issue the appropriate license by endorsement to practice professional or practical nursing to any applicant who, upon applying to the department and remitting a fee set by the board in an amount not to exceed $100, demonstrates to the board that he or she meets the requirements for licensure by…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0095
Nurse Licensure Compact
The Nurse Licensure Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:ARTICLE IFINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE(1) The party states find that:(a) The health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0096
Nurse Licensure Compact; public records and meetings exemptions
(1) A nurse’s personal identifying information, other than the nurse’s name, licensure status, or licensure number, obtained from the coordinated licensure information system, as defined in s. 464.0095, and held by the department or the board is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution un…
Fla. Stat. § 464.012
Licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; fees; controlled substance prescribing
(1) Any nurse desiring to be licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse must apply to the department and submit proof that he or she holds a current license to practice professional nursing or holds an active multistate license to practice professional nursing pursuant to s. 464.0095 and that he or she meets one…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0121
Temporary certificate for practice in areas of critical need
(1) An advanced practice registered nurse who is licensed to practice in any jurisdiction of the United States, whose license is currently valid, and who meets educational and training requirements established by the board may be issued a temporary certificate for practice in areas of critical need.(2) A temporary cert…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0123
Autonomous practice by an advanced practice registered nurse
(1) REGISTRATION.—The board shall register an advanced practice registered nurse as an autonomous advanced practice registered nurse if the applicant demonstrates that he or she:(a) Holds an active, unencumbered license to practice advanced nursing under s. 464.012.(b) Has not been subject to any disciplinary action as…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0124
Parkinson’s disease registry; advanced practice registered nurse reporting requirement
(1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each advanced practice registered nurse who diagnoses or treats a patient for Parkinson’s disease or atypical parkinsonism shall report to the statewide Parkinson’s disease registry, established pursuant to s. 1004.4352, information containing nationally recognized Parkinson’s disease and…
Fla. Stat. § 464.013
Renewal of license or certificate
(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and fee.(2) The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.(3) The board shall by rule prescribe up to 30 hours of continuing education biennially as a condition for renewal of a license or c…
Fla. Stat. § 464.014
Inactive status
(1) The board shall adopt rules relating to application procedures for inactive status, to the biennial renewal of inactive licenses, and to the reactivation of licenses. The board shall prescribe by rule an application fee for inactive status, a renewal fee for inactive status, a delinquency fee, and a fee for the rea…
Fla. Stat. § 464.015
Titles and abbreviations; restrictions; penalty
(1) Only a person who holds a license in this state or a multistate license pursuant to s. 464.0095 to practice professional nursing or who performs nursing services pursuant to the exception set forth in s. 464.022(8) may use the title “Registered Nurse” and the abbreviation “R.N.”(2) Only a person who holds a license…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0155
Reports of adverse incidents by advanced practice registered nurses
(1) An advanced practice registered nurse registered under s. 464.0123 must report an adverse incident to the department in accordance with this section.(2) The report must be in writing, sent to the department by certified mail, and postmarked within 15 days after the occurrence of the adverse incident if the adverse…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0156
Delegation of duties
(1) A registered nurse may delegate a task to a certified nursing assistant certified under part II of this chapter or a home health aide or a home health aide for medically fragile children as defined in s. 400.462 if the registered nurse determines that the certified nursing assistant or the home health aide is compe…
Fla. Stat. § 464.016
Violations and penalties
(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:(a) Practicing advanced or specialized, professional, or practical nursing, as defined in this part, unless holding an active license or certificate to do so.(b) Using or attempting t…
Fla. Stat. § 464.017
Sexual misconduct in the practice of nursing
The nurse-patient relationship is founded on mutual trust. Sexual misconduct in the practice of nursing means violation of the nurse-patient relationship through which the nurse uses said relationship to induce or attempt to induce the patient to engage, or to engage or attempt to engage the patient, in sexual activity…
Fla. Stat. § 464.018
Disciplinary actions
(1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in ss. 456.072(2) and 464.0095:(a) Procuring, attempting to procure, or renewing a license to practice nursing or the authority to practice practical or professional nursing pursuant to s. 464.0095 by bribery, by know…
Fla. Stat. § 464.019
Approval of nursing education programs
(1) PROGRAM APPLICATION.—An educational institution that wishes to conduct a program in this state for the prelicensure education of professional or practical nurses must submit to the department a program application and review fee of $1,000 for each prelicensure nursing education program to be offered at the institut…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0195
Florida Center for Nursing; goals
(1) There is established the Florida Center for Nursing to address issues of supply and demand for nursing, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse workforce resources. The Legislature finds that the center will repay the state’s investment by providing an ongoing strategy for the allocatio…
Fla. Stat. § 464.0196
Florida Center for Nursing; board of directors
(1) The Florida Center for Nursing shall be governed by a policy-setting board of directors. The board shall consist of 16 members, with a simple majority of the board being nurses representative of various practice areas. Other members shall include representatives of other health care professions, business and indust…
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