The Division of Regulation is the enforcement authority for the professional boards and programs, including the Farm and Child Labor programs. The division monitors these professions and related businesses to ensure compliance with the laws, rules, and standards set by the Legislature and the professional boards. The division monitors compliance by investigating complaints and performing inspections.
The exceptions to this are the engineering profession, which receives administrative, investigative, and prosecutorial services through the Florida Engineers Management Corporation, the architecture and interior design profession, which contracts with a law firm to provide investigative and prosecutorial services; and the Divisions of Certified Public Accounting, Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics, and Real Estate, which perform their own investigative services.
The division has six program areas.
Regional offices are located in Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Margate, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach.
In Fiscal Year 2020-21, the program was responsible for 1,001,795 licensees. During this period, 95% of licensees were in compliance with inspection laws and regulations. Thirty-one percent of the licensees corrected violations through alternative means, including notices of non-compliance, citations, or alternative dispute resolution. The department reports these alternative procedures have resulted in significant cost savings to the department, faster case resolution for the consumers, and have proven to be especially beneficial after hurricanes and/or major storms.
Program funding comes from fees collected for licensing regulations, with the exception of the Florida Athletic Commission and the Division of Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics, which were appropriated $443,675 and $640,000 in General Revenue, respectively, for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
Title | Fund | Dollars | Positions |
---|---|---|---|
PROGRAM: PROFESSIONAL REGULATION | |||
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT |
34,631,881
|
235.50 |
|
DRUGS, DEVICES, AND COSMETICS |
3,704,429
|
27.50 |
|
FARM AND CHILD LABOR REGULATION |
2,227,902
|
30.00 |
|
FLORIDA ATHLETIC COMMISSION |
1,258,605
|
5.00 |
|
TESTING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION |
3,506,009
|
38.00 |
|
TOTAL |
45,328,826 |
336.00 |
Military Occupational Licensure. The 2022 Legislature enacted Ch. 2022-185, Laws of Florida, which requires the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the Department of Health to expedite the processing of professional and occupational licenses for the spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces. DBPR and DOH must now issue a temporary professional license that is valid while the applications are under review.
Review of Professional Employer Organizations and Workers' Compensation, Report 21-04, March 2021 |
Other Reports
Annual Reports and Publications, Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Websites of Interest
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Occupation Profile Search Tool
Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation
Performance Information