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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 468
MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
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F.S. 468.213
1468.213 Licensure by endorsement; waiver of examination requirement.
(1) The board may grant a license to any person who meets the requirements for licensure by endorsement under s. 456.0145.
(2) The board may waive the examination and grant a license to any applicant who presents proof of current licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in a foreign national jurisdiction which requires standards for licensure determined by the board to be equivalent to the requirements for licensure in this part.
History.s. 9, ch. 75-179; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 6, 12, 13, ch. 84-4; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 127, ch. 97-264; s. 20, ch. 2024-243; s. 13, ch. 2024-274.
1Note.Section 20, ch. 2024-243, added subsection (3), effective July 1, 2025, to read:

(3) Applicants for licensure by endorsement under s. 456.0145 must submit to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135.