Tax Certificate Sales; Defining the term “person” for purposes of ch. 197, F.S.; providing that any person may register to bid and participate in tax certificate sales; prohibiting tax collectors from prohibiting a person’s registration or bidding because of a specified reason, etc.
Medical Treatment of Animals; Citing this act as the “Veterinary Telemedicine Act”; redefining the term “patient”; authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine; authorizing a veterinarian practicing telemedicine to order, prescribe, or make available specified medicinal drugs and controlled substances; providing requirements for use of veterinary telemedicine in veterinarian referrals; providing that a supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person working under the veterinarian’s supervision or at his or her direction, etc.
Notices of Commencement; Requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to furnish for distribution a uniform notice of commencement; requiring owners and authorized agents of owners to use such uniform notice, etc.
Property Tax Administration; Revising the timeframe under which certain appeals of value adjustment board decisions must be filed by a property appraiser under certain circumstances; specifying when erroneous assessments of homestead property must be corrected; adding appeals for which a value adjustment board must meet to hear, etc.
Continuing Chiropractic Education; Deleting a requirement that all chiropractic continuing education be completed in a classroom setting; prohibiting the Board of Chiropractic Medicine from limiting the number of hours of continuing education a chiropractic physician may complete through distance learning; authorizing the board to make exceptions to continuing education requirements during a declared state of emergency in this state; specifying who may teach board-approved continuing education courses, etc.
Sovereign Immunity; Increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort claims against the state and its agencies and subdivisions; prohibiting an insurance policy from conditioning payment of benefits on the enactment of a claim bill; specifying that the limitations in effect on the date a final judgment is entered apply to that claim; requiring the Department of Financial Services to adjust the limitations on tort liability every year after a specified date, etc.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services; Specifying the purpose of certain inspections by credentialing entities; revising requirements relating to credentialing entities denying, revoking, or suspending certifications or imposing sanctions on a recovery residence; authorizing credentialing entities to approve certain certified recovery residence administrators to actively manage up to a specified number of residents if certain requirements are met, etc.
District School Board Elections; Requiring that candidates for the office of school board member be placed on the general election ballot if no more than two candidates qualify; requiring that a primary election be held if more than two candidates qualify for the office of school board member; specifying that the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at the primary election advance to the general election, etc.
Protection of Medical Freedom; Prohibiting the Department of Health from requiring enrollment in the state’s immunization registry or otherwise requiring persons to submit to immunization tracking; prohibiting business and governmental entities from requiring individuals to provide proof of vaccination or postinfection recovery from any disease to gain access to, entry upon, or service from such entities; prohibiting employers from refusing employment to, or discharging, disciplining, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against, an individual solely on the basis of vaccination or immunity status; revising the purposes of the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 to include discrimination protection for vaccination or immunity status, etc.
Natural Gas Fuel Taxes; Delaying the effective date of taxes on natural gas fuel, etc.
