Frequently Asked Questions

The profile contains required and optional information from the practitioner. Required information includes:

• The practitioner’s education and training, including other health-related degrees, professional and post graduate training specialty.
• The practitioner’s current practice and mailing addresses.
• The practitioner’s staff privileges and faculty appointments.
• The practitioner’s reported financial responsibility.
• Legal action taken against the practitioner.
• Board final disciplinary action taken against the practitioner.
• Any liability claims filed against Podiatric Physicians which exceed $5000.
• Any liability claims filed against M.D.s and osteopathic physicians which exceed $100,000 Optional information may include committees/memberships, professional or community service awards, and publications the practitioner has authored.

Profiles can be accessed by on our License Verification screen. If the health professional is licensed in one of profiled professions, a “Practitioner Profile” tab will be available.

No; however, Licensure Verification is available for all health care professionals currently or previously licensed in Florida.

1. If applicant has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, any felony or misdemeanor related to the practice of a health care profession.
2. If applicant has had a health care provider license revoked or suspended from another state, the District of Colombia, or a United States Territory.
3. If applicant has been reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank, unless the applicant has successfully appealed to have his or her name removed from the data bank.
4. If applicant has previously failed the Florida examination required to receive a license to practice the profession for which the applicant is seeking a license.
5. The board or department if there is no board may revoke a temporary license upon finding that the individual violated the profession’s governing practice act.

Unfortunately, there is no way to expedite the process.

The process takes up to 48 hours.

You may check the status of your application via our Online Services at: www.flhealthsource.gov. PLEASE NOTE: Applicants cannot correct, add or change an application once submitted. You may upload documents, send an email with corrections or additional documentation, add money (under “Other Options”), and view the status of your application. NOTE: The status of an application does not change until an application processor reviews, and updates the application file in the Board office. The application processor will send an email update when the initial application review is completed, when new documentation is received and an application is updated. If you have uploaded documents it is best to notify your application processor by email or send an email to the Board address at: mqa.occupationaltherapy@flhealth.gov. PLEASE always include your complete name as entered on your application, your application File# and/or last 4 digits of your social security number with all correspondence.

You can view, confirm, or make changes to the information that will be published in your Practitioner Profile. In carrying our legislative mandate to publish practitioner profiles, we want to ensure the information that we publish is accurate. Accordingly, we ask that you please review your profile for any changes, corrections, and/or omissions. If you see the statement “The practitioner did not provide this mandatory information”, please provide that information. We will not accept curriculum vitae or resumes in place of you providing specific information. Changes, excluding education and training, year began practicing, and liability claims, can be made to your profile electronically by following the instructions below. You may also submit changes by mail to:

Department of Health
Licensure Support Services
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Bin C-10
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3260

Please note that Section 456.042, Florida Statutes, requires practitioners to update profile information within 15 days after a change of an occurrence in each section of your profile. Attention Newly Licensed Practitioners Section 456.041(7), Florida Statutes, requires you to submit changes to the department within thirty (30) days from receipt of notice. If you do not make changes within thirty (30) days, your profile will be automatically published. Once you have completed your review and made any necessary corrections, click on “Confirm Changes”. The Practitioner Confirmation Page will display the information that will be published online, at which time you must “Confirm” the profile again before the changes will be implemented.

Note: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

You may use our License Look-Up Search screen.

Any substantially affected person (i.e. a licensee or applicant) may seek a Declaratory Statement. Declaratory statements regarding an opinion of a board, or the department when there is no board, as to the applicability of a statutory provision, or of any rule or order of the board, or department when there is no board, as it applies to the licensees particular set of circumstances, pursuant to Section 120.565, Florida Statutes. The petition seeking a declaratory statement must state with particularity the licensees set of circumstances and must specify the statutory provision, rule, or order that the licensee believes may apply to the set of circumstances.

No, subscriptions remain optional. There are a number of services you can receive by subscribing, however, it is optional. You can always search for courses, report your hours, and view your course history free of charge by creating a Basic Account

All medical doctors, osteopathic physicians, chiropractic physicians, podiatrists, and advanced registered nurse practitioners have profiles that list this information.