Senate Bill 1118 (2022) — Criminal history in professional licensing applications
SB 1118
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Florida Senate - 2022 SB By Senator Perry 8-00788A-22 20221118__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to criminal history in professional licensing applications; amending s. 455.213, F.S.; 3 revising the period of time when a conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure in specified professions; removing a provision requiring good moral character for licensure in such professions; requiring applicable boards to approve certain educational program credits offered to inmates in certain institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure in specified professions; 12 providing an effective date. 13
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
Section 1. Paragraph
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b) of subsection (3) of
section 17 455.213, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph
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f) is added to that subsection, to read: 19 455.213 General licensing provisions.— 20 (3) 21 (b)1. A conviction, or any other adjudication, for a crime more than 2 years before the date the application is received by the applicable board may not be grounds for denial of a license specified in paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, the term “conviction” means a determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld.
This paragraph does not limit the applicable board from considering an applicant’s criminal Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1118 8-00788A-22 20221118__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. history that includes a crime listed in s. 775.21(4)(a)1. or s. 30 776.08 at any time, but only if such criminal history has been found to relate to the practice of the applicable profession. 32 2. The applicable board may consider the criminal history of an applicant for licensure under subparagraph (a)3. if such criminal history has been found to relate to good moral character. 36
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f) The applicable board shall approve educational program credits offered to inmates in any correctional institution or correctional facility as vocational training or through an industry certification program for purposes of satisfying applicable training requirements for licensure in a profession under paragraph (a). 42