The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Florida; Department of Business and Professional Regulation (State licensing department) · Florida
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Fla. Stat. §§ 20.165, 455.203, 252.36(5)(a) through EO 20-52
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19
- End
- page maintained through 2021 (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- all DBPR licensees and applicants
- barbershops and salons
- real estate licensees
- contractors
- exam candidates
- Functions reached
- HR hiring and credentialing (exams suspended; Pearson VUE sites closed to Apr. 16/May 1, 2020)
- OP board offices closed to the public
- SL salon services (mandatory measures under EO 20-120)
- PM permits and inspections (construction FAQ)
- Collection
- State trade licensing boards AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS
Operative words
Effective March 19, 2020, all DBPR offices are temporarily restricted to employee access only. Customer service remains available by phone and through DBPR Online Services for all applicants and license holders.
Enforcement
Fla. Stat. § 455.227 (grounds for discipline); § 252.50 (violation of emergency order a second-degree misdemeanor) for the Governor's orders the page implements
Notes
Page lists DBPR Emergency Orders 2020-01 through 2020-10 with issue dates and summaries; records that Pearson VUE reopened DBPR exams May 1, 2020 at 19 sites after essential-only testing from Apr. 16; Prometric centers closed through May 31, 2020; CILB plumbing exam of Apr. 14-15, 2020 cancelled.
Retrieval noteThe Jan. 28, 2021 capture of the same page was read for the order summaries quoted in the cross-reference table. brief sec. E wants the instrument's issue date); the slug date is the date of the Wayback capture (Sept. 26, 2020) of the DBPR Emergency page; the file was not renamed.