Florida Administrative Code
64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
64B13 - Board of Optometry
Chapter 64B13-11 - INACTIVE STATUS
Section 64B13-11.004 - Delinquent License

(1) The failure of any license holder to elect active or inactive status before the license expires shall cause the license to become delinquent.

(2) The delinquent licensee must affirmatively apply for active or inactive status during the biennium in which the license becomes delinquent. The failure by the delinquent licensee to cause the license to become active or inactive before the expiration of the biennium in which the license becomes delinquent shall render the license null and void without further action by the board or the Department of Health.

(3) The delinquent licensee who applies for an active or inactive license status shall pay to the board the fee of subsection 64B13-6.001(3), F.A.C., and the delinquent license fee of subsection 64B13-6.001(10), F.A.C., and, if applicable, the change of status fee of subsection 64B13-6.001(4), F.A.C.

(4) The delinquent licensee who applies for active status license shall, in addition to complying with subsection (3), immediately above, demonstrate compliance with the continuing education requirements of rule 64B13-5.001, F.A.C., for the years the licensee was inactive prior to becoming delinquent.