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Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Florida Regulated Industries Guide SM

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The state of Florida operates and regulates many industries, from acupuncture and funeral burial to pawnshops and wildlife. If you are searching for information on how to open a business, file a complaint, or check the rules and regulations of regulated industries in Florida, this guide will take you to the right place. Click on occupation or category for licensing or regulation requirements. See bottom of page for additional information, including how to file a complaint concerning a regulated company or professional.*

A — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Accountants — Accounting

Adult Day Care Centers

Agriculture | Licensing

Agriculture Products

Air Conditioning Contractors

Air Quality (Indoor)

Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco

Ambulance Service

Apartments Regulation

Appraisers, Real Estate
» Appraisal Board

Aquaculture (Wastewater Permitting)

Aquatic Plants

Aquatic Plants Removal
Click to locate/contact regional DEP office

Archaeological Exploration (Dredging)

Asbestos Consultants

Assistive Technology

Athletic Trainers

Auctioneers

Auto Repair Shops

Auto Upholstery

Acupuncture — Acupuncturists

Adult Family Care Home

Aerobics

Agriculture Exporting

Agriculture Products Dealers

Air Permitting, Compliance & Enforcement

Alarm Contractors

Alligators

Amusement Rides

Animals — Livestock & Domestic Animals

Apiary (Beekeeping)

Apartments (Renter Info)

Aquaculture Certification

Aquaculture Leasing

Aquatic Plants (Possession & Importation)

Archaeological Exploration

Architecture & Interior Design

Assisted Living Facilities

Athlete Agents

Attorneys | Bar Exam
Attorney Search

Audiology

Auto Sales / Dealers

B — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Bail Bonds

Banks & Financial Institutions

Bathing Places & Pools

Beaches Permitting

Biological Control Labs

Biomedical Waste

Boat Titles & Registration
Boating Laws

Body Piercing
More Info

Brake Fluid

Building Codes

Building Inspectors

Burial Rights, Broker of

Business Opportunities Franchise

Business Agent
(Labor Organizations)

Bakers

Barbers/Barber Shops

Batteries

Beach Renourishment & Coastal Restoration

Beekeeping / Apiary

Biological Waste

Boats/Yacht & Ship Brokers

Boxing

Brownfields

Building Contractors

Burial & Funeral Services

Business Opportunities, Sale of

Businesses (Corporations & Others)

Business Registration

C — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Cemetery

Cemetery & Funeral Services

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)

Charitable Organizations
  Gift Giving

Child Care Facilities

Child Care — When Child Has Mild Illness

Cigarettes & Tobacco

Citrus Sellers

Clinical Counseling & Psychotherapy

Clinical Laboratory Personnel

Community Association Managers

Compressed Air

Concrete Plant Permitting

Continuing Care Retirement Communities

Construction Industry Licensing

Consumer Finance Companies

Contractors, Asbestos

Contractors, Electrical

Contractors — General Contractors (Construction)

Contractors, Plumbing

Contractors, Pool

Contractors, Roofing

Contractors, Solar

Contractors, Utility (Underground)

Corporations

Cosmetology

Crisis Stabilization Unit

Crop Dusters

Cemeteries, Exempt

Check Casher

Child Care — Religious Exempt

Chiropractic Medicine

Cinerators/ Funeral Homes

Clams

Clinical Social Work

Collection Agencies

Community Residential Home

Concealed Weapons/ Firearms

Condominiums | Statutes

Construction — Coastal Construction Permitting

Contractors, Air Conditioning

Contractors, Drywall

Contractors, Gas Line Specialty

Contractors, Mechanical

Contractors, Pollution Storage

Contractors, Residential

Contractors, Sheetmetal

Contractors, Traditional Thatched Structures

Convenience Stores

Cosmetics

Crematory Permit

Crocodilian/Crocodiles

Currency Exchanger/ Foreign Currency

D — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Dairy Industry, Inspection

Dance Studios

Day Care (Children)

Dental Labs

Desserts

Doctors, Medical

Dredging

Drivers (Licenses)
Commercial Drivers

Dry Cleaners (Perchloroethylene)

Dams Permitting

Day Care (Adult)

Dental Hygienists

Dentistry/Dentists

Dietitians/Nutritionists

Donor Annuities

Drinking Water

Drug Manufacturers,
Wholesalers, Retailers

Drywall Contractors

E — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Education/Educators

Electrical Contractors, Electricians

Elevators

Emergency Medical Professionals

Employee Leasing

Engineers, Professional

Environmental Permitting

Ether

Exporting

Eye Glasses (Opticians)

Electric & Gas Regulation

Electrologists/Electrolysis

Embalmers

Emergency Medical Services

EMT / Paramedic

Environmental Health Licenses & Certification

Environmental — Storage Tank Regulation

Excavation Contractors

Extended Warranty Associations

F — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Facial Specialists

Family Day Care Home

Financial Services
Finance Companies

Firefighters Certification
Florida State Fire College

Fish Farms

Fishing License
Saltwater | Freshwater

Flowers

Food Hygiene

Food Manufacturers

Food Service
» Health Dept. — Food in facilities
(daycare, school lunchrooms, etc.)

Food & Meat
Food Inspectors

Foster Care (Family Foster Home)

Fruits & Vegetables

Fuel Sales

Fundraising Consultant

Funeral/ Broker of Burial Rights

Funeral Directors & Embalmers

Fair Rides Inspection

Farmers Markets

Fertilizer

Firearms / Concealed Weapons
More Info
Firearms (Federal)

Fire Prevention Equipment
Search Dealers

Fish, Tropical

Fishing — Commercial Fishing (3 to 200 offshore)

Food Establishments Inspections (See Also: "Restaurants")

Food Processors

Food Stores

Foreign Currency Exchanger

Franchising

Fund Raising

Funds (Money) Transmitters

Funeral & Cemetery Services

G — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Game Promotions

Gas, Bottled

Gas Stations

Gas (Natural Gas Utilities)

Gasoline/ Petroleum Inspections

Geologists

Group Care Facilities

Gas Appliances

Gas Line Contractors

Gas/ LP Gas

General Contractors

Grocery Stores

Guns (Concealed Weapons/ Firearms) / Stolen Guns
Guns (Federal)

H — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Hair Braiders/Wrappers

Hazardous Waste Facility Siting
Hazmat Truck Drivers

Health Clubs

Home Health Agencies/ Health Care

Home Medical Equipment Providers

Home Warranty

Horse Raising

Hospice /Hospices

Hospitals & Outpatient Services

Hunting Licenses

Health Care Professions
Health Care Services Pools

Health Facility Regulation
Health Related Businesses

Hearing Aids/Hearing Aid Specialists

Homemaker/Companion Agencies

Home Inspection
(Building Inspectors)

Horses

Hospice Residential Unit

Hotels & Restaurants

HVAC contractors

I — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Ice

Importing

Insects

Insurance Industry | More Info
» Insurance Pre-Licensing & Education
» Insurance Agent Licensing
Insurance Continuing Education
Managed Care Insurance
Property & Casualty Insurance
Specialty Insurers
Insurance Administrators
Insurance premium finance companies
Title Insurance

Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD)

Ice Cream

Installment Sales

Interior Design

Investment Adviser

L — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Labor Organizations & Unions

Laboratories, Clinical

Land Sales

Landscape Maintenance/Landscaping

Land Use (Planning)

Lawyers | Bar Exam

Liquor Sales People

Livestock Permits

Loans — Installment Sales

LP Gas Licensing

Landfill Permits

Landscape Architects

Land Use (Permitting)

Lasers

Legal Expense Corporation

Livestock Dealers

Livestock & Domestic Animals

Loans — Mortgage Brokering & Lending

M — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Mangrove Trimming
Click to locate & contact regional offices

Massage Therapists & Establishments

Meat & Food Inspections

Medical Facilities
Medical Devices

Medical Physicists

Medicine, Florida Board of

Mercury Recovery

Migrant Worker Housing

Milk

Mobile Homes & Regulation

Money Transmitters

Mortgage Brokering & Lending

Motor Vehicle Sales (Dealerships)

Movers (Interstate)

Marriage & Family Therapists

Meat

Medical Doctors

Medical — Health Facility Regulation

Medical Professionals Licensing

Mental Health Counselors

Midwife/Midwifery

Mining — Phosphate

Mobile Home Sales (Dealerships)
Mobile Home Parks

Monument Establishment/ Cemetery Svc.

Motor Vehicle Repairs

Motor Vehicle Service Agreements

N — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Nail Specialists

Natural Gas Regulation

Non-profit organizations

Notary Education

Nurses/Nursing

Nursing Home Administrators

Nutritionists/Dietitians

Native Plants, Protection of

Notary Public

Nurseries/ Plant Industries

Nursing — More Info

Nursing Homes

O — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Occupational Therapists/Therapy Practice

Oil & Gas Exploration

Opticians/Opticianry (Optical)

Organic Certifying/Organic Certifying Agent

Organic Foods

Osteopath/Osteopathic Medicine

Oil Drilling Leases (Off-Shore)

Oil & Gas Sales

Optometrists/Optometry

Organic Farming

Orthotists & Prosthetists

Oysters

P — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Paper & Pulp Mills

Parent Charitable Organization

Pari-Mutuel Wagering

Pawnshops

Pesticide Applicator License

Petroleum Inspection

Pharmacies/Pharmacists

Physical Therapists

Physician Assistants

Pilots (Maritime)

Plant Industries/ Nurseries Plants

Plumbers, Plumbing Contractors

Pool Contractors

Poultry & Eggs

Power Line/ Electric Transmission Line Siting

Precision Tank Tester

Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Center (PPEC)

Private Schools

Prosthetists & Orthotists

Psychologists/Psychology

Public Health Certificate

Paramedic/EMT

Park Construction

Payment Instrument Issuer

Pest Control

Pesticide Registration

Pets

Phosphate Management (Mining)

Physicians

Physicists, Medical

Pipeline Siting/ Natural Gas

Plants Removal, Aquatic
Click to locate & contact regional offices

Podiatrists/Podiatry

Pools & Bathing Places

Power Plant Siting

Pre-Need Contracts/ Burial & Funeral

Private Investigation

Professional Fundraising Consultant

Property Management (Community Assn. Management)

Psychiatrists

Public Schools | Education

R — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Radiation Control
Radiation Control (X-ray)
Radioactive Materials

Radon

Real Estate

Real Estate Licenses

Reclaimed Water

Recreational Vehicle Dealers

Reef Permits

Residential Drug Treatment Center

Respiratory Therapists

Retail Installment Sales

Radiologic Technology/Technologist

Ranching

Real Estate Appraisers

Real Estate Sales

Recovery Industry/ Agent

Recreational Vehicle (RV) Parks

Repossession Services

Restaurants

Roofing Contractors
See: Contractors, Roofing

S — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

School Psychology

Securities — Broker/Dealer

Securities — Offerings

Seafood Regulation | Marketing

Seed Dealers

Septic Systems
Septic Inspectors

Sewer Systems & Permitting

Sheetmetal Contractors

Social Workers | Resources

Speech Language Pathologists

Stormwater Inspector

Surveyors & Mappers

Swimming Pools, Public

Schools (Facilities) | Education

Securities — Firms & Agents

Security Industry

Sellers of Travel Registration

Service Warranty Associations

Shellfish Processing

Solar Contractors

Smoking (in Public Places)

Storage Tank Regulation

Stormwater Permitting

Swimming Pools Permitting

T — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Talent Agencies

Teachers Certification

Telemarketing Registration

Third Party Administrators

Timeshares — Timeshare Regulation

Tobacco

Trainers, Athletic

Transitional Living Facility

Travel

Treasure Salvage Regulation

Trees

Tanning Facilities
Tattooing Facilities

Telecommunications Regulation

Telephone Solicitation

Title Loan Companies | Title Insurance

Tours

Traffic Schools

Transportation

Travel Registration Sellers

Treasure Salvage — Dredging

Tropical Fish

U — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Unions

Used Car Sales

Utilities Regulation

V — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Vegetables & Fruits

Veterinarian / Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Technician Certification

Veterinarians

Viatical Settlement Providers

W — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Waste, Biological

Waste Water

Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator

Water — Drinking Water Wells
Water Management Districts
Wellhead Protection

Water Vending

Wildlife, Division of (State)

Wildlife Trapper, Possession & Other Wildlife Licenses

Waste Management (General)

Wastewater Treatment Permits

Water Management Districts
Water Management

Water — Drinking Water

Water Systems Construction

Weights & Measures

Wildlife — Trade/Possession Permits (Federal)

X — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

X-ray Equipment
(Ionizing Radiation Machines)

Y — Florida Regulated Industries Guide

Yacht & Ship Brokers

Related Information

Filing Complaints
How to file a complaint against a regulated company or professional

Public Records
What's available and how to find it

*The information on this page has been compiled for reference purposes and is not intended to be a complete listing of all industries, activities or occupations regulated in Florida.