S1448: Licensure for Tree Care Services

Legislative Summary

Designating the "Florida Arborist and Tree Care Practitioners Licensing Act"; establishing the Florida Board of Tree Experts within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; requiring the board to develop or designate a licensure examination for licensed Florida arborists; providing requirements for licensure as a licensed Florida arborist and a licensed tree care practitioner; providing grounds for the board to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license or admit a person to a licensing examination; requiring a business engaged in tree care services to biennially register with the board by providing the board with certain information, etc.